I’m in need of new ductwork in one section of my house, about 1700 sq ft. No telling how old my current ducts are, but they’re in bad shape and need to replaced.

It’s a total of 8 floor vents these ducts go to. On top of that crawl space is pretty damn tight, so the job will suck no doubt.

I have a good Hvac guy who I’ve used lots of times. He gave me a quote of 5k to remove and replace all the ductwork. I told him I was hoping he’d be closing to 3k. He said he might be able to get close to that if I’d be ok with it be a 3-4 day job as opposed to him hiring more help and knocking it out in 1 day w/ additional hired help.

My question, does that price sound reasonable? I’ve never had to replace ductwork before. TIA

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Posted by Cracker

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Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 9/13/23 at 12:25 am to HBomb

Damndest thing happened to me the other day talking with a lady she is in the sheet metal union & I said I would much rather have steel rigid ductwork vs garbage flex with poor R value. She said the union will send over apprentices & an instructor to do the work all I have to pay for is the materials. Check your local sheet metal union. I’ll let you know how this works out.

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Posted by LSUfan20005

Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 9/13/23 at 7:18 am to HBomb

Paid 4K in 2017 for similar job, so sounds like a good deal. Recommend getting down there yourself afterwards or hiring a fact checker to make sure connections are tight. It’s a frustrating job and sometimes even the best guys get sloppy in a tight crawl.

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Posted by doubleb

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 9/13/23 at 2:42 pm to LSUfan20005

Have them seal the joints.