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.
The Full-System Assessment
Whole-home airflow balancing is a comprehensive evaluation of every supply and return path in the house, rather than a targeted fix for one problem room. We treat it as a system-level diagnostic because airflow issues are rarely isolated, a damper adjustment in one bedroom changes the pressure available to the hallway return, and an undersized return grille anywhere in the home increases static pressure for the entire system, not just the room it serves. The assessment covers total system airflow at the air handler, static pressure across the coil and filter, and individual register readings throughout the house, compared against the design targets for the home's square footage and room-by-room heating and cooling loads.
We start at the equipment, confirming the blower is moving air within its rated range using a static pressure reading, since a system fighting excessive resistance from a dirty filter, undersized return, or restrictive duct will underperform no matter how well the branches are balanced. From there we move room by room, measuring supply airflow with a flow hood and adjusting branch dampers, and checking that return air pathways, whether dedicated return ducts, transfer grilles, or door undercuts, are adequate for each room to avoid pressurization problems that force conditioned air out through small gaps in the building envelope.
This service is particularly relevant for larger Georgetown homes and two-story layouts common in newer subdivisions, where a single thermostat often controls a home with very different loads upstairs versus downstairs, and for homes that have had additions, remodels, or partial duct modifications over the years without a full re-balance afterward. A whole-home assessment and balancing pass typically takes half a day for an average-size home and runs 350 to 750 dollars depending on square footage and register count, and we provide a written summary of readings taken and adjustments made so you have documentation of the home's actual airflow performance.
Frequently Asked Questions, Whole-Home Airflow Balancing
Uneven Comfort or High Energy Bills?
Ductwork problems are often the hidden cause. We diagnose and fix them.