{"id":1612,"date":"2021-12-13T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:57:09","slug":"return-ducts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/return-ducts\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Ducts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve now gotten the return ducts mostly in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The squares I removed were covered in closed-cell foam, which was an unfortunate waste.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First I had to open wall for the return vents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I foamed in the duct board boxes from both sides, which sealed it and secured it very well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next, I constructed a box out of duct board for the ERV and dehumidifier returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mastic was used to seal up any corners or seams that might leak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It just barely fit, still allowing the ERV to be opened up for servicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I painted the inside of the duct collar black to help hide it from view through slots in the vent cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then made a similar box for the air handler return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was much lower-profile box to make space for the duct elbows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This one will use a round rigid duct to connect to the return plenum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also got a straight run of 14 in. duct, but ended up not needing it for this particular job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This required ordering more duct parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used mastic again on all seams to ensure no leaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The final result is an intentionally indirect path to the air handler, designed to reduce sound transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve now gotten the return ducts mostly in place. First I had to open wall for the return vents. Next, I constructed a box out of duct board for the ERV and dehumidifier returns. It just barely fit, still allowing the ERV to be opened up for servicing. I then made a similar box for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}