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The rough-in phase is where the whole system gets mapped out. Every supply and return has a purpose - getting conditioned air into the right spaces and pulling stale air back out efficiently. If that layout is off, you feel it for as long as you own the home. Cold corners, stuffy rooms, humidity problems in the bathrooms. Getting it dialed in now prevents all of that.
The bath fans are a big deal too. Basement bathrooms are notorious for moisture buildup, and proper ventilation installation is what keeps that moisture from turning into a long-term problem. We set those fans with the ductwork so everything ties together cleanly - no afterthought venting, no shortcuts.
What you're looking at is a system built from scratch, sized and routed to actually perform. The metal trunk lines, the flexible branch runs, the boot placements - every piece of this ductwork installation was planned to move air the way it should across the entire basement. That planning is what separates a comfortable finished space from one that always feels a little off.
We do this kind of work across the Chaska area and beyond. New construction, additions, basement finishes - if there's a rough-in involved, we want to be the crew doing it.