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Flex Duct Installation Mistakes That Kill Your Airflow

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Flex Duct Installation Mistakes That Kill Your Airflow

Last summer I got a call from a homeowner in a three-year-old house — brand new build, name-brand equipment, and rooms that couldn’t get below 80°F on a hot day even with the system running flat out. The HVAC contractor who installed the system had used all the right equipment on paper: a properly sized … Read more

Flex Duct vs Rigid Metal: What Contractors Don’t Tell You

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Flex Duct vs Rigid Metal: What Contractors Don't Tell You

Last spring, I got a call from a homeowner in Draper who was furious. She’d paid a contractor $4,800 to replace all the ductwork in her two-story home, and six months later her upstairs bedrooms were still sweltering in the summer. When I got up into that attic, I understood immediately why she was upset … Read more