Living in Elgin, IL, the weather is a year round difficulty! Winters are especially long, snowy plus windy with temperatures steadily below freezing plus often below zero, however summers are brutally boiling plus humid with temperatures constantly soaring into the eighties.
The furnace trades off with the air conditioner, plus the utility costs add up rapidly, but last winter, the furnace seemed to run non stop plus yet the household felt freezing.
Specific rooms were especially cold plus turning up the thermostat didn’t help much, initially, I worried there was a concern with the heating unit. The furnace is only a couple of years old, plus I’ve been conscientious about replacing the filters plus scheduling service. When I called the Heating, Ventilation and A/C business in Elgin who installed the furnace for repairs, she diagnosed the HVAC duct… She discovered that separations at the seams plus tiny holes were allowing nearly thirty percent of the heated air to leak out; Because the maximum amount of air wasn’t reaching the intended endpoint, it was forcing the furnace to run longer, work harder plus consume more energy. I am sure the cool air from the air conditioner was escaping throughout the previous Summer as well. With the HVAC duct concealed inside the walls, I had no idea how the concern could be fixed. The business explained a process called Aeroseal, where pressurized air is sent into the HVAC duct. The vents are plugged off, which results in the air seeping out through the imperfections. The air is laced with adhesive polymer particles that stick to the edges plus gradually create an airslim seal. The Aeroseal process is non-invasive, quick plus effective. It took several hours plus is guaranteed for ten years.