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Flex Duct Installation Mistakes That Kill Your Airflow

Dana Sorensen · July 5, 2026

Flex Duct Installation Mistakes That Kill Your Airflow

I spent a Saturday last summer crawling through my own attic with a flashlight, chasing down why the guest room upstairs refused to drop below 80°F no matter how hard the system ran. My house is only three years old, built with a properly sized 4-ton unit and a solid air handler, and flex duct … Read more

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

Dana Sorensen · July 4, 2026

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

Halfway up the attic ladder in a Draper two-story last spring, I already had a good guess why the homeowner below me was so frustrated. She’d handed a contractor $4,800 to redo the ductwork in her house, and six months later the upstairs bedrooms were still baking every afternoon. One look at what was actually … Read more