This is the place where the people who have purchased one of my books can say "Thank You", join others and show their accomplishments in the field of ductwork installation!

Ed,

It's been a while since I last wrote to you. I just got around to finally offloading pictures of my project to the laptop.

I am happy to let you know that with the help of your Ductwork Installation Guide book, my project is now completed.

It'll still take some time to spackle, sand and paint all the walls where drywall had to be removed. But the main thing is that the system is operating very well and is evenly cooling the entire house.

My friend, a professional HVAC installer who helped me calculate the ductwork size and charge the system, was especially impressed with the fire blocking techniques I used (thanks to you). He even took pictures to share with his colleagues.

I'd love to hear what you think of the shots attached.

Shows a return main trunk with panning bringing air from 2nd floor (all silver ducts are returns, black are supply ducts)

Shows ducts for the 2nd floor bedroom and bathroom. the flex links up oval duct in outside wall with a wall stack head located in the bathroom. (You can see plastic sheeting used during the installation to seal off the work area from the rest of the house)

Same as above, shows fire blocking in detail (before fire block caulking)

Same as above, shows completed fire blocking. Same thing was done for every duct.

Shows the air handler and supply trunks. Air-tight top take-offs used throughout. I reused R8 flex ducts for straight runs from trunks to oval ducts in outside walls

Same as above shows p-trap, pressure and suction lines connected. The system is running at the moment.

Shows the 2 8" return cavities covered with drywall. Return register installed.

Shows 2 8" returns in an external wall. Uses 3.25 of wall cavity as a custom return duct. Insulation installed behind the metal sheet and the cavity is capped at the opening' top.