Duct Blasting: Warming Popsicle Toes and Curing Runny Noses!

Popsicle toes?

While pricing a bid for a local company, I realized that several of the employees all had little heaters under their desks to keep warm. I had to ask? Popsicle toes and runny noses?

Runny nose?

(Yes, that is why I make a living as an infrared thermographer and not as a comedian.)

But it does raise the question: are your employees cold? Do they suffer from watery eyes, sniffles, sneezes and constant coughs?

The cause of these problems may be leaks in your duct work especially if your building or home is ten years old or older. Leaks in your duct work can cause the air in your building to loose heat and suck in contaminates.

 “But we just replaced the HVAC system!” you say. Unfortunately, many  HVAC contractors don’t check duct connections other than the ones directly connected to the new equipment so the problem could still exist. Over time heat in your attic (which can easily reach in excess of 120 degrees), can cause the mastics used to seal your ducts to equipment and supply registers can break down (and don’t even think about the damage unwanted visitors like mice, birds and squirrels can do). Add air pressure inside the ducts as your furnace or air conditioner try to heat and cool your building and those seals can easily fail. 

As the leaks increase, more and more of that expensive conditioned air is pouring into unwanted areas and depending on whether the leaks are on the supply side or return side of your system, they will also be pulling dust, dirt and biological contaminates like mold into your living space. You can imagine the effects of your staff breathing in all of that stuff year round.

Duct Blasting is a system of pressurizing your duct system then measuring the air losses to determine if leaks are present. I can even help to localize the location of those leaks. So let me see if you can warm those Popsicle toes, turn off your runny nose and stop those pesky leaks!

Interested in learning more? Call me at 803-328-2889 and let’s talk!

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