An idiot and ducting woes.
- Thread starter Apomixis
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The ducting may take some work to slide on to the ends of fan/light/filter whatever, it takes some patience I find stretching out the duct and folding the foil on the edge in before trying to slide it on, BE PATIENT! Go slow.
Uh wait, you do have 6" vent duct lines do you? If you don't -- well there u go off to your Home Depot/Lowes/whatever.
Uh wait, you do have 6" vent duct lines do you? If you don't -- well there u go off to your Home Depot/Lowes/whatever.
parkth3car
Member
i just set up my room yesterday and i ran into the same problem.
the last 2 inces where ur gonna hook it up stretch it all the way out. the extra foil bit can go back in folded inside just make sure its neat. it took me 10minutes to get the first piece hooked up, then once i got the hang of it the rest only took a min or so. just have zipties or whatever your using to secure it handy while ur making the connection. it sucks when u get it on the have to walk around to find it and it falls off.
its hard to explain, hope this helps. good luck man
the last 2 inces where ur gonna hook it up stretch it all the way out. the extra foil bit can go back in folded inside just make sure its neat. it took me 10minutes to get the first piece hooked up, then once i got the hang of it the rest only took a min or so. just have zipties or whatever your using to secure it handy while ur making the connection. it sucks when u get it on the have to walk around to find it and it falls off.
its hard to explain, hope this helps. good luck man
dbkick
Well-Known Member
that's why they make these....http://www.hardwareonlinestore.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=17940&virtuemart_category_id=747&Itemid=1&gclid=CKbGnqT037UCFVSVMgodiloAUw
Doesn't sound like op's problem though but I dunno.
Doesn't sound like op's problem though but I dunno.
Apomixis
Active Member
I have aluminum foil tape, but TBH, I am mounting the flange to the ceiling, fan to flange, and filter to fan housing, so I need to be able to hang... 20lbs from the joists.. I have to use the straps. And also metal screws for security.
looks like me and the tin snips are gong to get to know each other some more.
looks like me and the tin snips are gong to get to know each other some more.
joe macclennan
Well-Known Member
Yup a crimper would help, but there is no real sense in buying a 25$ dollar tool unless you are going to use it a-lot. You can get the 6" hose on the flange if you are careful and patient. force it and you will rip that shit tho. I do hvac for a living. I've put a few thousand pieces of flex hose on flanges similar to yours. crimped and uncrimped. If you really cannot do it rather than buying a crimper you can take a pair of needlenose pliers slide them onto the flange squeeze tight and twist slightly. Repeat process around the flange this will put a crimp on it too. just not as uniform as from the storebought tool but works great in a pinch.
-joe
Figong
Well-Known Member
They make a slightly smaller male/male and slightly larger female/female as well - Lowes / Home Depot and a few other chains should carry it.
dbkick
Well-Known Member
a 5 dollar coupler from home depot would probably do the trick. and yeah there are workarounds for crimp a pipe .Yup a crimper would help, but there is no real sense in buying a 25$ dollar tool unless you are going to use it a-lot. You can get the 6" hose on the flange if you are careful and patient. force it and you will rip that shit tho. I do hvac for a living. I've put a few thousand pieces of flex hose on flanges similar to yours. crimped and uncrimped. If you really cannot do it rather than buying a crimper you can take a pair of needlenose pliers slide them onto the flange squeeze tight and twist slightly. Repeat process around the flange this will put a crimp on it too. just not as uniform as from the storebought tool but works great in a pinch.
-joe
jrainman
Active Member
The correst tool to use is called a sheetmetal crimper, lowes, home depot has them made by Malco, $20.00,if you are cheep you can use a pair of needle nose pliers , slide the needle nose all the way in staight apply pressure to the pliers and twist your wrist to the left about one inch then move the pliers over about a 1/2 inch and do the same twist your wrist but this time twist 1/2 to the right , repeat process around the whole duct till you end up where you started, ,remember your crimped end always starts with the direction of air flow, this is done to create a better seal at the connection.
Sir.Ganga
New Member
Where did you buy your flex hose? E-bay? I purchased some from there once and found the same issue. I went and bought some from the hydro shop and it slid over the fitting perfectly.
I used it but it was a bitch, I would leave the fittings alone and cut the flex just enough to slide it on then tuck tape them to the fittings.
Good Luck
I used it but it was a bitch, I would leave the fittings alone and cut the flex just enough to slide it on then tuck tape them to the fittings.
Good Luck
Apomixis
Active Member
Thank you! I had a feeling it was too tight... Lucky for me I am a while away from flower. Thanks man.
dbkick
Well-Known Member
if the fan is 6 inch and the flange is 6 inch then there really isn't any need for flex in between, the fan should screw right to the flange.actually, assuming . there are cases where there would be flex between them I suppose , like if the fan is outside the room or maybe to isolate vibration from the fan.
Shawns
Active Member
yeah i see what your saying but isn't there male and female flanges or whatever so like to attach a 6" male you need a 6" female just like other types of fittings cause obviously if you have 2 6" males they aren't going to fit together is this right
dbkick
Well-Known Member
well, common sense would tell us one needs to be smaller than the other, that's where a crimped end comes in BUT I can take my 6 inch fan and just place it on the filter flange, 3 or 4 1/4 inch sheet metal screws and good to go.to attach flex to the flange securely I'd think there would have to be a coupler involved since the flange really isn't wide enough.