Central Air Part 2: installing ductwork
The contractors arrived bright and early today for their second day of exploration – I mean installation. I got up even earlier so I could dig up bulbs in the side yard. I didn’t want them to get covered by the condenser when it gets installed. (And for those early birds out there, yes there were plenty of worms to be found digging in the mud at 6:30am)
We start today’s photo montage from the 1st floor bathroom. The cabinets were removed to make room for ductwork. You can see the fine wallpapering (ahem) behind the cabinets. Next, the contractors cut a hole in the ceiling. Brian took a photo from the hole, looking toward the back of the house down the rafters toward the big chimney. There is a considerable gap between the bathroom wall and the pantry, and also a gap between the ceiling of the bathroom and the floor of the linen closet on the 2nd floor.
You know what you can do with extra space in your walls or between floors? Here’s a clue. Yep, that’s just random debris. We got several more looks inside the walls. For example, here’s a shot of more junk but also showing the wall joint. Brian let his engineering instincts loose here, measuring the size of the beam, and also noting the first floor ceiling was originally between the 8 and 10 inch marks.
I am avoiding the temptation to drop something from the attic down behind the dryer. It’s a straight shot through the linen closet! I could even throw a tennis ball through the hole in our bedroom wall and you know where it would come out? Behind the dryer. I would love to turn our house into a giant Rube Goldberg machine at this point. Luckily the temptation will subside tomorrow when the rest of the vents and returns are completed.
Thank you Beej for keeping me posted on the construction activities during the day! It is fun to follow along viewing the pictures.
Posted: June 24th, 2008 under Home.
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Time: June 13, 2010, 6:28 pm
[…] One of the (frightening) joys of owning an antique house is that whenever you do work on it you’re never sure what you’ll find. Our exploration back in 2008 of the floor and walls when we were running ductwork for air conditioning was mostly innocuous with finds including very large beams, hidden shelves, and several hidden ceilings. Central Air Part 1 and Central Air Part 2. […]
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