DUCTWORK INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Introducing a completely current and innovative way to learn the basics of Ductwork and Furnace Installation! Featuring hundreds practical competencies, this “how to” guide has been carefully designed and thoroughly modernized to provide a complete learning system for the fundamentals and applications of core ductwork installation concepts. It combines straightforward theory lessons with useful “hands-on” opportunities for learning about the industries hottest topics, including installation in small and big houses and apartments, installation in basements and attics, rough-ins and finals, safety issues, and more. Enhancements to this edition include an updated tools and materials identification chart, new and improved pictures, revised installation techniques.

Benefits:

• The flexible format affords users the unique opportunity to learn ductwork installation fundamentals and applications either on an individual basis or in an instructional setting
• Practical competencies take readers step-by-step through specific installations, repair, and maintenance procedures and provide the hands-on training needed to work in ductwork installation field
• Theory lessons and practical competencies can be fine-tuned to meet specific training needs of local contractors, associations, or individual technicians

"Ductwork Installation Guide" is written in the Microsoft Word and has 62 chapters in it. All the chapters are available separately. 

If you will purchase the “Rough-in” part of the book for $35, you are going to have 316 photos, including tools, materials and installation on the 105 pages.

If you will purchase the “Basement” part of the book for $45, you are going to have 415 photos, representing all stages of installation on the 153 pages.

If you will purchase the “Ductwork Installation Guide” as a whole for $75, you are going to have 731 photos, including tools, materials and installation on the 258 pages.

• If you are a homeowner who is doing remodeling of his/her house, you will have more than enough information to get the gob done right!
• If you are an apprentice or an experienced installer you are also going to get everything what you need to become the best in your company.
• If you are a contractor and you will train your employees in these skills, you will provide them with the tools they need to perform to their best ability.

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This is on-line version of the book. No CD version is available at this time.

Chapters available online:

ROUGH-IN 1. Introduction, Tools Materials 2. Architectonic Features of House 3. House Mark Out 4. Rough-In 5. Heat Runs, Bath Box Installation in Interior Wall 6. Bath Box Installation in Exterior Wall 7. High Wall Heat 8. Bath Box Working for Tow Rooms 9. Oval Stack Installation, Oval Stack in Exterior Wall 10. Bath Box Situated in Parallel to Oval Stack 11. Bath Box Disposed Perpendicular to Oval Stack 12. Bath Box Situated Right above Oval Stack 13. Hooking up to Floor Box 14. Oval Stack Situated in Interior Wall 15. Oval Stack in Wall between Two Joists 16. Oval Stack in Wall Perpendicular to Joists 17. Hooking up Oval Stack to Toe Kick 90* 18. Uncommon Cases of Oval Stack Installation 19. Cold Air Return Installation 20. Cold Air Frames Installation 21. Blockers Installation 22. Uncommon Cases in Installation of Air Return 23. Bath Fan Exhausts 24. Bath Fans Installation 25. Uncommon Cases of Bath Fan Exhausts 26. Dryer Vent 27. Kitchen Exhaust 28. Fresh Air Cap Installation 29. Venting of Furnace 30. Thermostat Wiring 31. Firestop Insulation 32. Temporary Furnace Suspension

BASEMENT 33. Basement Preparation of Workplace 34. Sheeting (Panning) 35. Variants Sheeting Installation from Cold Air Return Duct 36. Double Sheeting 37. Furnace Installation 38. Plenum Installation 39. Ductwork Installation 40. Cold Air Return Duct Installation 41. Suplly Duct Installation 42. Calculation and Manufacturing Off-set and Riser 43. Heat Runs Installation 44. Jumper Installation 45. Application of 8” Pipes and Fittings 46. Basement Heats 47. Fresh Air, Combustion Air 48. Microwave Hood, Jenn-air, Kitchen Hood 49. Venting 50. Condencate Line, Venting and Condensate Line for Comfortmaker and Aire-Flo furnaces 51. Humidifier Installation 52. Registers and Grills Installation 53. Thermostat Installation 54. Finishing Basement 55. Installation of Heating System in Big Houses 56. Air Handler Installation 57. Underground Ductwork 58. Garage Heaters 59. Furnace Change-out 60. Correction of Mistakes 61. Safety Techniques 62. Uncommon Cases Conclusion

HVAC Quality Installation Specification

Designing and Installing New Duct Systems
Efficient and well-designed duct systems distribute air properly throughout your home without leaking to keep all rooms at a comfortable temperature. The system should provide balanced supply and return flow to maintain a neutral pressure within the house.
Since even well-sealed and insulated ducts will leak and lose some heat, many new energy-efficient homes place the duct system within the conditioned space of the home. The simplest way to accomplish this is to hide the ducts in dropped ceilings and in corners of rooms. Ducts can also be located in a sealed and insulated chase extending into the attic or built into raised floors. In both of these latter cases, care must be taken during construction to prevent contractors from using the duct chases for wiring or other utilities.

Ducts located within the conditioned space avoid the energy losses associated with most duct systems.
In either case, actual ducts must be used: chases and floor cavities should not be used as ducts. Regardless of where they are installed, ducts should be well sealed. Although ducts can be configured in a number of ways, the "trunk and branch" and "radial" supply duct configurations are most suitable for ducts located in conditioned spaces.

"Trunk and branch" and "radial" configurations of supply ducts are most suitable for incorporating within the conditioned space of a home.
Air return duct systems can be configured in two ways: each room can have a return duct that sends air back to the heating and cooling equipment, or return grills can be located in central locations on each floor. For the latter case, either grills must be installed to allow air to pass out of closed rooms, or short "jumper ducts" can be installed to connect the vent in one room with the next, allowing air to flow back to the central return grilles. Door undercuts help but is usually not sufficient for return air flow.

A variety of approaches are available to allow supply air to flow back to a central return air grille.

Maintaining and Upgrading Existing Duct Systems
Aside from sealing your ducts, the simplest and most effective means of maintaining your air distribution system is to assure that furniture and other objects are not blocking the air flow through your registers, and to vacuum the registers to remove any dust buildup.
Existing duct systems often suffer from design deficiencies in the return air system, and modifications by the homeowner (or just a tendency to keep doors closed) may contribute to these problems. Any rooms with a lack of sufficient return air flow may benefit from relatively simple upgrades, such as the installation of new return-air grilles, undercutting doors for return air, or installing a jumper duct.
Some rooms may also be hard to heat and cool because of inadequate supply ducts or grilles. If this is the case, you should first examine whether the problem is the room itself: fix any problems with insulation, air in leakage, or inefficient windows first. If the problem persists, you may be able to increase the size of the supply duct or add an additional duct to provide the needed airflow to the room.