Kinked flexible duct in a home inspection report
Flexible duct is tangled or sharply bent. Urgency: A sign of poor duct performance. Fix: Ask an HVAC contractor to repair the ductwork.
- Meaning
- Flexible duct is tangled or sharply bent.
- Urgency in the source
- A sign of poor duct performance.
- Typical fix or next step
- Ask an HVAC contractor to repair the ductwork.
- Read the source
- ENERGY STAR, retrieved 2026-11-06
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