Enhancing your home's energy efficiency and comfort means addressing air leaks that let air escape or enter your house. A blower door is the tool that measures the precise amount of air leaks in your home's structure. It helps pinpoint exactly where the air is leaking in or out, allowing for accurate air sealing improvements to be made, ensuring a more comfortable and efficient home.
In an ideal scenario, HVAC contractors would meticulously seal the air-moving and conditioning systems they install. However, this is often not the case with most HVAC contractors. Choosing to conduct leak testing and seal your ducts, return air, and HVAC system elevates efficiency, minimizes potential leak points, and creates a more comfortable home environment.
Evaluating a residential home's energy efficiency through home performance testing utilizes advanced tools such as a blower door, duct blaster, and infrared camera. These specialized assessments are aimed at pinpointing air leaks and analyzing the thermal envelope's quality, ensuring a more airtight and energy-efficient living space.
Attic insulation removal is sometimes a necessary process that deserves careful consideration. This difficult yet often required task can substantially improve your home's comfort, efficiency, and indoor living environment. An attic filled with outdated, dusty, potentially hazardous insulation compromised by allergens or animal infestations poses health concerns and hampers energy efficiency. At Perkins Inc., we specialize in safely and efficiently removing such insulation throughout the Dallas metroplex.
Sealing air leaks in the attic floor stands as a major enhancement for both energy conservation and heightened comfort. Surprisingly, some of the most wasteful and disregarded air leaks often exist within your attic, allowing for the infiltration of dust and unwanted temperatures throughout the year. Most insulation materials, while effective, inherently possess high air permeability and don't serve as complete air barriers. Air leakage through insulation materials mirrors air filtering, diminishing the insulation's thermal resistance.
Ensuring proper attic insulation in Dallas is important for maintaining lower overall heating and cooling costs. Ample insulation protects your home against unwanted heat loss or gain, improving year-round comfort. Unless your home was specifically constructed for energy efficiency, it's likely that your attic insulation can significantly benefit from enhancements. While insulation serves as a final step in attic energy conservation upgrades, it's essential to first address air sealing, bathroom exhausts, HVAC leaks, and ventilation first for optimal results!
Spray foam insulation, known as polyurethane spray foam, comes in two main types: open-cell and closed-cell. This versatile material effectively insulates and air seals, applied to walls, ceilings, floors, crawl spaces, and attics to reduce energy loss and cut heating and cooling costs significantly in both new and existing homes. The differences between open-cell and closed-cell foam relate to strength, moisture permeability, R-value, and flexibility.
Typical insulation materials such as fiberglass and cellulose work by absorbing or slowing down heat movement through conduction, convection, and radiant heat transfer. Radiant heat transfer, in particular, is a primary mode of heat movement. Radiant barriers function by reflecting heat rather than absorbing it. The installation of a foil radiant barrier in your attic can significantly reduce summertime attic temperatures, boosting the effectiveness of your current insulation.
Burris TectView Windows by Pella specializes in crafting premium-quality custom windows for our customers across the DFW area. Our product range comprises various window styles like single-hung, slider, casement, picture, and geometric windows, ensuring durable, high-performance selections. Opting for window installations through Perkins Inc., guarantees a long-standing partnership from the window's manufacturing process to our installation, ensuring a quality window upgrade.
