O.K. So Monday and most of Tuesday weren’t the best days for working on the kitchen. Family takes priority. I did get a little bit of work done.
So far on the vents, I have made one vent smaller, I have torn out two return vents, and I have torn out one supply vent to move it to a different location. Let’s get this puppy done.
Open up the floor so that I have access to the main supply trunk. Head to the basement to try to fit a round peg (5 foot of ductwork) into a square hole (the space between the floor joists.) Fuss and fume because it won’t fit. Do some serious bending to the pipe to persuade it to fit. Hope that it snaps together when the time comes. Go back upstaris to turn the air conditioning off. Bore holes in the main supply so that I can use my Sawzall. (As with any of the pictures on my blog, click on the thumbnail to see the larger picture.)
Cut out the hole. Insert the starter piece. Bend all those tabs “under” to fasten it to the main supply trunk. Hmmm… If only there was a product to seal ducts… some type of tape… hmmm… someone ought to make something like this… they could call it “duct tape.” Oh, yea! They do make such a beast. Call my son, the duct tape professional (he actally has a t-shirt that says this) to seal the opening. Add the damper vent. (It’s recycled, so it’s dirty.)
Head to the basement to snap the vent together into a pipe. Fuss and fume again because this doesn’t go so well. Finally get the job done. Connect the 90 angle to the end of run, beneath where the new cabinet will be placed.
Ta-dah! One more task done.