Ductwork & Airflow Services, Georgetown TX
Duct Repair & Construction
Repair disconnected, damaged, or collapsed duct sections. Restore airflow to rooms losing conditioned air.
Professional duct sealing with mastic or foil tape, eliminate air leaks that waste conditioned air in attic and crawlspace.
New duct system design and installation for additions, renovations, or full system replacement.
Custom fabrication of sheet metal trunk lines, branches, and fittings for high-performance duct systems.
Splice and reconnect flex duct sections, replace damaged sections, and correct improper flex duct installations.
Custom supply plenum fabrication for equipment replacements where the new unit requires a different plenum configuration.
Repair leaking or damaged return air plenums that allow unconditioned attic air to enter the system.
Applied mastic sealing for all duct joints and connections, the most durable sealing method for Georgetown's attic conditions.
Seal duct boots at registers where leakage directly into walls or ceilings causes significant energy loss.
Airflow Balancing
Measure and balance air distribution across all supply and return vents for even comfort throughout the home.
Comprehensive whole-house airflow evaluation and adjustment, dampers, registers, and duct sizing evaluated.
Balance airflow to specific problem rooms that receive too much or too little conditioned air.
Adjust zone dampers and control settings for homes with zoning systems to improve comfort and efficiency.
Full optimization of multi-zone airflow systems, control logic, damper travel, and zone sizing.
Optimize how conditioned air is distributed throughout the duct system for efficiency and comfort.
Improve overall air movement in the home through duct, register, and equipment adjustments.
Undersized return air is the most overlooked duct problem, we measure and correct return air flow.
Expand or add return air drops to improve system static pressure and airflow in homes with insufficient return capacity.
Dampers & Registers
Install manual balancing dampers in branch ducts to control airflow to specific zones or rooms.
Repair or replace motorized zone dampers that are stuck open, stuck closed, or not responding to controls.
Replace damaged, rusted, or improperly sized floor registers and diffusers.
Replace ceiling supply and return grilles with correct sizing and airflow direction for your room layout.
Install transfer grilles to improve pressure equalization and airflow between rooms with closed doors.
Install jump ducts above doorways or through walls to allow air pressure equalization between zones.
Redirect or baffle supply vents that blow directly on occupants or create drafty areas.
Measure and calibrate airflow from each vent against design specifications.
Ventilation & Testing
Repair ERVs, HRVs, exhaust fans, and dedicated ventilation systems.
Improve fresh air exchange and indoor air quality through targeted ventilation upgrades.
Measure system static pressure to identify duct restrictions causing equipment stress and efficiency loss.
Isolate duct sections from structure to eliminate vibration noise that transmits through walls and ceilings.
Install internal duct lining to absorb noise from high-velocity air movement in ducts near occupied spaces.
Duct Insulation & Protection
Install or replace duct insulation in Georgetown attics where heat gain from uninsulated ducts wastes significant energy.
Install vapor barriers to prevent condensation on cold supply ducts in Georgetown's humid summers.
Support or repair duct systems during crawlspace encapsulation projects.
Repair small-diameter high-velocity duct systems found in older homes and historic properties.
Why This Matters in Georgetown
The duct boot is the metal transition piece where a duct run meets the register opening in the floor, wall, or ceiling, and it is one of the most consistently leaky connections in residential HVAC systems. The boot has to seal to the duct on one end and to the drywall, subfloor, or framing on the other, and that second connection is frequently left unsealed by the original framers and drywall crew, since sealing it is an HVAC task that happens after the framing and drywall are already in place. The result is a gap around the boot's perimeter that connects the living space directly to the attic or crawlspace cavity, not through the duct itself, but around it.
This particular leak type matters more in Georgetown than it might in a milder climate because that gap works in both directions depending on season. In summer cooling season, it can pull hot attic air directly into a wall or ceiling cavity near the register, and in winter it does the reverse, letting conditioned air escape into an unconditioned space. Homeowners often mistake the resulting draft or temperature difference near a register for a problem with the duct run itself, when the actual leak is the perimeter gap between the boot and the surrounding building material, a few inches away from where most people would look.
Our repair process seals the boot-to-duct connection with mastic the same way we seal any other duct joint, then addresses the boot-to-building material gap separately, using fire-rated caulk or foam sealant appropriate for the specific gap size and location, since this perimeter seal falls into building envelope sealing rather than duct sealing technique. For floor boots, we also check that the boot itself has not become disconnected from the subfloor opening, which happens over time as a house settles, particularly common in homes built on the expansive clay soils found in parts of Williamson County, where seasonal soil movement can shift floor framing slightly and open gaps that were not there at construction. Boot sealing is one of the more affordable duct fixes we perform, typically 150 to 350 dollars for a full set of accessible boots in a home, and it is often paired with general duct sealing work since the two issues commonly co-occur.
Frequently Asked Questions, Duct Boot Sealing
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