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While we can’t promise you that weatherizing your home and sealing your air ducts will eliminate dust from your home altogether, what we can tell you is that it will significantly reduce the amount of dust inside your living area.

How we achieve this is quite simple. By sealing all the leaks in your air ducts and the rest of your home's envelope, dust, pollen and other contaminants cannot infiltrate inside as a result of natural air flow. Heat flows and transfers naturally from hotter to colder temperatures. This means that in the summer time, hot air from your attic and the exterior are trying to infiltrate into your home, while in the winter time, your indoor heated air is trying to leak out. This is called the second law of thermodynamics.

As a consequence of this thermodynamics law, loose and old insulation fibers from your attic are constantly being sucked into your system and blown into your living and breathing area. What might look like dust is often a layer of old insulation fibers. This is why shortly after dusting you may again find a newly formed dust film on top of your furniture.

Seasonal allergy sufferers will also greatly benefit as weatherization impedes the penetration of pollen and other inhalant allergens into your home. When your doors and windows are properly sealed and closed, pollen has no way of entering.

Air purifiers play an important role by cleaning your indoor air, but doesn’t it make sense to keep the air from getting polluted in the first place? Weatherization substantially reduces the amount of dust and allergens in your home by addressing the root cause and not just the symptoms. For further information about the technique of weatherization, please visit the weatherization section on this web site.