Air Sealing. Feel the Difference.
Air seal your home today and enjoy the benefits for years to come.
Combined with insulation, air sealing improves the overall efficiency of your home. It closes any holes or cracks in your home to prevent conditioned air from seeping out while keeping the cold or hot air outdoors.
At HomeRx, we see firsthand how air sealing can make an incredible difference to the comfort of a home. Our energy audits allow us to pinpoint areas of your home where energy escapes. We’ll offer sustainable and practical solutions to help improve your comfort and save you money.
Air Sealing Services
Air sealing and insulating go hand in hand. They serve as protective layers to keep your home comfortable in any weather.
While insulation acts as a sweater for your home, a sweater itself is not enough to keep the cold at bay if there is any air movement. Air sealing is like a windbreaker jacket over the sweater. Here in the Northwest, we know all about layering!
The air sealing process involves locating the holes throughout your home (even the potential ones) and sealing them up. When combined with the right type of insulation, air sealing makes all the difference in the world in terms of your home’s comfort, heating and cooling bills, indoor air quality (IAQ), and energy efficiency.
What Are Some Keys to Air Sealing?
You’ve probably heard how newer homes can be sealed too tightly, which can create indoor air pollution and cause moisture to build up in the walls and attic. That can lead to a muggy home—your ideal indoor humidity level ranges between 30 and 50 percent.
Years of training and experience have taught our HomeRx team how to do it right so that we do not trap moisture—and allow for drying if moisture finds its way inside your home.
Our air sealing experts know how to ventilate, monitor for gases, and the best ways to pinpoint and eliminate pollution sources. If energy were free and there was no such thing as global warming, we would just put in huge furnaces and leave the windows open all time!
Why Would I Need to Seal My Older Home?
Your home may be very healthy. The wood may be in excellent condition in large part because your home has been breathing for the last 100 years.
But there are a couple of problems here—nobody wants to waste energy these days, and the breathing your house does is very erratic.
Temperature differences between the outdoor and inside air cause your home to breathe. It is likely over-ventilating in the winter when temperature differences are more pronounced. Summer is not usually an issue in our climate because it is usually not so hot out, so we can open our windows.
So your home is hyperventilating on the coldest days, then not enough at other times. The solution is to seal it up very carefully to avoid trapping moisture. You then control the ventilation rate mechanically to get the right amount of ventilation all the time.
Why HomeRx?
A family-owned business, HomeRx specializes in insulation services. From batt insulation to spray foam, we’re a preferred insulation and air sealing partner for homeowners in Oregon and SW Washington. We stay up-to-date with federal and regional incentive and rebate programs to maximize your savings. Let us help you achieve your comfort, energy efficiency, cost savings, reduced allergies, and noise reduction goals. Contact us today!
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