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Air Sealing Contractor in Connecticut - We Test and Seal Air Leaks in CT Homes

Climate Partners, the local Dr. Energy Saver franchise in Connecticut, is an air sealing and testing contractor serving all of CT. As part of the Dr. Energy Saver Home Energy Audit, our home air sealing experts can help you determine how best to seal air leaks in your home, ducts, windows, attic, and throughout your house.

"Who left that window open? It’s freezing in here!"  You’d be entitled to yell if you found a window left open in your house on a cold winter day. Think of all that warm air escaping, the frigid air coming in, and the furnace needlessly consuming extra fuel.

Surprisingly, many homes have the equivalent of an open window in terms of air leakage, even though all the windows are completely closed. Heat escapes through dozens of small holes, cracks and gaps spread throughout a house, from basement to attic. The combined area of these gaps can easily equal the area of a fully open window.

Climate Partners can find and seal air leaks in your home throughout Connecticut.  Call or contact us online for a Home Energy Audit and we'll diagnose your home, seal the air leaks, and save you money on your home energy bills in CT.

Air Leaking Out Causes Air to Leak In

The stack effect: Convection causes the warmest air in your house to rise. Since it’s lighter than surrounding air, it wants to keep rising, which is why the greatest amount of air leakage is into and out of the attic, through dozens and dozens of cracks and openings. With air leaking out the top of the house, an equal amount of air is going to come in through openings in the lower levels. Inside air leaks out the top, causing outside air to enter at the bottom. This is called the stack effect.

Air leaks cost you money
In a house with a lot of air leakage, you're always losing air that you just paid to heat, cool or dehumidify, and replacing it with outside air that needs to be heated, cooled or dehumidified. Air leaks waste energy and make it more costly to keep your house comfortable. Wouldn’t you like to enjoy the air you paid to condition a little longer?

Dr. Energy Saver says…
Dirt stains on fiberglass attic insulation are a sign of air leakage. The insulation is filtering the air that leaks out of the living space below, trapping dirt and dust just like your furnace filter does. If you see dirt-stained insulation, you know that your house is leaking air.

Joints = Leaks
"How did my house get so leaky?" For starters, a house is made from thousands of parts and pieces, from nails and 2x4s to window casing, electrical wire and drywall panels. Small gaps and cracks occur wherever one part of your house joins another. To make matters worse, many joints that are tight initially don’t stay that way. Even before a house is completely built, wood starts to shrink, materials expand and contract at different rates, and connections work lose. Many of these cracks and gaps become leakage points that need to be sealed in order to save energy.

Contractors Cause Air Leaks (but they can't help it)

Leaks are built into the construction process. As soon as the framing crew is finished nailing together all the joists, studs, rafters, beams and sheathing that make up the house shell, other workers come in to start cutting it apart. Plumbers, electricians and HVAC contractors apply their drills and saws to open holes so that heating ducts, electrical wires, water lines and waste pipes can be run throughout the house. The resulting holes are normal and don’t compromise the strength of a house, but they do create hundreds of leakage points that can allow inside air to leak out and outside air to leak in.

It’s like leaving a window open.  Add up the area of all the gaps, cracks and openings where energy can escape in a typical house and you’ll easily equal the area of an open window. Gaps can be small, like those around an electrical outlet in an exterior wall. They can be large, like the holes that plumbers often drill in floors and framing to install pipes. And they can be long, like the gap on the outside of the house where the eave soffit is supposed to meet the exterior wall.

Air Sealing = Saving $$$

Sealing leaks in a home’s building envelope, a process called air-sealing, increases comfort and home energy efficiency while decreasing your fuel bills. Air-sealing can be simply described: Find leaks, then seal them. But this is easier said than done. Finding air leakage demands specialized equipment, skilled detective work and the ability to access parts of the house most homeowners can’t easily reach or don’t want to. Once leaks are properly identified, it’s important to select the right specialty products and use professional techniques to seal them.

Dr. Energy Saver says…
By having your home professionally sealed, you can reduce your heating & cooling costs by 20% or more.

Air sealing is a "once-and-done" lifetime repair. Once you’ve made this energy-saving upgrade, there’s nothing to maintain or replace. You simply keep enjoying the benefits of greater comfort and energy savings for as long as you own your home.

No more leaks!
Dr. Energy Saver uses two-part foam for many air-sealing tasks. The mixture leaves the nozzle as a liquid, then expands rapidly to fill and adhere to gaps and cracks. When it cures, the foam creates an airtight barrier that also provides good insulation value.

The Payoff to Air Sealing

“Now that I’ve had air sealing done, I can’t wait to see how much more energy efficient my house is going to be.”

The excitement is understandable. And if you’ve had air sealing done by a Dr. Energy Saver crew, you won’t have to wait for several months worth of utility bills to see a difference in energy efficiency. Dr. Energy Saver technicians perform a second blower door test following the completion of air sealing work. The lower leakage rating will confirm that the house is more airtight, ensuring better energy performance, greater levels of comfort and savings on heating and cooling costs.

Call or contact us online for a Home Energy Audit in Connecticut.