Hey guys before we get to the video for more tips and tricks in the heating and air industry, please click that subscribe button. Thank you: hey guys, joshua griffin, air serving the middle peninsula and the northern neck of virginia and wanted to do a video, because i get one question more than any other question. It seems like i get this question on my facebook and my videos and everywhere, and that is what is the best brand who's good who's. Not and one common trend that you'll see across our industry is most heating and air guys can just about all agree that the brand matters less than who installs it so the installation or who installs it matters more than what brand you select.

Of course, we all have our preferences. We may disagree on who's the best, but ultimately we can all agree that usually the installer matters more than the brand that they install, and so the question becomes. I've actually gotten this question. What does that mean? What does it mean to have a bad installer versus a good installer, and that's what this video is going to cover? In fact, if you found this video we're going to do a series of videos where we're going to talk about bad installations, bad installers and some examples that you as the homeowner can sniff out and find, if you're getting a good installation or not so check out.

This video but check out the whole entire series and our goal is to arm you to help you figure out if you're, getting a good installation or not stay tuned, hey guys we're going to piggyback off of some of the videos we've already done on bad installations, But in this video it's going to be one of the most common problems we see and that is ductwork ductwork. That was installed from the very get-go as a problem and they wonder why every few years they're having to replace their indoor fan motor the system's. Not even that old and now the fan motor has gone bad. Well, is the ductwork size properly? Is it undersized? Is it oversized? I can tell you that in my career - and i think a lot of heating and air guys would agree with this.

We go into houses all the time and the ductwork is not sized properly from the very get-go when the house was built and they installed the ductwork wasn't sized properly. Another problem we see with ductwork is leaks. We'll see air leaks, things not sealed properly. If they would just take a moment to install it, let's go ahead and get it sealed and installed properly.

Then they won't have issues. Maybe they don't have any mastic or tape and locations that they should so they can seal that duct work. Maybe it's an improper connection, we'll see where they'll just kind of throw stuff together sometimes - and it's not sealed properly. Another thing is, if they're, installing flex duct keeping in mind sharp, turns and things that could crush that flex and not allow air to pass through properly you're now taking say a an eight inch flex and you're now making a really sharp turn or maybe you're going Over a piece of wire and gravity is now crushing it or whatever and now you're, making that eight inch round duct only like a three inch hole of air being allowed to come through there.

Another thing i did a whole video on spotter systems, spotter ductwork systems or in some parts of the country. I think they call them octopus systems, but basically it's where they just set a plenum coming right off the unit and then they have all their ductwork. Just coming off of that plenum there's no way to balance the airflow properly and you're gon na have issues usually issues with one room not being the same temperature as other rooms, because it's not getting the proper amount of airflow or things are not balanced properly. Another thing is: we'll see, blocked, vents or blocked returns and that kind of gets back to when the house is built.

You know using a little common sense. Are you putting the return behind where the homeowner is probably going to put a couch right? We see that all the time. Another thing would be ductwork that doesn't have any insulation on it and i know there's different applications. There's different parts of the country where they say a certain amount of insulation is good here or there.

But here's one thing i can tell you is: if it's a supply duct coming through, it's not insulated at all. Well, it probably needs to be insulated, and the last thing i'll say is we see issues with ductwork, all the time being restricted in one way, shape or form. These are all things that, if you are having a new system installed, that installers should take into account. If they need to get static pressure, readings or make sure ductwork is sized properly take a moment, let's get everything right the first time, so that way you as the homeowner don't have future issues.

Hope that helps thanks for watching. The last thing i'll say is if you're in the market for a new heating and air system and you're in virginia and the middle peninsula or the northern neck, give griffin air a call. We'll give you a free estimate and the best warranty in the area. But if you're, not in our coverage area check out my new website, i've even got a little banner up here.

New hvac guide, dot com check out that site because we've put so much information on there. It's as if i wrote a book telling folks, hey here's. The good and the bad avoid this or that i've even got a whole page called no knows things to stay away from, and so before you spend thousands check out that website and finally, for more tips and tricks in the heating and air industry. Click that subscribe button, thanks for watching you.