Find a diagram of common air leaks here here s a quick primer on fixing draft prone spots.
Attic air sealing guide.
While the air leaks around windows and doors are significant and most noticeable you are probably losing a lot more air and energy in your attic and basement.
The boat suffers and has a few holes in the bottom of it.
Chances are your ceiling has the equivalent of a 2 ft.
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Here s how to locate the leak spots and plug them without spending a lot of money.
Air sealing details for most common attic situations are provided in this guide on page 15.
Imagine that you have a small boat and steered it into a cluster of jagged rocks.
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The attic air sealing details section provides a scope of work and specification for the air sealing of many points of air leakage in common attic spaces.
This broad interest provides strong evidence the guide is being extensively used by builders.
Home comfort problems often start in the attic where poor insulation and numerous air leaks create problems for your heating and cooling system and make your home uncomfortable.
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The guide to attic air sealing provides information and specifications to the following groups.
The widely disseminated doe sponsored guide to attic air sealing provides critical best practices for attic retrofits.
Square hole that s acting like a chimney drafting expensive heated.
By air sealing in your attic you can stop many major air leaks and help to maintain the desired temperature throughout your home.
Your focus should be on the attic when you begin air sealing.
A sample work plan can be found in appendix a.
Attics are often under insulated and under sealed leading to wasted energy and wasted spend by the homeowners.
The attic air sealing work plan.
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Attic air sealing is the priority.
Guide to attic air sealing.
In many homes the combined air leaks in these two areas add up to a half window being open all day long.
The guide to attic duct sealing provides important information for houses with ductwork and other.
Small air leaks into uninsulated attic space are a major source of heat loss in many homes.
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As of 2012 the guide had 21 000 views and 13 000 downloads since it was posted to the building science corporation website.
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Other guides for air sealing are available.
