Articles Tagged with ''ductwork''

When high-end equipment does not live up to consumer expectations, the culprit is almost always improper installation. The bottom line: Properly sizing, selecting, and installing HVAC equipment is critical to ensuring energy efficiency and comfort.

CertainTeed has introduced its newly enhanced Sustainable Insulation™ SoftTouch™ Duct Wrap, which the company said offers HVAC contractors improved cutting and handling to ease installation, while maintaining fiberglass product performance.

Trimble announced it is supporting new construction modeling workflows with enhanced integration between Bentley Systems’ AECOsim Building Designer software and Trimble’s Vulcan sheet metal cutting software for the HVAC market.

MiTek Industries Inc. announced that it has acquired M&M Manufacturing Co., Fort Worth, Texas. M&M Manufacturing is a major producer of sheet metal products, primarily serving the HVAC market.

With model building codes mandating tighter and tighter ductwork, and with homeowners and building owners desiring increasingly higher efficiencies from their ducted systems, many new products have hit the market to help builders and installers efficiently and effectively meet those requirements. 

My daughter Erin, along with her three sisters, grew up listening to me talk nonstop about hydronic heating. Erin recently bought a house with a furnace.

Built from the ground up, four new 45-degree Offset Snip Solutions are designed for metalworking and mechanical professionals who encounter directional cuts in ductwork or sheet metal and need to keep their hands away from the material. 

Taking a few minutes to investigate your component selection on the airside can help point out if that default duct design has the potential to work or if it is doomed from the start.

Pull-Tight is a patent pending, value-engineered product utilizing a combination of tensioning baskets and internal hoops to support, streamline, and tension a fabric system.

As home-performance contracting continues to gain traction in the U.S., many HVAC professionals are taking a whole-house approach instead of simply fixing immediate HVAC problems.