Air Balancing, Digital Flowhood Testing(Adjusting air flow throughout a home)
Air balancing is a scientific way of adjusting the air flow evenly throughout the home or office using several available tools within the heating and air conditioning industry. Unlike big commercial buildings, residential duct systems were never engineered or balanced to properly distribute the air where it's needed in the home. This makes some rooms too hot or too cold. Air balancing is rarely performed in new construction or tract housing which leaves most homeowners wondering why they are uncomfortable in certain areas of their home.
What it takes to achieve even air flow.
Inspect your existing heating and air conditioning equipment, duct system and test your current air flow distribution system using a air flow capture hood.
What's a Air Flow capture hood?
These are essential computerized instruments for diagnosing uneven air flow. It measures the existing air flow coming out of the register vents in a measurement of cubic feet per minute (CFM) and we document those readings.
Make recommendations to correct the problem.
Usually, it is possible to use the existing duct system, or modify the main branch ducts to the proper size. In some cases it's requires that we replace the entire duct system, due to duct leakage or various design issues that can't be corrected properly to overcome the deficiencies. In either case we are installing air balancing dampers in each final duct branch run so the airflow can be adjusted properly.
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