Air duct leakage contributes to inferior room heating or cooling, humidity problems, wasteful utility expenses, and introduces pollutants and irritants directly into the home and its occupant’s lungs.

A recent APS study found that as much as 33% of Arizona homes’ heating and cooling systems airflow is leaking through ducts. In Arizona's desert climate, about 50 percent of your annual energy bill is typically spent on running your heating and cooling system. Fixing duct leaks could save you hundreds of dollars in your annual energy costs while improving the comfort of your home.

In fact, both APS and SRP find duct testing and repair so important that these utilities offer a $250 maximum rebate incentive when you have this service done by Magic Touch.

Specific air duct leakage problems include:

• Allows expensively cooled air to leak outside, into attics, crawlspaces, garages, and other non-living areas.
• Draws in dust, mold spores, insulation fibers, gases, and other contaminants from those same non-living areas.
• Pulls outside hot (summer) or cold (winter) air into the duct system, reducing its efficiency and capacity, and allowing homes to feel clammy and humid even when the air conditioner is running.
• Causes heat pumps to push luke-warm or even cold air during the winter, even while often forcing them to work harder.
• Encourages household depressurization, which can cause spillage from toxic combustion products (e.g., furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces) into your home.

We use the industry-leading testing system to thoroughly test homes for duct leaks.

Our Magic Touch energy audit expert will connect a calibrated fan to your home’s air handler cabinet or a return air grille, then temporarily seal all remaining registers and grilles. He will then increase fan speed until standard test pressure is achieved, then use the airflow and pressure gauges connected to the Dust Blaster system to determine efficiency losses with special software on his laptop computer.

He may also use a theatrical fog machine to inject non-toxic fog into the duct system, to visually locate and demonstrate the location and extent of air duct leakage in your home.

This test can be combined with thermal imaging using our infrared camera, which shows a thermal picture of air leakage and temperature differences.

By conducting this painstaking test, our expert will be able to tell you how much energy you are wasting due to leaky duct work, where the problem areas are, and the costs associated with sealing your duct work properly.

Take a few minutes to watch the Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) video below. It will show you more about why you should have an air duct leakage test, and how they are performed. You can also learn how to receive up to $250 by rebate after Magic Touch does this testing for you.

Stop leaking duct work from affecting your energy expenses and family’s health. Schedule a Duct Blaster test today! Magic Touch, serving Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Gilbert & surrounding AZ cities.