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Removing or modifying bridges between truss or joists to make way for ducting
I want to run ducting for a kitchen extractor through the ground-floor ceiling of a two story building in order to get it to an external wall. The ducting would be running in the same direction as the ...
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Using larger pipe for range hood
My new range hood calls for 5" pipe. I was planning to use a 5"/6" reducer to convert to 6" pipe for going through my attic to the roof. I know that using a smaller pipe than what is called for is ...
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Best way to retrofit a dyer vent duct in 2x4 interior wall
My washer and dryer are located on the second floor of a two floor townhouse (crawlspace foundation). It's basically a closet that fits the two machines only, with very limited space front to back ( ...
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How should I insulate garage ductwork when no gap exists between ductwork and ceiling?
I currently have uninsulated HVAC ductwork running the width of my garage. There's no gap between the ducts and the plaster ceiling above it. There's also very little clearance between the ducts and ...
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How to safely clean rust and prep on a section of HVAC ductwork before insulating
So I have a small section (about 1.5 ft) of non-insulated ductwork with some rust right above my HVAC blower/furnace in the basement.
The rust seems to be caused by the water that sweats on that ...
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Furnace/HVAC issues in new build
Just had a couple of questions. I have been in new build townhouse for a month and noticed a couple of things but have been away several weeks so just dealing with it now. Some of this I am sure I am ...
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How can I attach/seal around an exhaust fan duct at the roof?
I am redoing the ducting from a kitchen exhaust fan to the roof cap. The old ducting was 6" and I'm increasing it to 8" to match the vent on the new exhaust fan. The current roof penetration is a 6....
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OK to cut double top plate to clear exhaust duct?
I am installing a exhaust fan duct in my 1st floor kitchen. I had planned to go under 2nd story joists/above kitchen cabinet, thru the wall. Unfortunately, the desired location on the wall would split-...
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What's a good way to minimize bends in a dryer transition duct?
I installed a new clothes dryer yesterday using the laminated foil transition duct the appliance store gave me. In order to get behind the dryer to access the duct, I have to pull the dryer out at ...
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How to make attic easier to traverse?
My attic is a maze of wires, air ducts and PVC water pipes. I went just one room over from the attic entrance and it took me a solid 30 minutes just to go there and back. Would it be unreasonable to ...
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Axial or centrifugal fan for short run out of kitchen?
I'm researching replacements for a broken extractor fan in my kitchen. It is wall mounted and runs through the wall straight outside, no long ducting involved.
The current (broken) fan is the ...
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How to fix placement of over-stove exhaust
The microwave over my stove expired. I pulled it down, and discovered that the ductwork to attach the fan to the outside world was misplaced: it's about two inches to the right of where it should be. ...
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Ceiling vent right next to wall. Ideas for grille cover?
The typical size 10x4 won't work because the wall is right next to it on one side (see picture).
I can buy a smaller size but then the question is where do I screw in the second hole.
Any ideas?
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Using existing hot water vent for extraction
I have a room in the basement with equipment (computers) that gets really hot. There is an ac vent but the thermostat is nowhere near the room.
Also in an alcove is the hot water heater behind a ...
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How can I duct through a new cabinet from a floor vent opening at the wall?
Got a window bench put in, but need a way to direct the air from the old baseboard vent register hole to out the front of the bench. NOt so sure a box store is going to have the proper vent duct parts ...
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dryer duct: connecting crimped end in dryer to crimped end in wall
A friend redid the in-wall duct for the dryer, leaving a crimped duct coming (slightly) out of the wall. Our dryer has a crimped duct emerging as well.
Friend, who has left the area, was probably ...
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water in insulation boards - best method to dry out
I have a horizontal flow brand-new HVAC unit, with a 1" thick insulation board plenum which has had some water ingestion on the bottom panel. The unit is in the attic.
I'm quite confident the water ...
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HVAC Air Blowback
Furnace/Blower: Rheem R92PA0851521MSA
Dual Zone System (Honeywell TrueZONE HZ311)
- Honeywell M847D1004 Actuators
Age of system: less than 2 years old including ductwork
Ive noticed that if Zone 1 ...
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Closing drywall to duct work
We are trying to convert some garage space into a gym, and one the we’re concerned about is all the gap space between the drywall and the ducting. We want to seal that off as much as possible for air ...
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How to re-purpose an exhaust fan using a 10x3.25 duct?
I'm currently remodeling my kitchen. Instead of a cooktop hood, I plan to re-use the existing ceiling exhaust fan. It looks to be about a 8" diameter fan that is inside a 10x3.25 duct that exhausts ...
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Cut Floor joists for HVAC
I own an old home, circa 1919. In the 70's, when the new furnace was installed, they cut through the floor joists to run the air ducts. Awesome. So in direct correlation to those cut joists, are ...
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Air Filter size for (new to me) home HVAC
My wife and I just purchased / moved into a new house and I was going through each of the systems and found the HVAC filter, it was literally destroyed (it had filled with crap and crushed itself in ...
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Rough in bathroom exhaust
So, I have a pretty basic question that I can't really figure out for some reason. Is there a way to rough in bathroom exhaust fans before siding? In other words, there are trim kits for sconces, ...
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Flexible round duct - What to use
I'm re-routing some 10x3.25" duct through a bulkhead in my kitchen. Planning to change over to 6" round duct for a 4' segment that is relatively straight (no 90s). It was my intention to use non-...
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How to connect dryer duct to wall?
I just removed a stove and fan, and am left with this rectangular exit for the fan exhaust.
I would like to hook up a dryer in place, and am wondering the best way to connect the round duct from the ...
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Should I insulate metal duct work in basement?
I have a balloon frame house with an unfinished basement. The air handler and furnace are in the basement too. Last fall, we had the duct work removed because it was wrapped in asbestos tape that ...
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Range hood vents into attic space
My house was built in 1976. I recently replaced the range hood and discovered that the piece of rectangular ducting that runs inside the cabinet is not connected to the outlet vent on the outside of ...
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Dryer vent through cinder block and then through yard - is this ok?
I've been researching how to vent my basement dryer, using galvanized steel ducts. There are lots of things on Google that show how to do this under a normal situation, but mine is unique, and I can't ...
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Air return proximity to furnance
We are refinishing our basement that wasn't original conditioned. New supplies and zoning were added by a contractor. We want to add an air return in the living space by tapping into the main return ...
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How do you remove and re-install Register Duct Boot?
Is it possible to remove and replace this register duct boot without screwing up the dry wall around it?
Large Images: https://imgur.com/a/lh9HIt2
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How to calculate CFM/pressure needed to move water vapor through duct?
I made a cheap, high capacity humidifier from a mist maker, storage crate, and 120mm fan (the fan blows into the crate, which pushes the mist out). This 4" flex pipe works fine to exhaust the mist ...
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Move floor vent into the wall
Currently right by the toilet in my bath there is a heating register on the floor. I want to build a small wall at the same location and have the heat exit out of the base of that wall.
Is there a ...
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Material for stud cavity cold air return
I'm totally aware of the arguments for and against stud cavity air returns so I don't need opinions on that, but I do need an idea of the best material for lining the outside of the stud cavity with. ...
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Dropped item in furnace duct
While trying to stop the ticking noise coning from my furnace ducts, I accidentally dropped a small piece of fire retardant foam (as you can see in the below photos) in one of the vertical furnace ...
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How do I stop the ticking noise coming from my furnace duct? [duplicate]
I've had some HVAC people here to look at the ticking noise coming from our furnace duct. One of them installed a brace on the piece in question. This seemed to make the ticking less frequent, ...
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Forced-air heater for old floor registers
I have an older home which used to be centrally heated by a furnace in the crawlspace, but has since been retrofitted with forced-air wall heaters: Some of the wall heaters are in inconvenient ...
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Best way to connect to short dryer duct inside wall
What is the best way to connect my dryer securely to this outgoing dryer vent? Should I find a small connector piece, place the crimped end inside the vent, and secure the inside of the joint with ...
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Crack in wall over heating duct
thanks in advance for any advice. We bought our 100-year-old house last summer, so this is our first winter in it. The walls are not insulated, so we can tell where the heat ducts run not only because ...
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Concerns with installing 4“ Dryer Booster Fan into 7” duct
Our new-to-us home was built in 1850, so there's been a lot of oddball things done to it's guts over time. One of these is the dryer vent duct work that looks to have been installed sometime in the ...
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How can I prevent makeup air vents from exhausting conditioned air?
The utility room has two 8-10 inch ducts running to it from the exterior of the home. There are also three fireplaces in the home, and we have noticed that occasionally the house smells like smoke, ...
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How do I install flex duct to existing duct including registers
When my home was built in 2016 the HVAC runs from the furnace in the basement up through the house uses 7" R4.2 insulated flex duct.
I am in the process of finishing my basement and I would like to ...
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How to seal joints in ductwork when tape is not an option
The duct-work in the basement for my forced air heating system has been modified at various points over its long history and as a result had quite a few leaks when I moved in recently. I used foil ...
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Why is this airduct twitching and making a noise?
I have an air duct in my basement. It leads from my furnace (I think?) to the outside world.
However, as you can see from this video, it is "twitching".
Every second or so it jerks slightly and ...
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Is 4“ Ducting Used for a 4” Bath Fan?
I'm interested in installing a bath fan and am currently planning ou the project.
The fan specs (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Breez-GreenBuilder-Series-100-CFM-Wall-or-Ceiling-Bathroom-Exhaust-...
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Flexible duct behind dryer looks a little sketchy
So we just noticed that the air flow in our house is always bad when we run the dryer. Looking behind the unit, we found a foily looking mess of a flexible duct behind the dryer. It looks almost like ...
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Bought a home, return air vents on ceiling have R19 insulation shoved in them?
Checking filters and seeing what needs to be replaced, I opened the return air grate on the ceiling and what I find inside is a hunk of R19 insulation. Seems it should be some proper return air filter ...
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implications of small bottleneck in ductwork
I need to vent a sauna room (~200F) with an inlet duct that will open below the heater and an outlet that will open near the ceiling at the opposite side of the room. The ducts will be small (2"). ...
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use of conduit for ducts
I need 2" ducts in this room I'm building. Flexible ducts and conduit are about the same price. I have high heat requirements. Can I use conduit for ductwork? What are the pros / cons?
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CAR duct in same bay as electrical wire
I'm going to install a cold air return (CAR) duct through an interior wall that has some electrical running through it. The CAR duct will run vertically, but near the bottom third of the bay there is ...
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Can I connect my two HVAC systems?
My house has two HVAC systems. One is in the attic and has supply and returns in the ceiling of the second floor. The other is in the basement with supply and returns at the floor of the first floor. ...
