Seal around the window air conditioners.

Window air conditioners are how many Bloomington households survive triple-digit summers, but the gaps around the units leak cool air out and let dust and hot air in. Foam seal kits around each unit are cheap and make the same machine cool better for less money. For families near the truck corridors this also cuts the dust that gets indoors.

Where

Occupant-invited home near Orchard St & Spruce Ave, Bloomington, CA 92316 · Open the map

Pay

$160 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Before-and-after photos of each sealed window unit

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-18

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. Inspect each window unit with the occupant and note gaps, missing side panels, and daylight showing around the frame.
2. Fit foam side-panel seals and top-sash foam on each unit.
3. Seal remaining edge gaps with removable rope caulk.
4. Check the unit still drains and tilts slightly outward.
5. Photograph each sealed unit with GPS and date and list the units serviced.

What counts as done

• Before photos showing gaps around units
• After photos of sealed units with GPS and date
• Count of units sealed

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

DIY Weatherization and Air Sealing. Air sealing is the cheapest energy work there is, and the Department of Energy has spent decades proving it: a tube of caulk and a roll of weatherstrip, placed where the cold actually comes in, beat almost any gadget you can buy. This standard keeps the work occupant-safe: no wiring, no combustion equipment, no disturbing old paint. Mastery looks like hands that can find a draft with a bare palm and close it for good. This packet is one home's worth of that: find the gaps, seal them, photograph the proof.