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.
How We Diagnose and Fix Damaged Ducts
Damaged ductwork rarely announces itself with a single obvious symptom. More often it shows up as a room that never quite reaches the thermostat setting, a whistling sound behind a wall, or a spike in the electric bill that has no clear cause. The underlying damage usually falls into a few categories: disconnected joints where the metal collar has pulled away from the trunk line, torn or punctured flex duct from attic foot traffic or rodents, crushed sections where insulation installers or plumbers have stepped on a run, and collapsed flex duct where the inner liner has separated from the outer vapor jacket after years of heat cycling.
Our repair process starts with a walkthrough of the accessible duct system in the attic, garage, or crawlspace, checking every visible joint, boot, and transition fitting by hand for looseness or separation. We pair this with a static pressure reading at the air handler, because a system fighting a torn return duct or a disconnected supply run will show pressure numbers well outside the normal 0.5 to 0.8 inches of water column range for a typical residential system. Once we locate a defect, the fix depends on the material and severity. A torn flex duct jacket gets mastic-sealed and mechanically fastened with a UL 181 rated strap rather than just taped over, since standard cloth or plastic tape fails within a few years in attic heat. A crushed or kinked section is cut out and replaced with new duct sized to match the original run, not just patched, because a kink that has been squeezed down restricts airflow even after it is straightened.
Georgetown's building boom since the early 2000s means a lot of the duct systems we open up were installed quickly during high-volume subdivision construction, and support strapping was sometimes spaced too far apart, letting flex duct sag between joists over time. That sag creates low points where the duct pinches and airflow drops even without any visible tear. We correct this by adding intermediate support straps at proper 4 foot intervals rather than just re-hanging the existing strap. Repairs typically run in the 150 to 600 dollar range depending on how many sections need attention and how accessible they are, and every repair is verified with a follow-up airflow check at the affected register before we consider the job done.
Frequently Asked Questions, Ductwork Repair
Uneven Comfort or High Energy Bills?
Ductwork problems are often the hidden cause. We diagnose and fix them.