Speedi-Boot for Sealing and Protecting Duct Boots

A key feature that is particularly relevant to projects going through LEED® certification, but makes sense for every building with ducts, is the integrated strategy for keeping dust and debris out of the duct system. Cardboard dust covers are factory-installed onto the Speedi-Boot and designed for easy removal after construction is completed. Protection of openings into ducts is required for earning LEED IEQ credit 3.1, “Construction IAQ Management Plan – During Construction,” and this system makes obtaining that credit a lot easier.

Speedi-Boot was developed and is marketed by Lance-Larkin™, a Portland, Oregon-based product development and marketing company. Allan Pilger of the company, described the key benefits of Speedi-Boot as fourfold: saving labor on the job site, cutting down on callbacks, saving energy by reducing duck leakage, and improving indoor air quality by keeping ducts clean during construction. “The biggest selling point,” said Pilger, “is that it’s saving time and saving the contractor money.”