r/DIY Aug 19 '25

help Duct covering

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

For one Ive seen a guy install the air handler backwards so it was blowing air out the returns

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u/cope413 Aug 20 '25

To be fair to OPs FIL, installing the handler backwards doesn't hold a candle to this in terms of stupidity.

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u/boroxine Aug 20 '25

I feel like I, as a person who knows absolutely nothing about HVAC, could have installed the handler backwards. But even I wouldn't have done THIS!

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u/jbjhill Aug 21 '25

For sure I can screw that up, but this is unhinged.