Let's Talk About Air Ducts

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That's right: air ducts. From as far back as I can remember, I have been fascinated with air ducts, the system by which warmed or cooled air moves from the air conditioner or furnace to the vents dispersed throughout a building. I've actually drawn blueprints of the air duct system in my house; it was fun! I also have blueprints of a few famous buildings; but, with national security the way it is these days, it can be hard to get a hold of them now. Nevertheless, I still have blueprints for a few well-known buildings in Chicago; New York; and Washington, D.C.; and I'm not getting rid of them any time soon!

When I was younger, I had this stim of putting my face over the vent as it blew out freshly conditioned air. The exhilaration I felt was almost too much for words: It was as if every cell of my skin would, for that brief moment, come alive and sing! I really don't know why I've given up that rush; maybe I just grew out of it. I know some aspies and autties would just like to stair at the vent without ever feeling the sensation of different-temperatured air on their skin; they don't know what they're missing!

Anyway, I've never mentioned this stereotyped and restricted pattern of interest of mine before because I never thought it would be of any interest to anyone else; my parents always groaned when I talked about it for minutes at a time. Now, inspired by other recent posts, I feel comfortable coming out of my shell, so to speak, to post my true feelings about air ducts. I implore you to share your deepest concerns about the wonders of air ducts here, too. Please, don't be shy, friends.

cool i never met anyone with air ducts as their interest, ever thought of getting into hvac business?? it would be right up ur alley. i think of air ducting of a heating and cooling system as the building's circulatory system much like how us humans have blood and a heart to pump it, in a building it has blowers, compressors and furnaces or coils to heat or cool the building for comfort.

dont feel bad, mine when i was young was sparkplugs, then to car shock absorbers and now its still (since 13) been door closing devices that go on top of the door in a commercial building. many people have frowned apon it because of not many people want to know or know alot about doors themselves anyway. i find it helpful to know about because people who work on doors i have seen try to rip people off by messing with the hardware.

Interesting...

As a kid, I used to be a little bit scared of air ducts. I guess I found something unnerving about a metal plate on the wall with slots in it. This fear didn't persecute me, but I'd find myself getting scared from looking at an air duct. Fortunately, I've come to view them as a necessary evil, and learned to tolerate them to an extent.

I'm obsessed with the cleanliness of air ducts. The house I live in now has the insulation on the inside of the duct and cannot effectively be cleaned! This used to keep me up at night, but doesn't bother me so much any more, desensitized I guess, although I do plan on replacing them with something more practical.


Oooooooooh I just hit 100!!

wooooooooooo hooooooooooo congrats to theman!! ! happy 100th post!! sometimes ducts in a way can be scary beucase of the big ones peopel can get into them and get stuck. also germs and chemicals can get by easily and cause sick building syndrome. or be a way for terrists to use wmd's (dont get any ideas!! !) (not a terrorest) such as anthrax or other airborne bacteria if the proper filters arent used. wmd's are biggest worries today.

Air ducts? Why would you want to talk about them? Isn't there something else we could talk about I just don't see the importance of them.

How can you NOT see the importance of air ducts??? They are one of the most important things in you life and I would love to see you try to get by without them. They are behind-the-scenes and underappriciated, and it is about time someone gives them the credit they deserve.

Shame on you, TigerFire, for being so insensitive.

I've always wanted to play in them, but I've never found any big enough or with the ability to access them. It's a shame. I love to sit next to vent and feel the air blow through them. Once, while on a tour of the capitol building in Texas, I tried to get through this really big vent, but neither my parents nor the security guards understood or appreciated my desire to crawl through the ductworks.

I have a habit of imagining I'm like some sort of character I see in a movie, and air ducts have always inspired me to pretend I'm some a James Bond secret agent kind of person....

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road geeks,more than any human should ever know about roads

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ok back to air ducts,is there some standards about what size duct is used to heat a room depending on the size of the room the feed to my bathroom looks like the same size as the feed to my bedroom which is a lot larger,is there restrictor plates inside the ducts leading to smaller rooms so they don't get too hot of too cold.

I rebuilt my bathroom and moved the outlet from near the door to the back of the room near the window and toilet because with the door being open most of the time the heat went mostly go into the hallway and back near the toilet which is near the window I sat down on a cold seat,it's much better now.

Me insensitive? I just never thought of air ducts being important. I can see the importance of them in office buildings and things of that sort but by the way what type of air ducts are you talking about?

They are among the fist things I check out in a building I enter. I have always been fastenated by them when I was little I loved sitting on the one in our living room feeling the rush of hot air go by. Now when I look up at the vents in the ceilings of stores all I can think about is how dirty the ceiling tiles are by them Do the ever change the filters?

who knows??? i remember when i was in high school they would change 72 filters about every 6 months and yea they were dirty!!

The original post by NeantHumain was meant to be a joke. And my message to you was also a joke.

In other words: Just Kidding!

lol.....I forgot about his sycophantic post.
Oh well, what do you expect from a bunch of auspies.

In the US were I am at least when you go to town with blueprints for a new building to get permits the person doing the HVAC has to do a special computer program with many varibles room size, distace air travels, effiency of furance, ect an it tells them exactly what their supposed to do for the load. Its not what I do but I have to do a similar progam for the amount of insulation I must put in.



They should do it every 90 days more for dusty areas like art rooms and shop.

You think that was a joke? It wasn't. It's true. This, however, is a joke.