HVAC and Insulation From a Working Tech
Dana Sorensen · July 4, 2026
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
Dana Sorensen · June 26, 2026
“It just quit sometime overnight” — that’s what she told me, standing in the doorway of her utility closet while I already had the air handler panel pulled off its screws. This was July, deep in a heat advisory, and her central air had gone silent sometime between midnight and morning. The blower motor shaft … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 21, 2026
Figuring out how to size ductwork correctly for a home HVAC system really comes down to one thing: keeping a trustworthy duct sizing chart CFM residential HVAC reference within arm’s reach before you ever cut pipe — and most homeowners don’t discover they need one until a room goes cold or a register starts shrieking. … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 21, 2026
Search “why is one room in my house always hotter” and you’ll land on two competing pieces of advice: seal your ducts and pile on more insulation, or get your system a bigger return path. The first suggestion sometimes helps. The second is the one that actually solves the problem most of the time, and … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 19, 2026
“It’s not the equipment,” I told her, standing in a doorway with my hand still on the knob. This was a newer subdivision home last August, and the woman I was working with — I’ll call her Michelle — had spent two full years arguing with her builder about a master bedroom that ran “ten … Read more