Seal the garage-to-house air gap with a removable plug, a resident's own home, Texas City, TX.

This home's attached garage has an already-open pass-through gap into the living space -- around a plumbing or electrical penetration through the shared wall -- and a documented draft pulls garage air toward the house whenever an interior exhaust fan runs. A smoke-pencil test shows the draft is real, and a removable rigid plug with a gasket closes it without opening any wall, ceiling, or duct.

Where

a resident's own home with an attached garage, Texas City, TX 77590 (Galveston County); best-estimate location near the town center, exact address not confirmed · Open the map

Pay

$95 proposed

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Proof

before smoke-pencil photo + gap measurement + sealed-plug photo + after smoke-pencil photo + GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-10

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. 1. With the resident, identify the specific already-open pass-through gap between the garage and living space (a penetration around a pipe or conduit, or a decommissioned opening such as an old pet door) -- never cut or open new wall or ceiling material to create one.
2. 2. With an interior exhaust fan (bathroom or kitchen) running to lightly depressurize the house, hold a smoke pencil at the gap and photograph the smoke being pulled through toward the garage side, documenting the draft.
3. 3. Measure the gap and cut a rigid, removable foam or rigid-board plug sized to friction-fit the opening, with a gasket or foam-tape seal around its edge.
4. 4. Fit the plug into the gap from the accessible side and confirm it seats flush with no visible edge gap, then photograph the sealed opening.
5. 5. With the same exhaust fan running, repeat the smoke-pencil test at the same point to confirm no draft is pulled through, and record both results side by side.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the documented open pass-through gap
• Smoke-pencil photo showing the draft pulled through the gap before sealing
• Photo of the finished, flush-seated removable plug from the living-space side
• Repeat smoke-pencil photo at the same point confirming the draft is closed

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Indoor Air Quality. Indoor air quality is the health of the air where people actually live, and most of us are indoors nine hours in ten. The standards give it numbers: carbon dioxide that tells whether fresh air is reaching a room, fine dust, fumes from finishes, moisture that invites mold. Mastery looks like reading a room's air the way a doctor reads a pulse, and knowing which fix matters first. It is learned meter in hand. This packet is one room measured honestly, and one measured room is worth a hundred guesses.