Duct Sealing
Depending on the location of your home heating system’s ductwork, you may be spending large portions of your heating bill on unnecessarily heating your crawlspace or attic. Ductwork is not airtight by itself and the equipment used to seal yours may have failed years ago. Small cracks at seams and joints will allow heat to pass outside its intended area and when added up over the entire system can be equivalent to a very large hole. To help identify and correct this waste of energy (and degradation of indoor air quality) your PUD is currently offering incentives for home duct sealing performed by PUD-approved participating contractors meeting PTCS specifications.
Instant Incentive Amount
The instant incentive ranges from $200 up to $250. (Your installer will be able to determine the incentive your situation qualifies for) The incentive is deducted from the overall cost of the installation to give you instant savings, and upon completion of the installation, the incentive will be paid to the installing contractor.
Here’s How Our Incentive Program Works:
- Contact 1 or more Participating Heating Installers for bids and to talk about eligibility. Their bids will include the PUD instant incentive amount. We recommend contacting at least 3 in order to get a competitive quote, but it’s your choice whom you decide to work with.
- Select the Participating Installer that you want to work with and that offers the best bid for you.
- The Participating Installer submits a copy of the bid as well as any supporting documentation for you.
- PUD reviews and approves the instant incentive documents and performs any required verification visits. We don’t require a visit at every job, but we do reserve the right to follow up to ensure quality of work and program compliance.
- PUD pays the instant incentive amount to the Participating Installer, and you’re only responsible for your portion.
If you have any questions or comments about ductless heat pumps, feel free to contact us, either by phone at (360) 565-3249 or by emailing Energy Conservation.