Last Winter time was especially long and brutal.
- The two of us needed to start up the gas furnace by the middle of November.
There was several inches of snow on the ground by Halloween and the temperature was down to twenty-5 degrees! By Christmas, we were dealing with negative digits and blizzard conditions. Although our gas furnace isn’t all that outdated and I’ve been great about filter swings and annual service, I wasn’t satisfied with the comfort of our home; On especially chilly evenings, raising the control unit setting didn’t make much of a difference. Specific rooms were colder than others. I’ve invested into new windows and made the effort to insulate, caulk and weather strip. I couldn’t figure out why our gas furnace wasn’t able to keep up. I finally called a local Heating, Ventilation, and A/C business to inspect the heating system… He performed HVAC duct testing and determined that approximately twenty-5 percent of the heated air was escaping through holes and cracks at the seams. With the duct plan concealed inside the attic, walls and ceilings, I wasn’t sure how the business could fix these problems separate from a major remodeling project! Fortunately, there is a procedure that works by injecting adhesive polymer particles into the pipes by way of highly pressurized air. The business jammed off the supply and return vents so that the air was forced out of the flaws in the system. As the air leaked out, the sticky particles adhered to the edges and gradually created an airslim seal. The duct sealing process took several hours but caused no damage. The business once again diagnosed the HVAC duct and verified a successful completion.