Building a house from scratch is a long process.
There are so much to choose from and so many decisions to make when developing a house into a home.
From pouring the foundation to putting up the wood that ultimately designs the house, it is one of the few steps where you can visually see a house coming together. Once the house is up with drywall, doors, windows and a roof it becomes more fun for me. I like to pick out the paint colors, appliances and new decor. I will let the contractors do the electrical and HVAC work. The electrician came the other day to complete the electrical work. That is all done and now there’s electricity in our home. The HVAC technician came to my house today to discuss heating and cooling options. He brought up ductwork and showed me pictures of other houses with different types of ductwork. I didn’t realize that there were other materials that were used to supply and return warm and cold air. Some materials that I saw were building cavities that were made out of wood and wallboard inner surfaces that provide very little leakage. Another material was flexible non-metallic ducts. These ducts are flexible and are mainly installed in attics or tight places. One of the options that we were interested in was the ductwork made out of sheet metal that is made out of galvanized steel. This type of ductwork can sometimes leak where sections can join. The other option we saw was fiberglass duct board that is used to feed smaller ducts.