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.
When a Jump Duct Is the Right Solution
A jump duct is a short section of insulated flexible duct that connects the ceiling space of one room to an adjacent room or hallway, allowing return air to travel over the top of a wall rather than through a direct wall opening. It serves the same pressure equalization purpose as a transfer grille but routes air through the attic or ceiling cavity instead of directly through the wall, which is the preferred approach when the rooms do not share a common wall suitable for a direct opening, when additional distance is needed between the two grille locations for sound control, or when the ceiling framing makes an over-the-top route more practical than cutting through a load-bearing or plumbing-heavy wall.
Installation involves cutting a grille opening in the ceiling of both the source room and the destination space, typically a hallway, then running a properly sized and insulated flex duct between the two openings above the ceiling. We size the jump duct based on the room's supply airflow, matching cross-sectional area so the jump duct itself does not become a flow restriction, and we keep the run as short and straight as practical since jump ducts are still subject to the same friction losses as any other flex duct run. Both ends terminate in a grille, and we insulate the duct itself even though it typically runs a short distance, since an uninsulated section passing through a hot attic can affect the temperature of the air being transferred.
Jump ducts come up frequently in Georgetown homes with bedrooms that back up to an exterior wall with no adjacent interior wall or door header suitable for a transfer grille, or in situations where a homeowner prefers not to have a visible grille opening directly connecting two rooms for privacy reasons, since a jump duct's ceiling grilles are less directly connected in sightline than a wall transfer grille. This method also works well when the pressure imbalance affects a room some distance from the nearest adequate return, letting us route the jump duct through the attic to a more convenient connection point than a direct adjacent wall would allow. Installation typically runs 200 to 450 dollars depending on the length of run needed and ceiling access.
Frequently Asked Questions, Jump Duct Installation
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