Comments on: Eco-Tip Tuesday: Our Leaks are Sealed http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/08/18/eco-tip-tuesday-our-leaks-are-sealed/ Adventures in Living Lightly Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chimney Balloon http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/08/18/eco-tip-tuesday-our-leaks-are-sealed/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Chimney Balloon Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:19:40 +0000 http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/?p=1590#comment-242 That is a great list of tips on air sealing. Thank you. One more tool that may be of use when doing home air sealing and weather stripping is a smoke pencil. Energy raters use them all the time to identify drafts in a home and check for air leaks. There are all kinds of different smoke pencils, but the water/glycol ones are about $25 and they help to see if your air sealing project was a success. You could use a cigarette or incense stick as well to do the same thing, but if you drop hot ash or an ember on the carpet or furniture and burn a spot...a smoke pencil may be a safer and less expensive route. That is a great list of tips on air sealing. Thank you. One more tool that may be of use when doing home air sealing and weather stripping is a smoke pencil. Energy raters use them all the time to identify drafts in a home and check for air leaks. There are all kinds of different smoke pencils, but the water/glycol ones are about $25 and they help to see if your air sealing project was a success.

You could use a cigarette or incense stick as well to do the same thing, but if you drop hot ash or an ember on the carpet or furniture and burn a spot…a smoke pencil may be a safer and less expensive route.

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