Window and door caulking
Window and door caulking, done with your attic insulation
Windows, doors, attic hatch, range hood, outlets and fireplace: the caulking LogisVert requires, done by the same crew as your attic insulation.
For LogisVert, caulking goes with the insulation
Hydro-Québec’s LogisVert programme has a measure that covers roof insulation and caulking work together. Both are required: an insulated attic without caulking, or the other way around, and the measure doesn’t apply. The conditions, the documents you’ll need and the deadlines are explained on our LogisVert rebate page.
What the measure asks you to caulk
Hydro-Québec’s guide covers any spot in the house that lets air through. It also names, one by one:
- windows and patio doors;
- exterior doors;
- the attic access hatch;
- the kitchen range hood;
- bathroom fans;
- electrical outlets;
- the fireplace.
Installing or replacing doors and windows, on the other hand, isn’t eligible.
Why not just the windows
An outlet on an outside wall, the frame around the hatch, the gap around a range hood: each opening is small, but there are some in every room. Warm air that slips past the hatch goes straight up into the attic with its moisture, and that moisture is what ends up on the roof deck. Sealing those gaps keeps the heat downstairs and the attic dry.
The same crew as your attic
The caulking is done as part of the same project as your attic insulation, by the same crew. We’re already working on a good part of that list. The hatch gets insulated and weatherstripped. The bathroom fan and range hood have just had their ducts vented outside. Caulking finishes the job on the living side of the house: around the windows and doors, the outlets, the fireplace.
You don’t have two contractors to coordinate.
What’s left for you to do
You apply for the rebate yourself, online at logisvert.ca, no later than nine months after the work. Hydro-Québec doesn’t process applications sent by email or mail.
Hydro-Québec also sets the conditions and makes the decision, and those conditions can change. Read them again on our LogisVert rebate page before you sign anything.
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- Why caulk if I only want to insulate the attic?
- For the rebate. LogisVert requires both jobs together.
- Caulking is just around the windows, right?
- A lot of the time, it stops at the windows and doors. The LogisVert guide also names the hatch, range hood, bathroom fans, electrical outlets and fireplace, and Isolation Cornerstone does all of them on the same job.
- I live in a condo, does this work for me?
- Not for LogisVert. The measure is for houses: single-family, semi-detached, row houses, mobile homes and cottages.
- My house is heated with gas, do I qualify?
- The measure is for homes heated mainly with electricity. At Cornerstone, we ask you that before we talk about any rebate.
- When do I apply?
- No later than nine months after the work.
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