Risers

Risers are commonly used when duct should be run above or below I-beams in the cases where joists change hands or ducts run along the joists. 

When duct should be run above the I-beam, if possible, I’d recommend joining as many parts and fittings as you can – this trick may make your installation much easier.

On the rare occasion duct may keep its height on the longer distance, or could rise up right after it passed an I-beam.

The larger size ducts can’t be fit between joists you have no choice, but run below the I-beams.

Also risers could be used for furnace replacements, because you may need to hook up your new cold air return boot to the existing hole in the old duct.

In some companies people who know what they are doing make risers and other fittings nice and neat, just like you saw it above, while in the others they make them wrong!

So, if you would like to learn how to make risers the right way you may purchase a couple of chapters from my Tutorial for Totally Hand-Made Duct Fittings e-book below.

8. Now to Make Radius Riser with Hand Tools

For the residential applications risers usually used in the cases when you need to bring duct up in the joist space, get it down from the joist cavity or rise it after it passed an I-beam. In the first two cases the rise itself for the 10" (12", 14") x 8" duct could be 8" - 9", in the third one usually it starts from 9 ½" - height of an I-beam plus a bottom board. If an I-beam is taller then the riser should be taller as well.  

So, if you would like to learn how to make a 12" x 8" riser with a 9 ½" rise by using only hand-tools, please hit the Buy Now button below. Then, for the price of only $2.50 you will gain an instant access to the unique page with 38 high quality photos on it set in the step-by-step sequence with brief explanations.

15. How to Make Square Throat Riser with Hand Tools

For the residential applications risers usually used in the cases when you need to bring duct up in the joist space, get it down from the joist cavity or rise it after it passed an I-beam. In the first two cases the rise itself for the 10" (12", 14") x 8" duct could be 8" - 9", in the third one usually it starts from 9 ½" - height of an I-beam plus a bottom board. If an I-beam is taller then the riser should be taller as well.  

So, if you would like to learn how to make a 12" x 8" riser with a 9 ½" rise by using only hand-tools, please hit the Buy Now button below. Then, for the price of only $2.50 you will gain an instant access to the unique page with 38 high quality photos on it set in the step-by-step sequence with brief explanations.

Also on the page you can learn how to make the shortest offset or riser.

Vertical Elbows 

Vertical elbows often used in the cases when you need to penetrate into the joist space and immediately change direction. 

In some cases it could be a single duct while in the others a larger duct can be split in two. 

And in the last case the main duct was split immediately after it passed under the I-beam. And finally a vertical elbow can be used as a take-off.

Another type of vertical elbows can be used as a riser. The idea behind it is to keep a cold air return drop as tall as possible for a convenient humidifier installation.

So, if you would like to learn how to make vertical elbows you may purchase a couple of chapters from my Tutorial for Totally Hand-Made Duct Fittings e-book below or a Tutorial itself as a whole.

12. How to Make Vertical Elbow with Hand Tools

On this page for the price of only $2.50 you can learn how to make a vertical 8" x 14" square throat elbow by using only hand-tools. This tutorial has 32 high quality pictures with brief explanations.

13. How to Make Square to Rectangular Vertical Elbow with Hand Tools

This type of elbows usually used when a duct should be run inside the joist cavity with change its direction. Also it could be joined to the larger size duct just like a take-off.

In this tutorial for the price of only $2.50 you will learn how to make all four parts of this elbow; how to make the Pittsburg seam lock and how to put this elbow together.

Totally Hand Made Duct Fittings

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All the fitting that you see in the picture on the left I made with hand-tools only!

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List of Tutorials:

1. How to Make Cone Reducer
2. How to Make Square to Round Offset Transition
3. How to Make Round to Square Transition
4. How to Make 45* Roof Penetration
5. How to Make Radius Elbow
6. How to Make 45* Radius Elbow
7. How to Make Radius Offset
8. Now to Make Radius Riser
9. How to Make Offset and Riser in One Piece
10. How to Make 90* Square Throat Elbow
11. How to Make 45* Square Throat Elbow
12. How to Make Vertical Elbow
13. How to Make Square to Rectangular Vertical Elbow
14. How to Make Square Throat Offset
15. How to Make Square Throat Riser
16. How to Make Square Throat Tee
17. How to Make Transition Tee
18. How to Make Y- Branch Fitting
19. How to Make Riser Starting Transition
20. How to Make Flat on Top & Side Starting Transition
21. How to Make Centralized Hess Fitting
22. How to Make Flat on One Side Hess Fitting
23. How to Make 45* Hess Fitting
24. How to Make Flat Duct Reducer
25. How to Make Vertical Duct Reducer
26. How to Make Flat & Vertical Duct Reducer
27. How to Make Transition from Your New Furnace to Old Plenum
28. How to Make 20 x 20 to 30 x 25, One Inch Offset Transition
29. How to Make 24 x 10 to 10 x 24 Duct Transition
30. How to Make Transition from Duct with Hand Tools
31. How to Make Flat Offset Transition from Duct
32. How to Make Transition from Whole Duct
33. How to Make Turning Veins
34. How to Make Wye with Hand Tools
35. How to Make Round End Cap with Hand Tools