Valley Duct Testing

Specialties

Duct testing is the process of checking your heating and air conditioning vents and duct work for leaks. Leaks cause several problems — first it means losing the hot air or cold air from your HVAC unit — translating to lost dollars and lost energy. Second, it can bring in contaminants and dust from your attic or crawl space, leading to bad air, particulates, or nuisance smells.

We measure your duct air leakage and energy efficiency. Leaks can be because of bad installation or can develop over time naturally or from when the christmas ornaments box smashed a duct in the attic.

In California, Title 24 established standards for energy efficiency in homes and has specific guidelines for HVAC systems. Duct testing and certification is part of that standard. Title 24 comes into play when building new homes, when doing certain types of remodeling on your home, or when doing certain upgrades to your HVAC system. See our Title 24 page for more details.

The standards and rules have changed several times and vary by your climate region — so when in doubt, give us a call and we can walk you through the process.

Our team is certified and has the tools to do all testing to meet Title 24 requirements. Each Rater carries a laptop and calibrated measurement tools. We can do most testing with a single visit and have paperwork produced on location for the quickest and easiest convenience to homeowners or contractors.

History

Established in 2005.

Valley Duct Testing was started in October of 2005. The owner John Flores has been in the Heating & Air Conditioning Business for over 29 years. As the owner of Valley Sheet Metal Supply for 16 years he understands business and what it takes to service the customer. With his knowledge of the industry he has trained all of his HERS Raters to be very professional and courteous to all of their customers. They are all employees of the company and all are fully insured.

We at Valley Duct Testing want to make your experience with us to be very successful. We will do whatever it takes to help with the testing process. We are certified to do existing buildings and new construction. We are also certified for commercial construction. All of our Raters have laptops and can process all paperwork on site after they test and can give the finished paperwork to homeowner before they leave. This saves the contractor a lot of time and energy not having to deliver the paperwork.