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A homeowner in Burlington asked me why I always check the damper first, and his reason made a lot of sense

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alex_wilson79
But what if the damper is just the most obvious place to start? It's an easy check that rules out a simple fix before you waste time on harder stuff. Sometimes the obvious answer is the right one.
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ninas67
ninas671mo ago
The problem with starting at the obvious spot is you might miss the root cause. A stuck damper could just be a symptom of a bigger airflow issue deeper in the system. Fixing the damper first could give you a false sense of fixing it, only for the problem to come back later. You end up doing the job twice when looking at the whole picture might save more time.
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craig.john
craig.john1mo ago
Honestly, you gotta start somewhere easy.
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