Buried Ducts: What’s the Value?

With the new IRC Code changes for 2018, builders have a safe, energy efficient and cost-effective alternative to unvented attics with SPF. This brochure will help you understand the performance benefits of buried energy efficient ductwork and the cost savings it can create.

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Buried Ducts: What's The Value?
A How-To on Buried Ducts

A How-To on Buried Ducts

Learn all you need to know to correctly install buried ducts with this guide from Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL). It provides all the information you need to properly employ this practice per the 2018 IRC requirements.

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Understanding the Code Changes and the Benefits

Watch Dave Mallay of Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL) explain the years of research that led to the IRC changes and created a new path for vented attics with ducts buried in fibrous insulation, discuss the benefits of a buried duct system and walk through how to comply with the code language.

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Other resources to learn more about buried ducts

Articles

High Performance Vented Attics With Buried Ducts
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New Guide On Vented Attics With Buried Ducts
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ICC Code Changes Give Builders More Options
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Additional Resources

A February, 2017 Article In Builder On Buried Ducts
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Research From Home Innovation Research Labs
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See What Joe Lstiburek Of Building Science Corporation Has To Say On Buried Ducts
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