Pressure testing before sealing quantifies total leakage. Every leak point located and sealed with correct materials. Post-sealing pressure test documents the improvement. Every service guaranteed.
Your energy bills are higher than they should be for the amount of heating and cooling your home requires in Louisville. Certain rooms will not reach the right temperature regardless of how long the HVAC runs in Louisville, CO. You have had the equipment checked and it is working correctly in Louisville. If the equipment is fine but the home is not comfortable and the bills are high, the problem is almost certainly in the distribution system in Louisville, CO. Specifically, in duct leaks that are allowing conditioned air to escape into unconditioned attic or crawl space before it reaches the rooms you are paying to heat and cool in Louisville.
Duct leakage happens at every unsealed joint between duct sections, at every branch takeoff from the trunk line, at every register boot connection in the walls and ceilings, and at the connections where the duct system meets the air handler in Louisville, CO. The Department of Energy estimates that typical residential duct systems lose 20 to 30 percent of conditioned air through leakage in Louisville. For a home spending $200 per month on heating and cooling, that is $40 to $60 per month escaping through duct leaks to the attic or crawl space in Louisville, CO.
MBM Air Duct Cleaning finds and seals duct leaks throughout Louisville, CO in Louisville. Pressure testing before sealing to quantify the total leakage in Louisville, CO. Systematic identification of every specific leak point through the accessible system in Louisville. Correct sealant materials applied to every leak point in Louisville, CO. Post-sealing pressure testing to document the improvement with measured numbers in Louisville. And a guarantee on every sealing service in Louisville, CO. Call now for same-day scheduling in Louisville.
Standard duct tape uses a rubber-based adhesive that performs at room temperature but dries and loses adhesion when repeatedly exposed to the temperature extremes that duct systems experience during HVAC operation in Louisville. A supply duct carrying cold conditioned air through a 130-degree summer attic cycles through extreme temperatures with every cooling cycle in Louisville, CO. Standard duct tape adhesive is not formulated for this cycling and fails within a few seasons in Louisville. Mastic sealant remains flexible after curing and maintains its seal through years of thermal cycling in Louisville, CO. UL 181-rated foil tape maintains adhesion for 20 years or more in normal duct system conditions in Louisville.
Every connection between duct sections is a potential leak point in Louisville, CO. In most residential installations, these joints were mechanically fastened without sealant during installation in Louisville. Over years of thermal cycling that expands and contracts the ductwork with every HVAC cycle, even joints that were initially sealed with standard duct tape have failed as the tape dried and lost adhesion in Louisville, CO.
Branch takeoffs split conditioned air from the main trunk line into the individual branch runs serving each room in Louisville. They have multiple edges and angles that create significant potential leak area if not correctly sealed in Louisville, CO. Branch takeoff leaks are among the largest individual leak points in typical residential duct systems in Louisville.
The register boot connects the branch duct run to the wall, ceiling, or floor opening where the supply register mounts in Louisville, CO. The connection between the flexible duct and the boot collar and the connection between the boot and the surrounding framing are both common significant leak points in Louisville. Conditioned air escaping at the boot level leaks into the wall or ceiling cavity rather than through the register into the room in Louisville, CO.
Systems sealed with standard duct tape develop leakage as the tape dries, cracks, and loses adhesion from temperature cycling in Louisville. Standard duct tape on duct joints typically fails within three to five seasons of thermal cycling in Louisville, CO. Joints that were sealed with standard tape appear sealed when first applied and are open to leakage again within a few years in Louisville.
Supply duct leakage between the trunk line and the registers means rooms furthest from the air handler receive less conditioned air than they were designed to receive in Louisville. The conditioned air that leaks out before reaching the register does not reach the room in Louisville, CO. Rooms at the end of long duct runs with multiple leak points along the way receive the cumulative effect of all those leaks in Louisville. The room that is always too hot in summer and too cold in winter is often at the end of a duct run with multiple unsealed joints in Louisville, CO.
Return duct leaks draw air from the surrounding unconditioned space into the return airstream in Louisville. A return duct leak in an attic draws hot, dusty attic air into the air handler in summer in Louisville, CO. A return duct leak in a crawl space draws crawl space air including moisture, mold spores, and soil particulate into the system in Louisville. This unconditioned air bypasses the filter and is distributed throughout the home in Louisville, CO.
MBM Air Duct Cleaning performs a duct pressure test before any sealing begins in Louisville, CO. A calibrated fan is connected to the duct system and pressurized to a standard test pressure in Louisville. The measured airflow represents the total leakage rate and provides the baseline for comparing with the post-sealing result in Louisville, CO.
With the system pressurized, MBM technicians work through the accessible duct system to locate every specific leak point in Louisville. Every branch takeoff. Every duct joint. Every register boot connection. Every plenum seam and air handler connection in Louisville, CO. Every identified leak point is marked for sealing in Louisville.
Mastic sealant for most duct joint and connection applications in Louisville, CO. UL 181-rated foil tape for specific sheet metal seam applications in Louisville. The correct material for the specific application in Louisville, CO.
MBM systematically seals every identified leak point in the accessible duct system in Louisville. Mastic applied at the correct thickness to cover the full joint gap and bond to the duct surfaces on both sides in Louisville, CO. Every identified leak point addressed before the post-sealing pressure test in Louisville.
After all identified leak points are sealed, MBM repeats the pressure test to measure the post-sealing leakage rate in Louisville, CO. The before and after measurements quantify the leakage reduction achieved by the sealing in Louisville. Documented evidence of the result provided to the homeowner in Louisville, CO.
Mastic is a water-based sealant specifically formulated for duct system applications in Louisville, CO. It remains flexible after curing, maintaining its seal through the thermal cycling that duct systems experience in Louisville. It does not dry out, crack, or lose adhesion from temperature cycling the way standard duct tape does in Louisville, CO.
UL 181-rated foil tape is tested and rated specifically for HVAC duct applications in Louisville. Unlike standard duct tape, it maintains its adhesion through the temperature cycling of duct system operation in Louisville, CO. Appropriate for specific sheet metal seam applications in Louisville.
Standard silver duct tape is not rated for duct system applications in Louisville, CO. Its rubber-based adhesive dries and loses adhesion from temperature cycling in Louisville. MBM Air Duct Cleaning never uses standard duct tape for duct sealing work in Louisville, CO.
MBM performs pressure testing before and after every duct sealing service in Louisville, CO. The before and after measurements document the leakage reduction achieved in Louisville. Documented improvement, not assumed improvement in Louisville, CO.
MBM seals every identified leak point in the accessible duct system in Louisville. Not a representative sample. Not the most obvious points only in Louisville, CO. Every identified leak point in Louisville.
Mastic sealant and UL 181-rated foil tape that maintain their effectiveness through the thermal cycling of long-term HVAC operation in Louisville, CO. Never standard duct tape in Louisville.
Every MBM Air Duct Cleaning duct sealing service is guaranteed in Louisville. If the sealing does not produce the expected improvement within the guarantee period, we return and address it at no additional charge in Louisville, CO.
All pricing confirmed upfront before work begins in Louisville. No surprises in Louisville, CO.
A sealing service that reduces leakage by 15 to 20 percentage points returns that proportional energy cost reduction on every subsequent energy bill in Louisville, CO. For a home spending $200 per month on heating and cooling, a 15 percent leakage reduction saves approximately $30 per month in Louisville. A sealing service costing $500 to $1,000 pays for itself in energy savings within 18 to 36 months in most cases in Louisville, CO. Every month after payback is net return on the investment in Louisville.
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Duct leakage pays for conditioned air that heats and cools your attic and crawl space instead of your living spaces every month in Louisville. MBM Air Duct Cleaning quantifies the leakage with pressure testing, locates every specific leak point, seals every accessible leak with correct materials, confirms the improvement with post-sealing testing, and guarantees every service in Louisville, CO. Call now for same-day scheduling in Louisville.
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