The bad news: even if your home has high insulation levels, you could still be wasting a large chunk of the money you are spending to heat and cool your home as heated and cooled air escapes through cracks and gaps in your home’s construction.
But, here’s the good news: this can be fixed! All of those gaps and cracks can be found and sealed up with a process called air sealing. Air sealing involves tightening up your home’s building envelope to keep conditioned air in and outside air out and is one of the most critical improvements to make if you want your home to be as energy efficient as possible.
Bovio Rubino Service offers professional air sealing and weatherization services for homeowners throughout South Jersey, including those in Sicklerville, Mt Laurel, Voorhees, and the surrounding areas. We can help you stop air leakage in your home so that you can enjoy a more comfortable home and lower energy bills.
Why Homes Need To Be Weatherized
A home is like a hot air balloon that cannot get off the ground, and hot air escapes through the tops of walls, around light fixtures, wiring and plumbing penetrations, and other penetrations from your home to your attic. If your home is leaky and air is moving through your insulation as well as the rest of your home, the movement of air through your existing insulation greatly reduces its effectiveness. Particular attention should be paid to your attic floor as there are several areas where conditioned air escapes from your home in the attic, especially in the wintertime. Hot air is always rising, and looking for ways to escape your home along with your precious heating dollars.
Key Areas of the Home to Weatherize
Identifying and sealing the air leakage paths from your home to your attic is usually one of the most cost-effective energy conservation measures you can take. After we seal the attic, the next priorities are your house to garage connection and the basement and/or crawlspace.
Sealing these 3 areas will increase energy efficiency, lower utility bills, and promote healthier indoor air quality.
Weatherizing With Bovio Rubino Service
We first will conduct a home energy audit on your home to identify what your biggest energy savers would be. The energy assessment includes a blower door test to determine what the actual leakage of your home is and we compare that number to calculate how leaky your home should be.
We then project how tight we will make it, and compare the projection to the safe level of tightness for your home and family. We also verify the results of the air sealing after the work is performed to make sure it was effective and confirm we did not make the home too tight.
If for some reason your home is too tight, we can add controlled fresh air ventilation to ensure your home has the right amount of fresh air.
In addition to air sealing, Bovio Rubino Service also offers the following weatherization services:
- Attic hatch covers
- Caulk leaky windows and trim work
- Door gaskets and sweeps
- Fireplace dampers
Prepare your home for the chill of winter, and experience the benefits of weatherization all year round! Schedule your weatherization today at (856) 272-7000 or get in touch here.
