{"id":62,"date":"2011-12-17T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:38:48","slug":"duct-sealing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/duct-sealing","title":{"rendered":"Energy Efficiency With Duct Sealing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why is duct sealing important?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heating and cooling account for approximately 50 percent of<br \/>\nyour home\u2019s energy usage<\/li>\n<li>Sealing your leaky air ducts may be the single most important thing you can do to improve your home\u2019s energy performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What does duct sealing improve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lowers summer and winter utility bills<\/li>\n<li>Makes rooms more comfortable<\/li>\n<li>Improves the quality of indoor air<\/li>\n<li>Increases the life span of HVAC units<\/li>\n<li>Reduces noise from the HVAC system<\/li>\n<li>Reduces excessive dust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your duct system is responsible for efficiently distributing conditioned air throughout your home. <strong>Potential savings from a high efficiency HVAC unit can be negated if conditioned air is leaking into your attic and crawl space through gaps in your duct-work. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ENERGY STAR<\/strong> estimates that the typical home loses 20-40 percent of the air that moves through the duct-work. Proper duct sealing is an important step in optimizing the performance of your HVAC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/duct-sealing\/mastic-coated-ducts\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?fit=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,350\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Duct insulation, ductwork insulation, insulation, Louisville\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Duct insulation, duct work insulation, insulation, Louisville&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Duct insulation, duct work insulation, insulation, Louisville&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?fit=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?fit=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85\" title=\"Mastic-Coated-Ducts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?resize=400%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mastic-Coated-Ducts.jpg?resize=342%2C300&amp;ssl=1 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Incentives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>State and federal tax credits may apply.<\/p>\n<p>Some additional local utility and manufacturer rebates may be available in your area.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nCommon Insulation Questions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How do you seal your ductwork?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sealing your ductwork does not require a lot of material,&nbsp; just time and special attention. The most important thing to remember when duct sealing is, \u201c<strong>don\u2019t use duct tape.<\/strong>\u201d The adhesives in duct tape are not designed to withstand typical temperature and moisture variations around ductwork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duct mastic or mastic tape is designed for HVAC applications<\/strong> and is the preferred method for a long lasting seal. Duct mastic is applied directly to the internal duct not on the outside duct insulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much money could I save?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that a <strong>30 percent reduction in duct leakage<\/strong>, on average, will <strong>reduce your annual energy consumption<\/strong> <strong>by as much as 16 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more or request service, give us a call at <a href=\"tel:5023965828\">(502) 396-5828<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is duct sealing important? Heating and cooling account for approximately 50 percent of your home\u2019s energy usage Sealing your leaky air ducts may be the single most important thing you can do to improve your home\u2019s energy performance What does duct sealing improve? Lowers summer and winter utility bills Makes rooms more comfortable Improves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/duct-sealing\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Energy Efficiency With Duct Sealing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7M1JR-10","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insulateky.com\/web2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}