I will confess that I am not a fan of duct work! The ducts are a pain to maintain.
The ducts get dirty quite frequently.
If you do any project, it is a superb idea to muck out the ducts, then you need to hire professional air duct cleaning rather than do it yourself. You can easily wipe the inside with a scrub brush, however then it is certainly simple to pop a seam or cause a crack; A small hole can create a important disaster… Losing air to a small crack means higher energy bills plus possible HVAC repairs; Ductwork sealing is then required. You need to have air with sealant particles to service up the holes. Another reason I don’t like air duct is that I don’t feel it is certainly efficient, but having the whole property be one temperature just doesn’t seem smart, why would I want a single temperature throughout? It makes sense that if you live with many people, you would all have your own temperature needs. Also, when cooking in the summer time you might want AC however the people in the living room may not. If you have rooms that aren’t in use, why bother providing them with HVAC? Zone control makes sense on so many levels. You just can’t do that with a ducted system. Also, even when the ducts are consistently sealed plus narrow there is still air loss. It isn’t as energy efficient as a mini split. That is why when the time comes plus I need to replace my HVAC equipment, I will choose to go ductless.