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AIR DUCT x DUCT (AIR) x HEATING DUCT xx HEATING SYSTEM Installing an in-duct booster fan is shown in step-by-step photos. How to enclose and conceal heating ducts when renovating your basement. Advice on insulating a heating duct in a wall. Tips on installing electrically controlled dampers in hot air ducts to create a multi-zone heating system. How to add a duct booster to your present furnace to get more heat in a basement or addition. How to insulate water heaters, heat ducts and water pipes to gain fuel savings. How to insulate heating ducts with "duct wrap" fiberglass insulation. Chasing the winter chills. (1) Adjusting a thermostat. (2) Stopping a window draft. (3) Adjusting dampers in duct system. How to install an air-boosting fan in ductwork to increase the heat in a room at the end of a duct. Working with ducts. How to cut, join sections and make a male-end connection. Choosing ductwork. The kind of ducts you use and the number and types of turns they make can dramatically affect performance. Damping the noise caused by heating ducts that expand and contract with temperature changes. Tips on delivering heat (or air conditioning) to rooms that are far from the furnace by making adjustments to the duct system. Simple, box-like recessed shelves are constructed to camouflage air return vents on a prominent wall. They also serve to display art objects. Tips on selecting a company to clean air ducts. Tip: Transfer heat from the ceiling level to the basement with sections of stovepipe and an electric fan. Tip on adding registers and return-air vents to help warm a basement. How to install new heating ducts for a forced-air heating system. Installing a hot air heating system in a colonial house in Clarksburg, New Jersey. Solutions to special heat duct installations described. Tip: Use a blower and plastic ducts to move heated air from the attic down into the house during cool spring and autumn days. Tips on keeping return air ducts from picking up dust. Installing a supplementary air filter on a forced-air heating or air-conditioning system. This article focuses on modifying the cold-air return duct to make room for either an electronic or media-type filter. How to hide basement ductwork. Eliminate hot air ducts by letting the entire crawl space of a one story house serve as the supply plenum. Tips on design considerations and cost savings that are possible with this method. Two-story prebuilt house uses a wide-open floor plan and open stairwell to heat the entire house with a single, centrally-placed wood stove. Conventional system of ducts moves the heated air to all rooms. Wood-stove ducting. How a few, low-cost modifications to existing warm-air ducts can integrate a wood stove into the heating system. Ten steps to upgrade warm-air distribution. Tips on adapting an oil- or gas-fired forced-air furnace system to circulate heat from a wood stove. Tip shows how under-house crawl space can work as a giant heat duct. Tip: Replace the metal faces of electric heaters and cold air returns with more decorative wooden grill covers. Tip urges using mastic, not duct tape, to seal joints in heating-cooling duct system. Fabricating wooden grates for air ducts which complement Arts & Crafts style rooms. Fabricate decorative wooden floor-vent covers to replace metal heating duct outlets. Install a new furnace and new ductwork yourself to update an old house. | |||||||||
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