How to Use ductwork in a Sentence

ductwork

noun

• Leaky ductwork can lead to extra dust at home.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
• What are the signs that my ductwork is leaking?
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
• The bullet had ripped through the floor and lodged in the ductwork.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
• Lint clogged in your lint trap or ductwork can cause hot air from your dryer to spark a flame.
  — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024
• There is an indoor play area, but ductwork hangs from the ceiling.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023
• His first job was to run the ductwork in the attic and cut vent holes in the ceilings.
  — Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024
• Also, some fans aren't strong enough to vent through 50 feet of ductwork.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
• Drafts are often caused by ductwork that has come loose from itself, the unit, or the vents.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024
• There is no labor involved to run ductwork throughout a home.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2017
• Check all ductwork for any rips, loose connections and gaps, and repair to seal it tight.
  — Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2017
• When vents are closed, pressure builds up in the ductwork, and the system has to work harder.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
• Sometimes they are blown in through the ductwork, other times stand-alone machines do the job.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
• Air pressure can build up in the ductwork when vents are closed, causing more heat to escape through leaks.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
• This may one day allow for walls to be printed with conduit or ductwork already in place.
  — James Rose, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
• Leaky ductwork can result in losing cold air to the basement or crawl spaces.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
• Leaky ductwork can result in losing cold air to the basement or crawl spaces.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
• Without it, debris could get trapped in the ductwork and even create a fire hazard.
  — Julianne Hilmes Bartlett, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2021
• Officials also found fire in a ductwork and knocked it down, Sanders said.
  — Alejandro Serrano, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• In this case, Smith says your ductwork needs to be updated or replaced.
  — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
• The heat pump concentrates the warmth and pumps it through the home’s ductwork to keep residents warm and cozy.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
• Instead, the pressure builds up in the ductwork, which Gorbacz says can cause air leaks.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
• On top of that, many dryers are connected to metal ductwork that vents to the outdoors.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
• In new construction, there is savings in not having to install ductwork or gas lines.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2022
• The ductwork that supplies the heated and cooled air must also be designed and installed with great care.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2026
• Refrigerant in the coils captures the heat, cooling the air to then send through your ductwork.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
• Check your ductwork in the attic or crawl space and make sure there are no cracks or slightly disconnected pipes.
  — Moneytips.com, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2020
• This is a fast and efficient way to warm a home, but the ductwork requires space between walls and under floors.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2018
• Though all the heating, lighting and ductwork had to be replaced, it is left exposed along the ceiling.
  — Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• The contractor hauled in a furnace and connected it to the house’s ductwork.
  — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2021
• For one thing, some of the machines shown in the video were not visibly connected to any pipes, vents or ductwork.
  — Author: Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2017