If you’re experiencing uneven airflow in your home, whether thats a lack of steady warm air or cool air circulating your home, the problem might have to do with poor air balancing. Balanced airflow plays a large role in the comfort of your home and energy efficiency of your HVAC system.
In this post, a qualified HVAC contractor from Lyons Air Conditioning & Heating will explain what exactly air balancing is, the signs of poor air balancing, and how the proper methods and techniques to improve air balance can drastically benefit your home. Read on to learn more.
What is Air Balancing?
Problems like inconsistent air flow and negative air pressure can affect the balance of warm or cooled air being distributed throughout your home. Air balancing refers to the practice of analyzing and adjusting the output of your HVAC system to deliver the desired temperature and proper amount of air flow to each room in your home.
Air balancing will allow your Rockwall air conditioning and heating unit to run more energy efficiently, promote better system performance, and improve overall comfort. Achieving proper air balance will require several factors are met to distribute air throughout the home better.
Understanding Air Balancing
There isn’t just one single factor that affects air balance, depending on the home; specific actions taken could vary. Below, our Rockwall AC repair experts lined out a few of the most common signs that your home’s air is improperly balanced as well as specific issues that alter air circulation.
Signs Your Home’s Air Isn’t Balanced
When the air in your home is not properly balanced, you may notice cold and hot spots randomly throughout your home. An uneven temperature in different areas of your home is only one sign that your heating and cooling system is not delivering well-balanced air. Others include higher energy costs, poor indoor air quality, the need for frequent repairs, and more.
- Hot or Cold Spots: Hot and cold spots in different areas of the house is perhaps the most common indicator of poor air balance. Understanding and utilizing good air balancing methods can help ensure HVAC units evenly distribute warm air and cool air when and where it is needed.
- Expensive Heating or Cooling Bills: When there is not ideal air circulation in your home, your HVAC unit has to work harder. This means more your unit requires more energy consumption to reach the desired temperature, which in turn contributes to higher energy costs.
- Frequent Repairs: When your system has to work harder, it will put stress on the equipment, which runs the risk of costly repairs down the road. Our Rockwall AC repair technicians want to help you avoid costly repairs, but when it comes time for them, we’re here when you need us.
- Poor Indoor Air Quality: Uncomfortable, stale air can be a sign of many problems within your HVAC system. When proper air balancing is achieved, you’ll benefit from a higher-quality air flow and a happier, healthier home.
Ways to Improve Air Circulation in Your Texas Home
Air balancing ensures that your home or building receives maximum airflow in the most energy and wallet-friendly way. Use this advice, and you’ll experience a more comfortable home regardless of the time of year.
Locate Drafts
While we all agree fresh air is great, it’s best to leave outdoor air outside where it belongs. Analyze each door and window throughout your home to make sure they’re sealed tight. No outside air should be able to make its way inside.
Clean Air Filters
A dirty air filter can constrain air movement, increase energy bills, and is one of the leading causes of HVAC system breakdowns. Regularly checking and cleaning your air filters can lead to a number of benefits for your home and those in it, including improving air balancing.
Check/Fix Ductwork
Issues with your air ducts and air vents can be a little bit harder to locate. If air is leaking from a specific location, it puts a roadblock up, preventing the correct circulation of air. Our HVAC technicians can inspect and clean the ductwork in your home, as well as determine whether you would benefit from larger or smaller ductwork. If that’s the case, we can provide efficient Rockwall duct replacement services to ensure the highest quality air flow in your home.
Install Window Films
There aren’t many better ways to stop heat from penetrating your home than the use of window films. With so many options available, you can repel UV rays without having to lose natural lighting.
Improve Insulation
Bad insulation allows cold and hot air to enter the home, causing uneven airflow and undesirable temperatures. Much like window films, proper insulation is a barrier dividing interior walls from the outside elements. Allow our HVAC techs to ensure your home is properly insulated by conducting an energy audit and providing recommendations and services intended to improve your home insultation.
Use Ceiling Fans
Using ceiling fans is a great way to help distribute and circulate the warm or cold air coming from a room’s vents. Combined with HVAC systems, ceiling fans can help greatly increase energy efficiency and improve air circulation in specific areas of your home.
Offset Air
Though you may think uneven temperatures are exactly what we are trying to stray from, a two-story house with more than one HVAC unit may benefit from a 2-3 degree temperature offset. For example, the upper floor could be set at 73 degrees, while the downstairs unit is set at 71 degrees. This does not mean you should adjust your thermostat settings to have the air conditioner blowing conditioned air on one floor and your heating system working to heat the level below. Only a slight difference in temperatures is recommended, as a drastic difference in air temps can have more adverse effects.
For Help Improving the Airflow In Your Home, Call the HVAC Professionals at Lyons Air & Heat Today
Spring has officially kicked off in Texas, and some days have already felt like summer. Stay ahead of the heat with an air quality audit and professional air balancing services. An experienced HVAC technician at Lyons Air & Heat can help you achieve complete air balance. Get in touch to speak with a trusted HVAC professional today!
