Members of the Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association (SPIDA) visited the Johns Manville plant in Dallas, Texas during their annual meeting last month.   

Installing large HVAC duct systems can be seamless when all contractors are on the same page. In order to supply the spiral duct for a new IKEA store in Norfolk, Virginia, Turn Key Duct Systems arranged to have the duct shipped directly to the job site, and the installing contractor, Craiberly Enterprises, was ready to hang the duct upon arrival to minimize the risk of dents or dings on the exposed installation.

SmartGuard’s Spiral Duct Caps are a new way to seal the ends of spiral duct pipes and fittings, providing secure protection to materials during the construction process.   

When Spiro International SA opened an outpost for selling its Spiro Tubeformer machines in the United States, the move signaled spiral duct’s burgeoning popularity in the U.S. duct manufacturing industry. Decades later, spiral duct is more popular than ever thanks to the efforts of the Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association(SPIDA).

Why this list of five exposed duct installations have been some of our favorite stories to tell. 

The Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association was formed to promote the use of round duct, spiral duct (spiral pipe) and flat oval duct through education and research informing the public of its advantages.

Among the more obvious reasons for the use of round duct on rooftops, such as preventing rain, snow and ice buildup, ease of wind passage is perhaps the most overlooked. PhenoliDuct, a new closed-cell insulated round duct solution from Spiral Pipe of Texas (SPOT), is engineered with all those considerations in mind, plus ease of installation.   

Specializing spiral round, oval and rectangular ductwork fabrication, SET Duct Manufacturing is celebrating six years with no lost time accidents.

Inside Midwest Metal Products' evergrowing company. 

The project consists of the renovations of nine free-standing buildings, the partial demolition, renovation and connection of the gymnasium, auditorium and an instructional building with more than 55,000 square feet of new construction.