Add-On Ductwork
New runs, returns and registers for the room that never gets comfortable.
Almost every house has one room that is wrong — the bonus room over the garage, the finished basement, the back bedroom, the sunroom addition. Usually the equipment is fine and the duct system is the problem. Gorman's Heating & Cooling adds ductwork to existing homes across the KC metro to fix exactly that.
We start by finding out why the room fails: no supply, a run that is too long or too restrictive, a supply with nowhere to return, a crushed flex duct in the attic, or a trunk that was never sized for the space the previous owner finished. Measuring airflow and static pressure tells us which it is.
From there we add what is actually needed — new supply runs and registers, dedicated returns, a properly sized takeoff at the trunk, balancing dampers you can adjust by season, and sealed and insulated duct in unconditioned attic and crawl spaces. We route runs to keep them short and straight, and we patch and clean up behind ourselves.
Add-on ductwork is frequently the cheapest comfort upgrade in the house. If adding duct will not solve it — because the equipment is genuinely undersized or the room is losing more heat than any register can replace — we will tell you that before you spend the money.
- One room is always 5–10 degrees off the rest of the house
- A finished basement or bonus room with no vents, or vents with no airflow
- Doors that whistle or slam because return air is starved
SIGNS IT'S TIME
One room is always 5–10 degrees off the rest of the house
A finished basement or bonus room with no vents, or vents with no airflow
Doors that whistle or slam because return air is starved
TELL US WHAT IT'S DOING.
Describe the problem and we'll come look at it. For no heat or no cooling, call — it's faster.