If your house uses a forced air system for heat and air conditioning, you could be wasting a good amount of energy through leaks in your duct system. Studies by the US Department of Energy have stated that up to 25% of the average home’s heating and cooling energy is wasted through inefficient duct systems. Testing and inspecting to ensure there are no leaks in your duct system can potentially lead to significant energy and cost savings, longer life expectancy of equipment, while also improving indoor comfort.
Duct systems are most often hidden from view, which can make finding and sealing leaks difficult. As part of your system installation the trained professionals from Perfection Home Systems run tests of your duct system so that your home runs more energy efficiently. This also helps gauge sizing of equipment. For years systems have tended to be over sized to make up for poor duct systems. With a properly sealed duct system we need to insure proper equipment sizing.
If you aren’t quite in need of system replacement we can still perform a complete duct test on your central heating and cooling system. Typically customers who are experiencing high energy bills even with newer equipment, rooms that are too hot or too cold, or pollutants in the air that may be coming from a breach in the HVAC system will call us to provide this service.
HVAC Zone Systems
You don’t come home from work and turn the light switch on and the whole home illuminates, so why should your heating and air system act any differently? Zone systems allow you to control the temperature in specified zones of your home. System efficiency and comfort are two of the biggest benefits of this kind of system. Pairing the system with a programmable or smart thermostat (such as from Honeywell) will give you even more control over your home’s heating and cooling. You’ll no longer be over cooling or overheating areas in your home to compensate for rooms that don’t receive as much warm or cold air. No more blasting your a/c to cool down the upstairs while you are wearing sweatshirts downstairs. The increased comfort you’ll feel in your home is what zoning is all about.
Most customers enjoy having two thermostats. For two-story homes we can usually split the zones into upstairs and downstairs. For single level homes, customers prefer to have one thermostat serving the living spaces and the second thermostat running the bedroom areas. Because typically you aren’t using both at the same time, this allows the heating and cooling system to not need to run as often to maintain temperature. Elevating your homes energy efficiency is a sure way to save money. If you’re interested in a zone system for your home get a hold of our trained HVAC professionals at Perfection Home Systems today.