Professional HVAC Installation
In fact, at MARRS, we know how to make that happen with a professional HVAC installation. With a firm understanding of Manual J, S, and D specifications, we are geared to share our expertise when it comes to best practices.
Once a home or business is set up for maximum comfort, either with proper ventilation or temperature control, that should leave a customer happy with the change in the air. However, installation alone doesn’t ensure they’ll be feeling the flow. First, we need to know what we’ll be working with.
As much as people hate someone else uncovering the chinks to their armor, they’re also less than thrilled when their homes reveal similar vulnerabilities. Many parameters to building design influence the effective working of an HVAC system, along with the efficient use of energy. Among these variables, air pressure has a significant influence.
Naturally, we would be remiss not to include some blower door and duct testing as part of our service. Life already has its fair share of pressure. So, we want to be sure that any more of it at least shape the right outcome.
Finding Yourself in a Tight Space
We’re often calculating what we get in and out of life. With airflow, we run the same kind of math. Only, in this case, years of expertise have shown us that getting anything in or out that wasn’t planned is a problem. In HVAC lingo, that translates into an air leak and the lack of air tightness. So, when we check out a place, we know the feeling in the air often needs some recalibration with a couple of tests.
Why Test for Air Tightness
The utility is testing air pressure within a building envelope can be found in the control of extraneous variables. They include:
- If a building is constructed to performance standards
- Quality of sealing and ventilation elements
- Locating leakages through airflow pathways
- To determine the heating or cooling energy wasted through leaks
These factors, if left unaddressed, could otherwise bring the service quality of the HVAC contractor into question. It means that load calculations, equipment selection, and duct design can be rendered worthless if major structural impairments counter the benefits of an installed HVAC duct system.
We, of course, prefer to not leave our customers hot under the collar or with an unnecessary chill running down their spine. So, we have a few procedures up our sleeve. Tests that determine airtightness are conducted with two methods.
Blower Door and Duct Testing
MARRS uses blower door technology to measure the airtightness in a building. The machine manipulates airflow to either pressurize or depressurize a space, making it possible to detect leakages through things like cracks in the walls or unsealed window frames.
The equipment used as part of our duct blaster testing works much in the same way, with the only difference being that air pressure manipulation occurs within the duct system itself by having the technology attached to a sealed duct’s air handler. This is to test total air leakage.
When air leakages to unconditioned spaces are tested, i.e., air leaking outward, a blower door test may be done in conjunction with the duct test.
Conditioned to Commit to Overall Quality
Professional HVAC service calls for a commitment to quality, which calls for proper service delivery every time we’re contracted for a call-out. Being consistent means you’re in control.
Building quality, however, isn’t consistent. It means great service doesn’t transfer without taking that extra step.
Taking account of how your field of operation can differ, MARRS can help you become conditioned to a change in environment and give you the diagnostic tools to prepare a building for HVAC installation.
Call Us When You’re Not Under Pressure
Things happen under pressure. Any good HVAC contractor or business knows this. When it comes to airflow, maintained pressure means things are moving your way and you have a tight grip on the situation. Accounting for leakages in either duct or building design prevents loss of conditioned air and energy. In the same way, it counters the loss of professional service. Naturally, we at MARRS are prone to keep customers in that tight space—whether in your home or office. We can help you do the same. Learn how to properly tweak airflow. Contact us now!
