Tired of Fighting a Never-Ending Battle With Dust?
An unsealed air return system can make for a dusty home!
Leaky Return Ducts Create a Dusty Home
Pollutants from unconditioned spaces get sucked into your ducts, leaving you with lots of dust and poor air quality.
Sealing air return ducts is important to you and your family’s health and well-being. The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology estimates that 50% of all illnesses are caused by poor indoor air quality (IAQ). The EPA lists indoor pollution as one of the top five environmental risks to public health, causing 8.5 million deaths each year.
Leaky return ducts will result in having:
What Are Return Vents and Where Are They Located?
Return vents (also referred to as cool air return vents) pull the air from your rooms into your return ducts and send it back to your heating and cooling system. Return vents are usually larger than supply vents, and you will not feel air being blown out of them. Ductwork for returns is typically found in unconditioned spaces of your home, such as attics, inside walls or under floors, and even crawlspaces and basements. These spaces are often unreachable for contractors to fix or seal after the home is built without the need to demo and renovate.
Why It’s Important to Seal Air Return Ducts
Most people assume that furnace filters are enough to collect the average amount of dust being circulated inside their home, but a leaky return will cause you to replace filters at a faster rate and, if left in too long, can put strain on your system. An unsealed air return duct system not only sucks in dirt, dust, allergens, smelly odors, and other pollutants from attics, crawlspaces, and interior walls, but it also brings in humidity from those very same spaces. The introduction of humidity into the ductwork causes comfort issues and can also lead to mold growth. Sealing your return ducts eliminates the threat of moisture and mold and blocks out all those pollutants from being introduced into your home and recycled over and over again every day.
Take Control of Dust With Aeroseal
Sealing your ductwork with Aeroseal increases your home’s indoor air quality, helping to eliminate dust, allergens, and odors coming inside from unconditioned spaces.
Blocks Dust & Allergens To Create a Cleaner Environment
Sealed air returns stop gross dust, dirt, allergens, and other air pollutants from being introduced into your system and then blasted all over your house.
Provides Healthier Airflow Throughout Your Home
In addition to greater airflow coming out of your vents, sealing your ducts blocks out all the filthy dust, dirt, and allergens, providing the fresh air that you expect and putting your mind at ease.
Control Humidity Issues and Avoid Mold Growth
Sealing your air returns will block humid and unconditioned air from entering the system and eliminate the threat of mold growth inside your ducts.