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Windows and Doors
Windows and Doors
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Add Weatherstrip to Windows and Doors
Add weatherstrip to windows and doors that open to the outdoors or unconditioned spaces like attics and basements to decrease air leakage and heating and cooling losses.
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Air Seal and Insulate Window Rough Openings
Air seal the rough opening around windows and doors prior to installing trim to minimize air leakage.
Air seal and insulate around old wooden windows to remove or renovate pocket weights, decrease heating and cooling losses, and make your home more comfortable.
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Clean Window Weep Holes
Cleaning window weep holes helps to ensure proper window drainage, preventing water damage in the wall.
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Install Cellular Blinds
Installing cellular blinds on your windows can provide privacy, shade, and style while reducing cooling and heating energy costs, improving comfort, and increasing a home’s resistance to extreme heat events.
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Install Exterior Storm Windows
Using storm windows can increase your home’s energy efficiency, reduce drafts and glare, block out outside noise, and make your home feel more comfortable.
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Install Interior Storm Windows
Using storm windows can increase your home’s energy efficiency, reduce drafts and glare, block out outside noise, and make your home feel more comfortable.
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Install or Replace Door Sweeps
Door sweeps are a type of metal weatherstripping that is installed at the bottom of exterior doors to prevent air infiltration, reduce drafts, increase the durability of the door, and reduce pest intrusion.
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Insulate and Weatherstrip a Garage Door
Install garage door insulation to help maintain moderate temperatures in your garage.
Heating & Cooling
Heating & Cooling
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Air Seal and Repair Ducts
Seal and repair your central heating system’s ducts to make sure heated or cooled air gets to all the rooms of your house as efficiently as possible.
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Air Seal HVAC Air Handler Unit Cabinet
Sealing seams and holes in the air handler or furnace cabinet of central forced-air HVAC systems prevents the loss of conditioned air and improves the performance of your HVAC equipment.
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Clean Ductless Heat Pump Air Filters
Clean the air filters in your ductless heat pumps every 3 months to ensure proper operation.
Determine if you can benefit from replacing your old thermostat with a new smart thermostat.
Awnings protect the outdoor compressor unit of your heat pump or air conditioner from snow, rain, and hail.
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Look at Refrigerant Line Set Insulation for Air Conditioners or Heat Pumps and Replace if Needed
Look at the condition of the insulation on the refrigerant pipe from the house to the outdoor unit of the home’s air conditioning or heat pump system and replace or hire an HVAC contractor to replace if needed.
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Look for Condensate Drain Line Insulation
Look at the condensate drain line of your air conditioner, heat pump, or condensing furnace or boiler to make sure it is insulated.
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Look for Signs of a Gas Furnace Backdrafting
Look at a gas furnace for signs of backdrafting, if the furnace is an older model that does not have a sealed combustion chamber and sealed exhaust pipe.
DIY guide showing how to pick a replacement air filter and how to replace the filter in home’s HVAC system when the air filter is located in a return grille in a ceiling, floor, or wall.
DIY guide showing how to replace the filter in a home’s HVAC system when the air filter is located in an air filter slot on the furnace.