How to solve the mystery of my leaky air ducts

I’m losing a lot of air in the ductwork and I need to figure out where it came from.

  • Maybe some of the duct tape came off from one of the joints, allowing a lot of air to escape.

Air isn’t leaking from our Heating and A/C system’s air handler area, so I assume the problem is in the basement where the ductwork runs. We have the vents in the floors of this beach house because we do not have an attic or crawlspace and the ceilings are too low for ducts. Perhaps rats chewed up the tape on the ducts despite the fact that I need to go down there and service it. All I need is some duct tape, and then I’ll be ready to go. The air conditioning was not cooling down the beach house as much anymore, so I first cleaned the HEPA filter, but it still didn’t work. My next step was to check the air flow from the vents, which was restricted. One of the ducts must be leaking. If I am unable to fix the problem, then I will contact my friend who works at the local Heating and Air Conditioning business to see if he could help me. Since it is Sunday, I don’t think they are open today, so I will give them a call in the morning tomorrow if I cannot fix it myself.

 

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Need Help with My Leaking Air Duct

I’m losing a lot of air flow anywhere in the ductwork, and I need to find out where it is.

I think some of the duct tape came off from one of the joints on the ducts and it’s allowing a lot of air to leak out. As I checked out our Heating and Cooling system’s air handler area, I didn’t see any leaks from there, so I suppose it must be somewhere in the basement, where the ductwork runs. Because there is no attic or crawlspace at this beach house, and the ceilings are too low to run ducts, I have the vents in the floors. Some rats may have chewed up the tape on the ducts or something, despite the fact that I need to service them. All I need to do is go to the local corporation to buy some duct tape, and I’m ready to go. Observing that the air conditioning wasn’t cooling the beach house as much as it used to, I first cleaned the HEPA filter, but then observed it was still not working well. I checked the air flow from the vents and found that it was restricted. My assumption is that one of the ducts is leaking. If I’m not able to solve the problem, I’ll call my friend who works at the local Heating and A/C business to see if he can help. I don’t think they are open today, which is Sunday, so I’ll call them tomorrow if I can’t figure it out on my own.

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Trying to figure out why my air duct is leaking

I’m losing a lot of air flow anywhere in the ductwork and I need to find out where it is.

  • I suppose some of that duct tape came off from one the joints on the ducts and is leaking a lot of air from it.

I checked out our Heating and A/C system’s air handler area and didn’t see any air leaking from there so I suppose it is anywhere in the basement where the ductwork is running. I have the vents in the floors of this beach house as we don’t have an attic or a crawlspace and the ceilings are too low to run ducts along. Maybe some rats started chewing up the tape on the ducts or something despite the fact that I need to go down there and service it. I have to go to the local corporation to buy some duct tape and then I am ready to rock. I started noticing that the air conditioning wasn’t cooling the beach house down much anymore so I first cleaned the HEPA filter but then observed it still wasn’t cooling well. Then I checked the air flow from the vents and saw that it was restricted. I am assuming it must be a leak in a single of the ducts. If I can’t solve the problem then I will call my friend who works at the local Heating and A/C business to see if he has some time to come out and help me service it. I don’t think that they are open today, which is Sunday, so I will give them a call in the morning tomorrow if I can’t figure out the problem on my own.

 

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Need to Solve the Mystery of My Leaking Air Duct

I’m losing a lot of air flow somewhere in the ductwork and I need to find out where it is.

I think some of that duct tape came off one of the joints on the ducts and is leaking a lot of air from it. I checked out my HVAC system’s air handler area and didn’t see any air leaking from there so I assume it is somewhere in the basement where the ductwork is running. We have the vents in the floors of this house as we don’t have an attic or a crawlspace and the ceilings are too low to run ducts along. Maybe some rats got into chewing up the tape on the ducts or something but I need to go down there and fix it. I have to go to the local business to buy some duct tape and then I am ready to rock. I started noticing that the air conditioning wasn’t cooling the house down much anymore so I first cleaned the HEPA filter but then noticed it still isn’t cooling well. Then I checked the air flow from the vents and saw that it was restricted, so I am assuming it must be a leak in one of the ducts. If I can’t solve the problem then I will call my friend, who works at the local HVAC company, to see if he has some time to come out and help me fix it. I don’t think they are open today, which is Sunday, so I will give them a call in the morning if I can’t fix it myself.

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When I was an educator, I had to keep learning.

I had to keep discovering and now working to find better and more interesting and more fun ways to teach English to school students.

Engineer’s, too, have to gain CEUs every year and learn more about what it takes to be a fantastic engineer in the current world, however the same can be said for just about every profession, whether or not that professional has gone to a four-year college, a community college, a university, or even a trade school, and for example, I recently l acquired that my cousin, who is an AC professional, has to go to school this summertime to continue learning more about heating and air conditioning technology and how to keep up with all the changes going on in the heating and cooling industry. I had not thought about it before, but of course air conditioning service professionals need to keep learning just like everyone else. I have discovered that there are even locations where AC men can go online to ask questions of other heating and air conditioning professionals who may have come across a situation similar to the one this AC worker has found himself in. The guy who was here to fix my heating and air conditioning system last year told me about that when I saw him on his cellphone. I did not believe anything of the fact that he was looking at his cellphone, I guess he felt the need to tell me that he was online looking up some questions he had about my AC system. I don’t recall what was wrong with my heating and air conditioning system that time, I do remember that the guy who came to do the AC repair on the ball.

 

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