Comfort complaints, attic dust, weak rooms, and high bills do not by themselves prove duct leakage. A useful service page explains the inspection and test path, separates sealing from repair and airflow correction, defines accessible scope, and shows how completion will be checked.
Run the checklistGet a Fix ListKeep damaged, crushed, disconnected, or undersized ductwork on the duct repair page. Route room-by-room delivery adjustment to the airflow-balancing page. The sealing page should own the narrower decision: whether leakage is present, what can be sealed, and how the result will be verified.
Describe uneven comfort, visible gaps, loose boots, dusty air drawn from an attic, and ducts outside conditioned space as reasons to inspect—not as proof. Mention that equipment, filters, coils, insulation, envelope leakage, duct sizing, restrictions, and control settings can create similar symptoms.
State whether the visit includes a visual inspection, pressure-based duct leakage test, smoke or other tracing method, airflow readings, photos, or only an estimate. Identify the tested boundary, preparation required, limitations, and whether the customer receives baseline results.
Separate joints, seams, boots, plenums, takeoffs, equipment connections, accessible penetrations, and register interfaces from damaged duct replacement, insulation, supports, air sealing of the building envelope, or inaccessible cavities. Name the sealing material or process only when it is actually used.
Define the promised deliverable: repaired locations, photos, material used, exclusions, post-work leakage result when testing is sold, airflow or pressure observations if included, unresolved defects, warranty terms, and the next diagnostic step if comfort problems remain.
Capture equipment and duct-system identity, access, complaint, visual findings, test boundary and method, baseline result, photos, and conditions that limited the inspection. Label estimates and observations separately from measured facts.
List every included connection, boot, plenum, seam, accessible run, material, repair, insulation item, access task, protection step, and exclusion. Identify concealed conditions and the approval needed before scope expands.
Address combustion appliances, venting, pressure interactions, electrical and equipment clearances, suspect materials, attic heat and access, indoor-air-quality considerations, and any licensed or specialist work. Generic “safe for every home” copy is not evidence.
Deliver repaired-location evidence, post-work result when contracted, known residual leakage, airflow or comfort follow-up within scope, cleanup, warranty, and open items. Keep claimed improvements tied to the measured project rather than a national average.
Operator references: ENERGY STAR duct-sealing guidance distinguishes accessible sealing work and recommends mastic or metal-backed tape rather than ordinary duct tape. Its HVAC quality-installation guidance tells buyers to ask for duct inspection, leakage testing, and necessary repairs. ENERGY STAR also warns in its problem-identification guidance that some sealing work can affect combustion safety and indoor air quality. Verify the actual home, equipment, test boundary, product instructions, utility program, jurisdiction, and licensed scope.
Limitation: A website audit cannot enter an attic or crawlspace; inspect ducts, equipment, venting, combustion, electrical work, insulation, suspect materials, or the building envelope; measure leakage, airflow, pressure, pollutants, or energy use; design a repair; validate incentives; or predict comfort, indoor-air quality, savings, rankings, calls, or revenue. Qualified field professionals and authorities control project-specific decisions.
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