The problem with that is that the conditioned air often finds other ways out of that space, so you've got a lot
of duct leakage.
Not exact matches
Sialocele is defined as the accumulation
of saliva in the tissue due to
leakage from a salivary gland or salivary
duct.
The major parts
of the testing include building envelope
leakage (aka blower door test),
duct leakage test (
Duct Blaster ®), and differential pressurization
of zones.
The major parts
of the testing include building envelope
leakage,
duct leakage test, and differential pressurization
of zones.
The
duct systems for the sealed attic houses had an average
of 41 % less total air
leakage, and, most importantly, no measurable air
leakage to the outdoors.
In addition, use
of the sealed «cathedralized» attic in hot climates can be a successful approach to avoiding pervasive problems associated with
ducts located in attics and air
leakage at the ceiling level, without energy penalty.
You can also test the total supply
duct leakage by isolating the supply side with a cardboard dam on the return opening
of the air handler.
sizing the hvac instead
of bigger is better, improving the building envelope, reducing
duct leakage..
High air change during cooling periods due to infiltration / exfiltration,
duct leakage, and excessive ventilation can lead to elevated interior levels
of moisture.