Efficient Home Services provides home energy audits, blower door testing and insulation for homeowners in Kittery, York and the southern Maine coast, from our base in nearby Berwick.
Coastal Homes, Coastal Weather
Kittery is Maine's oldest town, and Kittery Point, York Village and York Harbor are full of antique capes, colonials and shingle-style summer houses. Cape Neddick, York Beach, Ogunquit and Eliot add cottages that were built for summer and later winterized, along with mid-century ranches and newer homes. Older houses here often have little wall insulation, leaky attics and fieldstone foundations, and the steady wind off the ocean drives cold air through every gap. Seasonal cottages converted to year-round homes frequently have crawlspaces and floors that were never insulated.
A home energy audit shows where your house is losing heat so you can spend money where it counts.
What's Included
Every audit includes a blower door test to measure air leakage and locate drafts, an infrared camera inspection to find missing insulation and hidden leaks, and combustion safety testing for your heating equipment. You get a written report with costs, estimated savings and prioritized improvements. Learn more about our home energy audits, or our crawlspace and insulation and air sealing work.
Common Problems We Find
In Kittery and York homes we regularly see air leaking from attics and kneewalls into living space, open rim joists in basements, gaps around old chimneys, and porches and additions that were tacked on without much insulation. These are the leaks that cause drafty rooms, ice dams and moisture problems. The blower door and infrared camera make them easy to see, and many can be fixed with targeted air sealing and insulation before you consider bigger projects.
Efficiency Maine Rebates
Maine homeowners may qualify for Efficiency Maine incentives for energy assessments, insulation, air sealing and heat pumps. Programs change, so call or email us for help, and see our Maine rebates page.
Nearby Areas
We also serve Eliot, South Berwick, Wells and the rest of York County, and across the bridge in Portsmouth, NH.
Common Questions
Can you audit a seasonal cottage that we now live in year-round?
Yes. Converted cottages are common along the York and Kittery coast, and an audit with a blower door test shows where the floors, walls and attic need attention.
Is a blower door test included?
Yes. Every home energy audit we do includes a blower door test.
How do I find out about rebates?
Call or email us for help with current Efficiency Maine programs.
Schedule Today
Call us, email info@efficienthomeservices.com, or send a message.