Weatherization

Weatherization consists of air sealing, attic door sealing, crawlspace door sealing, duct sealing, ceiling plane sealing, micro caulking, and final insulation. We offer a good, better and best package for existing homes. All of our new custom homes receive the best package possible. Each package is dependent on the climate zone and the location of the HVAC equipment and ducts.

Air Sealing
Eric W. Jones utilizes minimal expanding foam to fill the gaps around the windows and doors to eliminate drafts. In the same manner, we seal air leaks around intrusions into the attic. Download Brochure

Attic Door Sealing
Most existing homes do not have insulated attic access doors. This a major access point for air infiltration in the ceiling plane. A simple approach is to apply weather stripping to the door and hatch while stapling insulation to the back of the door. We take it a step further by building a foam box around the hatch with rigid foam.

Crawl Space Door Sealing
The crawl space door is another place needing weatherization. Just like with attic access doors the crawl space door never seems to get insulated. We custom build these doors for existing and new construction homes as a package deal with sealed crawl spaces. We can also build them for vented crawl space systems.

Duct Sealing
We inspect all accessible ducts in the crawl space and attic areas for leaks. We then seal the ducts at each joint with mastic sealant and or metal tape. We recommend doing a duct blaster test to find each individual leak. Download Brochure

Ceiling Plane Sealing
Our ceiling plane sealing begins with removing all fiberglass blown in insulation to expose all light fixtures and the sheet rock for the ceiling. We then foam around all light fixtures and foam each ceiling joist to the sheet rock. We also foam around the rim or band joist at each floor since 30% of all air leakage occurs in this area. Then the existing fiberglass insulation is put back in place.

Micro Caulking
Our micro caulking services will seal all exterior walls between multiple studs, across all tops and where the plate meets the floor. This process further provides a tightly sealed home.

Final Insulation
We spray foam insulation to the roof deck if the budget and shingles allow us to for maximum performance. If either prohibits the foam we then can blow in a cellulose insulation on top of the existing blow in fiberglass insulation.

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