Detective work for your whole home
An insulation inspection looks at the attic. An energy audit looks at the whole house. It finds where your energy goes and ranks the fixes by impact.
Think of it as a health check for your home. We test, we measure, and we list what matters most. You stop guessing and start fixing in the right order.
The blower door test
The heart of an audit is the blower door. We fit a fan in your front door frame. It pulls air out of the house. The house goes slightly negative. Outside air rushes in through every leak.
We walk the house with the fan running. We feel each leak with our hands. We can tell you exactly how leaky your home is, as a number. After we seal, we test again and show you the improvement.
It is the most honest test in our trade. No opinions. Just air flow numbers.
Room-by-room checks
We walk every room with an infrared camera. Cold walls glow blue. Warm spots glow red. The camera finds missing insulation inside walls without opening them.
We check windows and doors for drafts. We look at duct runs for leaks. We note the age and state of your heating and cooling gear. We check the attic, the crawl, and the knee walls.
What the report ranks
The report lists every issue we found. But more than that, it ranks them. Biggest energy waste first. Best bang for the buck first.
Typical top items: attic air leaks, thin attic insulation, leaky ducts, and missing wall insulation. The report gives each a plain-English note and a price to fix.
Audit vs. free inspection
Our free inspection covers the attic. It is free because most attic problems are visible. An audit goes deeper. The blower door, the infrared scan, and the full-house walk take hours and special gear.
Get the free inspection if your attic is the suspect. Get the audit if the whole house feels off and no one can say why.
Our process
1. Book. Call or send the form. Audits take half a day, so we schedule a morning or afternoon block.
2. Interview. We ask about bills, comfort issues, and past work. Your history points us to the right tests.
3. Test. Blower door on. Infrared camera out. Room by room, attic to crawl.
4. Report. You get the ranked list with photos and prices within two business days. We walk you through it by phone or in person.
What changes after an audit
Clarity. You know the top three fixes. You know what each costs. You know what each saves. Most clients start with air sealing and attic insulation, since those top the list in most homes.
Some clients do the work in stages. The report supports that. Do the big wins now, the rest later. The ranking tells you the order.
Every project is different — contact us for a free written estimate.
More Than a Clipboard Walkthrough
A proper energy audit uses instruments, not guesses. The blower door test depressurizes your house and measures exactly how leaky it is, in numbers you can compare before and after. Thermal imaging shows where heat escapes — the camera sees the cold stripes where insulation is missing and the hot spots where air leaks.
We also check the mechanicals. An oversized furnace short-cycles and wastes fuel. Leaky ducts in the attic dump conditioned air where nobody lives. The audit connects these dots so you fix the right things in the right order instead of throwing money at the most obvious symptom.
The report prioritizes by payback. Air sealing usually comes first because it is cheap and effective. Insulation second. Equipment last, because a tighter house needs a smaller system. Follow the order and every dollar works harder.
Many audits end with a long list and no priorities. Ours ends with three numbers: what each fix costs, what it saves per year, and how fast it pays back. You decide where to start with real math, not guesses.
The audit also covers things most companies skip: the age and condition of your HVAC, the state of your ductwork, and whether your water heater is adding heat and moisture to the wrong spaces. A whole-house view beats a narrow one every time, because houses work as systems.
Ask for the raw data. A good auditor shares the blower door numbers and thermal images, not just the summary. The data lets any contractor quote the fixes accurately.
Call (301) 679-9193 for a free attic inspection.