Q: I had an energy audit done on my house and then had some work done on my air ducts. Ever since then, my house has been a whole lot dustier, and I’ve noticed more dust on the air filters when I change them. What could be causing this problem?
A: It’s possible that the air ducts weren’t reconnected properly when they did the duct work in your house. Then the air conditioner could be sucking in a lot of dust in the attic, for example, and blowing it back into the house. You need to have another blower door test and duct blast test done on your house – the kinds of things that they did during the energy audit – to find out where the problem is.
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