Nā ala like ʻole. Nui nā ʻano ʻōnaehana paipu no nā noi pau ʻole. Hoʻohana like ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka paipu a pehea e pili ai i ka pono o ka ʻōnaehana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu.
Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka lab, hiki i ka pono o ka ʻōnaehana HVAC i kona kiʻekiʻe ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono. ʻO ka hana hou ʻana i kēia mau hopena ma ke ao maoli e pono ai ka ʻike a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻokomo a mālama ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana. ʻO kahi mea nui o ka pono maoli ka ductwork. Nui nā ʻano ʻōnaehana duct no nā noi pau ʻole. He kumuhana kēia e hiki ai i nā mea hana HVAC ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa, huli ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka duct sealing a pehea e pili ai i ka pono o ka ʻōnaehana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu.
Ma kāna hoʻolaha hoʻopaʻa duct ponoʻī, ʻōlelo ʻo ENERGY STAR® i ka poʻe nona ka hale me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomehana ea a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoluʻu e hiki ke nalowale ma kahi o 20 a 30 pakeneka o ka ea e kahe ana i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana duct.
"ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā bila pono a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana i kou home me ka ʻoluʻolu, ʻaʻohe mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka thermostat," wahi a ka pūnaewele Energy Star. "Hiki i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka insulating ducts ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia hōʻoluʻolu maʻamau a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka ea o loko. a hoʻemi i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana. kinoea i loko o kahi noho.
Hoʻomaopopo ka hui he paʻakikī ke komo ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana duct, akā hāʻawi nō naʻe i ka poʻe nona ka hale me kahi papa inoa hana ponoʻī e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā puka me ka lipine duct a i ʻole ka lipine foil, a me ka ʻōwili ʻana i nā paipu e holo ana ma nā wahi ʻole me nā ʻauwaʻa insulation ma hope o ka pau ʻana. ʻO kēia mau ʻanuʻu a pau, paipai ʻo Energy Star i ka poʻe nona ka hale i ka ʻōnaehana i nānā ʻia e kahi loea. Hoʻomaopopo pū ia i ka poʻe nona ka hale e hoʻoponopono a hoʻokomo ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana HVAC ʻoihana.
Wahi a Energy Star, ʻo nā pilikia ʻehā maʻamau o ka ʻauwaʻa, ʻo ia ke kahe, ʻāhaʻi, a me ka hemo ʻana; nā sila maikaʻi ʻole ma nā papa inoa a me nā grilles; nā kahe i loko o nā umu a me nā pā kānana; a me nā kinks i loko o nā ʻōnaehana duct hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ke kahe ʻana o ka ea. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia mau pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kahawai a me ka sila ʻana; e hōʻoia i ka paʻa paʻa o nā papa inoa a me nā grilles i nā auwai ea; nā kapuahi hoʻopaʻa a me nā pahu kānana; a me ka hoʻokaʻawale pono ʻana i ka ductwork ma nā wahi i pau ʻole.
Hana pū ka duct sealing a me ka insulation e hana i kahi pilina symbiotic e hoʻonui ai i ka pono a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.
"Ke kamaʻilio ʻoe e pili ana i ka ductwork, inā ʻaʻole i sila pono ʻia, ʻaʻole e hana ka insulation i kāna hana," wahi a Brennan Hall, ka luna huahana HVAC kiʻekiʻe no Johns Manville Performance Materials. "Ke hele pū nei mākou me nā ʻōnaehana sealing duct."
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka ʻōnaehana, hāʻawi ka insulation i ka mahana e pono ai e ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele ea ma o nā ducts, e mālama ana i ka ikehu me ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka wela a i ʻole ka loaʻa, ma muli o ke ʻano i koho ʻia.
"Inā ʻaʻohe wela a loaʻa paha i ka wā e hele ai ma nā awāwa, e kōkua koke ia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mahana o ka hale a i ʻole ka home i kahi hoʻonohonoho thermostat i makemake ʻia," wahi a Hall. "E pau ka ʻōnaehana a pau ka holo ʻana o ka poʻe pā, e kōkua ana e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai ikehu."
ʻO ka hopena lua o ka hoʻopaʻa pono ʻana i nā ducts e hōʻemi i ka condensation. ʻO ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka condensation a me ka nui o ka makū e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia a me nā pilikia ʻala.
"ʻO ka pale mahu i kā mākou huahana, inā he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a he ductwork paha, he ʻokoʻa nui," wahi a Hall. "ʻO John Manville duct panels e hōʻemi i ka nalowale o ka ikehu ma ke kāohi ʻana i ka walaʻau makemake ʻole a me ka mālama ʻana i nā mahana maʻamau. Kōkua pū lākou i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiapuni i loko o ka hale ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka leaka o ka ea a me ka pale ʻana i ka pōʻino i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ulu ʻana o ka microbial.
ʻAʻole kōkua wale ka ʻoihana i ka poʻe ʻaelike ma ka hana ʻana i nā huahana like ʻole e hoʻoponopono i ka leo o ka duct a me nā pilikia kūpono, akā ua hana pū kekahi i kahi ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele manuahi ma kāna HVAC a me nā hopena insulation mechanical.
"Ke hāʻawi aku nei ka Johns Manville Academy i nā modula hoʻonaʻauao interactive e wehewehe ana i nā mea āpau mai nā kumu o nā ʻōnaehana insulation a pehea e kūʻai aku ai a hoʻokomo i nā ʻōnaehana HVAC Johns Manville a me nā huahana mechanical," wahi a Hall.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bill Diederich, ka hope peresidena o Aeroseal no nā ʻoihana noho, ʻo nā ducts sila ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻonui ai i ka pono o kāu mau lako.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai loko mai: Hoʻopili nā mea ʻaelike Aeroseal i nā paipu i hoʻomoe paʻa ʻia i ka ductwork. Ke kaomi ʻia ka ʻōnaehana duct, hoʻohana ʻia kahi paipu pālahalaha e hoʻopuka i ka sealant sprayed i loko o ka ʻōnaehana duct.
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, i loko o nā papahana retrofit, hiki i ka sealing ductwork ke hōʻemi i ka nui, ka hopena i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomehana liʻiliʻi, haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomaha," wahi āna. "Hōʻike ka noiʻi a hiki i ka 40% o ka ea i lawe ʻia i loko a i waho paha o kahi lumi i nalowale ma muli o nā leaka i ka ductwork. ʻO ka hopena, pono nā ʻōnaehana HVAC e hana ikaika a lōʻihi ma mua o ka maʻamau e hoʻokō a mālama i kahi mahana lumi ʻoluʻolu. Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā leaka duct, hiki i nā ʻōnaehana HVAC ke hana i ka hana kiʻekiʻe me ka ʻole o ka pau ʻana o ka ikehu a i ʻole ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke ola o nā mea hana.
Hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia nā ducts Aeroseal mai loko mai o ka ʻōnaehana duct ma mua o waho. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā puka ma lalo o 5/8 iniha ke anawaena me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana Aeroseal, i hoʻolālā ʻia e maʻalahi i ke kaʻina hana hoʻopaʻa paipu i hōʻike ʻia ma luna.
Hoʻomākaukau Pipe: E hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻōnaehana paipu no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka paipu pālahalaha Aeroseal. Ke kaomi ʻia ka ʻōnaehana duct, hoʻohana ʻia kahi paipu pālahalaha e hoʻopuka i ka sealant sprayed i loko o ka ʻōnaehana duct.
"Ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi ʻehu o ka sealant i loko o nā ʻauwaʻa ma lalo o ke kaomi ʻana, hoʻopaʻa ʻo Aeroseal i nā ducts mai loko mai kahi o lākou e kū ai, me nā ala hiki ʻole ke komo ma hope o ka pā maloʻo," wahi a Diederich. "Hōʻike ka polokalamu o ka ʻōnaehana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka leak i ka manawa maoli a hāʻawi i kahi palapala hōʻoia e hōʻike ana ma mua a ma hope o ka leaks."
Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa lima ʻia kekahi leak ma mua o 5/8 iniha. Pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia nā lī nui, e like me nā paipu i haki, ʻoki ʻia a ʻeha paha ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Wahi a ka hui, e ʻike nā mea ʻaelike i kēia mau pilikia ma o ka nānā ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Inā ʻike ʻia kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hoʻohana ai i ka Aeroseal Duct Sealing Spray, e hoʻōki koke ka ʻōnaehana e hoʻōki i ke kahe o ka sealant, e nānā i ka pilikia a hāʻawi i kahi hopena ma ka pūnaewele ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka sila.
“Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono, e ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā lākou mau auwai e hoʻopau i ka ʻeha a me nā mahana ʻole i ko lākou mau home; pale i ka lepo mai ke komo ʻana i nā awāwa, nā ʻōnaehana mālama ea a me ka ea a lākou e hanu ai; a hiki ke hōʻemi i nā pili ikehu a hiki i 30 pakeneka. wahi a. "ʻO ia ke ala maʻalahi a maikaʻi loa no nā mea hale e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ea a me ka ea i loko o ko lākou home, e hoʻonui ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi o ka ea i ka wā e mālama ai i ka ikehu a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā bila pono."
Angela Harris is a technical editor. You can reach her at 248-786-1254 or angelaharris@achrnews.com. Angela is responsible for the latest news and technology features at The News. She has a BA in English from the University of Auckland and nine years of professional journalism experience.
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