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Blower Door Testing in Your NH Home

A blower door test is a crucial part of a home energy assessment. It is key to finding out how your home loses heated or cooled air due to air leakage, and how you find out exactly where drafts are coming from.
The Yankee Thermal Imaging auditor testing your Rochester, Concord or Portsmouth-area home will let you know how you can stop the leaks with a full report. Our weatherization and air sealing/insulation teams are at the ready to air seal your house.

Know Where to Air Seal

Air leakage problems cannot be determined by eye, and insulation levels can't always be visually inspected. So how do you know where to air seal?

The blower door test allows your energy auditor to locate problem areas in your house. When used with a thermal imaging camera, the blower door can show the auditor hidden air leakage problems, and areas where insulation is missing, for example.

A Post-Audit Report

After the test is finished, the auditor calculates the air leakage rate for your house. A big number indicates a lot of air leakage. All of this information is gathered up and summarized by Yankee Thermal Imaging in the post-audit report.

A Key Part of a Home Energy Assessment

The blower door test results, air leakage locations and air change rate per hour are all key in assessing the performance of your house and determining the correct recommendations to improve your New Hampshire home's energy efficiency.

Without the blower door test, there's no way to measure how much the performance of your house improves once air sealing work is done. Because of this, most energy efficiency programs, like Home Performance with Energy Star, for example, require a blower door test as part of a comprehensive energy assessment.

Is Your Home's Air Quality Suffering?

In addition, a blower door can also be used to determine indoor air quality problems associated with gas or oil-fired furnaces, boilers and water heaters. A "Combustion Air Zone" (CAZ) test indicates if there is a possible problem spillage of combustion products due to backdrafting or poorly performing equipment.

Combustion safety can cause indoor air quality problems that can lead to health issues. We're here to help you identify and solve problems so that your household is comfortable, healthy and energy efficient.

Questions about blower door testing? Contact Yankee Thermal Imaging today!

 

What Our Customers Are Saying

  • "Yankee Thermal Imaging is very professional and efficient. Very thankful that we completed this project on our house. It needed the update in ventilation and insulation. I would highly recommend every home owner to have the home inspection done.

    LuEllen, Strafford, NH

  • "The crew knew what they were going to do, worked well as a team, took care to even cover the floor, and cleaned up everything. They were polite, good natured, and efficient. There is a positive change in the temperature inside the house and drafty rooms are no longer drafty.

    Jacquelyn & Harold, Claremont, NH

  • "Last year I had Yankee Thermal Imaging come to my home to do some energy work. I was impressed by their knowledge of home insulation, and energy improvement. They were able to place insulation into areas of the house that I thought would not be accessible."

    Don, Peterborough, NH

  • "I am completely satisfied with all aspects of this experience. All personnel from office workers to audit personnel and installation technicians were highly efficient, courteous, and pleasant to work with. I was especially impressed with the installers and the onsite team leader.

    Robert, Portsmouth, NH

  • "What a great Company! I took a chance with YTI and had an energy audit done on my 250-year-old antique cape home. John, the energy auditor, was friendly, professional, and thorough. His visit was followed by a detailed report and suggestions for insulation.

    Joan, Londonderry, NH

  • I wanted to make my house more energy efficient and from the start, coordinating with the auditor, Laurie in the main office and the crew were all very intelligent, friendly, knew their trade and pleasant to work with.

  • Your workers were at my daughter's house (Heidi Soltysiak) for 3 days putting insulation in several places in the house. I was there since my daughter had to work. I was so impressed with the workers especially the team leader. He made sure the other two newer workers did everything right.
    Jody Kinner, Keene, NH
  • Your crew has one more day tomorrow, but I wanted to email you to say they have been incredible. Every guy on the crew has been kind, courteous, clean, respectful and meticulous with their work and the cleanup at the end of the day. All of them are good people and true assets to your company.
    Scott Baker, Greenland, NH
  • Happy Maine Customer
    I have contracted with Yankee three times over the past three years and each time I have been impressed. Players have changed but consistency, professionalism, and respect have not wavered. You folks have been a joy to work with. Thank you. Sincerely Carolyn Jodoin
  • YTI was selected as the sole Insulation Contractor on the Historic Preservation of The Effingham Town Hall - Library project. This project has significant connections to the Town and the Freemason's which created much focus on the integrity of the project.
  • Satisfied Customer
    Happy in Portsmouth!!
    The guys were very hard-working, and considerate, their worksites were left very clean and we were very comfortable having them in our home, they were perfect gentlemen and knowledgeable of their business. My wife and were very impressed we liked them a lot.
    Joseph Freda, Portsmouth, NH 03801
  • Efficiency Maine Rebate Program
    Laurie, I have mailed out our payment. Thank you to you and your company. Yankee did outstanding work!
    JJ White, York, Maine
  • Yankee Thermal Imaging was our selected contractor through the NHSaves program. Their audit was extensive, identifying lots of opportunities for improvement for a house built in 1807.
    J. Bressoud, Barrington
  • Happy In Holderness
    Thank you very much, Yankee!! from start to finish, a very professional service. PS. I am going to be so much warmer this winter!!
    Lisa Elizabeth, Holderness
  • Happy In Stoddard
    Thank you so much!! The work looks great and we are already feeling warmer!!
  • Great Job
    We want you to know that the crew did a great job. We are very happy with their work, and the results that the final testing showed. They cleaned up each day. They were all pleasant to deal with as well.
    Jim & Linda, Hancock, NH
  • Good morning Laurie, Thank you for sending this final paperwork for a job well done! My husband and I are very pleased with the work that was performed in our home! Brent was terrific to work with! Very knowledgeable, thorough and patient, answering all of our questions along the way.
    Debbie and Dennie, Newmarket, NH
  • The crew that did the work were great too! Jarrod, Will and Ivan, polite, courteous, thorough, hardworking and cleaned up really well when finished! We were very impressed by their work ethics the entire way through!
    Debbie and Dennie, Newmarket, NH

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