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Home Guides » Construction & Remodeling » Attic Insulation » HVAC Air Duct Principles Today's principles of duct design correct many energywasting errors of the past. Owners of many older homes are struggling with duct efficiency as low as 60 percent in their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. That means nearly half the conditioned air conveyed by the ducts is lost to leakage or thermal loss or gain. With current skyhigh heating and cooling expenses, efficiencies of more than 80 percent are the norm, and even higher ratings are typically required by states that mandate duct inspection and testing whenever HVAC equipment is upgraded. Sponsored Link Sheet Metal Ducting SureClamp Spiral Clamp Together Ductwork & Fittings www.langdonsheetmetal.com Ducts In Unconditioned Zones As much of the ductwork as possible should be located inside the home’s conditioned zone. Ductwork routed through unconditioned zones, such as attics, crawl spaces, or inside exterior walls, is exposed to acute summer and winter temperatures. Thermal gain or loss and diminished efficiency result. Where ductwork must be installed in unconditioned zones, it should be insulated to meet the current standards of the International Energy Conservation Code, which stipulates that ducts in attics should be insulated to an Rvalue of 8, and ducts in other unconditioned areas should be insulated to R6. No Substitute For Proper Ductwork All ductwork should be fabricated of approved permanent materials such as metal or fiberglass. Moneysaving substitute methods of the past included simply enclosing wooden wall voids or the channels between ceiling joists to convey conditioned air, instead of installing proper “hard” ductwork in those spaces. Such shortcuts are not appropriate to today’s standards for energy efficiency. No Matches Found. Please try your search again. Keeping In Balance Install manual dampers where each room branch duct joins the central trunk duct. This facilitates customizing air flow to individual rooms. The volume of air entering a room under positive pressure through supply ducts, Related Articles How to Install HVAC Duct Access Panels How to Install an HVAC Ducting Collar How to Repair Holes in HVAC Ducts How to Reduce Resistance in the HVAC Duct System How to Splice an HVAC Supply Line What Is a Plenum in an HVAC System? More Articles How to Replace a Metal Duct With a Flexible Duct How to Reseal HVAC Flexible Ducts How to Know if Your Air Conditioning Ducts Need Cleaning Attaching HVAC Ducts How to Size HVAC Ducts How to Install SpinOn Collars for HVAC Ducts Trending in Your Area Is being multilingual important for a Realtor? Just Approved: Cashout refinance helps borrower improve his home Victorian in Alamo Square open Sunday Point Richmond home near hiking trails open Sunday Mediterranean villa in Berkeley open Sunday 58°F San Francisco Sign In Register Search News Sports Business A&E Food Living Travel Columns Cars Jobs Real Estate Find&Save HVAC Air Duct Principles by Gus Stephens, Demand Media Sponsored Links CardAvantaj 0% Dobândă Singurul Card De Care Ai Nevoie. 10,000 Magazine Partenere, Aplică! www.cardavantaj.ro/Card Cumparaturi Credit rapid rata fixa Rata fixa in lei 9,9% pe an. Aprobare rapida. Aplica online. www.cashexpres.ro Apartamente cu Prima Casa Ansamblul Evocasa Optima II Adama 2 camere de la 59.905 EUR + TVA 5% evocasaoptima.ro More Like This: What Is a Plenum in an HVAC System? How to Size HVAC Ducts How to Repair Holes in HVAC Ducts How to Install an HVAC Ducting Collar How to Splice an HVAC Supply Line 0 Tweet Tweet SHARE RSS PRINT EMAIL Home Guides Buying Real Estate Construction & Remodeling Design Foreclosures Government Housing Assistance Home Decoration & Design Indoors Insurance & Inspections More »

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Home Guides  » Construction & Remodeling  » Attic Insulation  » HVAC Air Duct Principles

Today's principles of duct design correct many energy­wasting errors of

the past.

Owners of many older homes are struggling with duct efficiency as low as 60

percent in their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. That

means nearly half the conditioned air conveyed by the ducts is lost to

leakage or thermal loss or gain. With current sky­high heating and cooling

expenses, efficiencies of more than 80 percent are the norm, and even

higher ratings are typically required by states that mandate duct inspection

and testing whenever HVAC equipment is upgraded.

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Ducts In Unconditioned Zones

As much of the ductwork as possible should be located inside the home’s

conditioned zone. Ductwork routed through unconditioned zones, such as

attics, crawl spaces, or inside exterior walls, is exposed to acute summer and

winter temperatures. Thermal gain or loss and diminished efficiency result.

Where ductwork must be installed in unconditioned zones, it should be

insulated to meet the current standards of the International Energy

Conservation Code, which stipulates that ducts in attics should be insulated

to an R­value of 8, and ducts in other unconditioned areas should be

insulated to R6.

No Substitute For Proper Ductwork

All ductwork should be fabricated of approved permanent materials such as

metal or fiberglass. Money­saving substitute methods of the past included

simply enclosing wooden wall voids or the channels between ceiling joists to

convey conditioned air, instead of installing proper “hard” ductwork in

those spaces. Such shortcuts are not appropriate to today’s standards for

energy efficiency.

No Matches Found. Please try your search again.Keeping In Balance

Install manual dampers where each room branch duct joins the central

trunk duct. This facilitates customizing air flow to individual rooms. The

volume of air entering a room under positive pressure through supply ducts,

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and the amount of air drawn out of the room through return ducts under

negative pressure, must balance to maintain neutral air pressure in each

room, which is the optimum condition for heating and cooling efficiency.

Dampers should incorporate a mechanism to permanently secure the

position of the damper and prevent gradual loss of adjustment over time.

A Clear Air Path

Ideally, every room with its own supply duct should have a dedicated return

duct. Where this isn’t feasible, a central return in a common area, such as a

hallway, is standard in many residences. To maintain neutral air balance in

all rooms, measures must be taken to ensure the air path from supply vents

in individual rooms to the central return remains unobstructed at all times.

This may involve installing air pass­through grilles in doors of rooms

without returns, or jumper ducts in ceilings that pass air from room to room

to ensure it reaches the central return.

Sealing And Testing

During installation, all duct segments should be mechanically fastened

together with sheet metal screws, and joints should be sealed with mastic,

metal foil tape or both. Before permanently connecting HVAC equipment to

the air ducts, the entire span of ductwork should be leak­tested using a

pressure device such as a duct blaster to verify that leakage in ratio to total

air volume meets local or state standards.

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References

U.S. Department Of Energy: Air Distribution System Design PDF

California Energy Commission: Ducts And Vents

About the Author

Gus Stephens has written about aviation, automotive and home

technology for 15 years. His articles have appeared in major

print outlets such as "Popular Mechanics" and "Invention &

Technology." Along the way, Gus earned a Bachelor of Arts in

communications. If it flies, drives or just sits on your desk and blinks, he's

probably fixed it.

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