The last couple months I've spent my weekends building new metal ductwork to go under my house. Yesterday I dragged it under the house in two major assemblies, and installed the first assembly. Rather sore today!
The old ductwork job was terrible, the take-off collars were very poorly attached and not sealed to the main trunk, so there was a lot of air leaking at the joints, which resulted in condensation, which lead to wet ineffective insulation and mold growing inside the ducts. Nasty! Old ductwork insulation was R6, new is R8, so I should see a reduction in power consumption, plus much cleaner and healthy air. I found a local HVAC supply warehouse that has no problem selling to homeowners, so far the metal ductwork, insulation, and tape and mastic cost is about $300, then there are ten flexible ducts off the main trunk that were another $30 each. Next up will be similar work for the attic ductwork, probably wait until fall or winter for that. No mold up there, but same leaky take-off collars. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
