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.
Fixing Drafts and Misdirected Airflow
A supply register blowing directly onto a couch, a bed, or a desk chair creates a localized draft that makes a room feel colder or hotter than the thermostat reading, even when the overall room temperature is correctly conditioned. This is a directional problem rather than an airflow volume problem, and it comes up often in rooms where furniture was rearranged after the HVAC system was installed, or where a register's factory blade pattern simply does not suit how the room ended up being used. The fix is redirecting or baffling the register rather than reducing its airflow, since cutting volume to solve a directional complaint just creates a new problem of inadequate conditioning for the room overall.
Redirecting involves adjusting the register's built-in louvers or blades to change the throw angle, which works for registers with adjustable vanes, and can often solve the problem without any additional parts. Where the register's design does not offer enough directional adjustment, we install a baffle, a small deflector plate that clips onto or over the register opening to redirect a portion of the airflow away from the problem area while still delivering the full volume of air to the room generally. Baffles are especially useful for high sidewall or ceiling registers blowing directly down onto a bed or seating area, where even a fully adjustable louver may not achieve enough of an angle change to fully resolve the draft.
This service comes up frequently in Georgetown bedrooms where the bed has been positioned differently than the original builder's furniture plan assumed, and in living rooms where a sectional sofa placement puts seating directly in a register's throw path. We assess the specific complaint on site, testing airflow direction with the system running rather than guessing from a static inspection, since airflow patterns can behave differently in practice than the register's blade angle alone would suggest. Redirecting and baffling work is typically quick, often 30 minutes to an hour per register, and runs 75 to 180 dollars depending on whether a simple louver adjustment resolves it or a baffle needs to be fabricated and installed.
Frequently Asked Questions, Supply Vent Redirecting & Baffling
Uneven Comfort or High Energy Bills?
Ductwork problems are often the hidden cause. We diagnose and fix them.