NO-LEAK POLICY: Here, a technician performs a leakage test. While some leakage was once commonly chalked up to heating the basement a little bit, those days are gone. “Now,” says Hank Artlip, “if you ...

Sitting in an office, or in their own homes, many people don’t notice their building’s ductwork unless there is something wrong with it — it’s too noisy or the air in the room is too cold or too hot.