Airing It Out - Day 21

In the last post I mentioned that the Heating and Cooling guys had begun to put the air ducts and HVAC units in. The picture below is from the corner of our master bedroom looking up into our tray ceiling. You can see the second floor HVAC unit and duct system in the attic above. Very complicated, intricate work.

The crew was really cooking today and by the time I arrived after work on Monday, they had already installed all of the air ducts and the second floor unit. The shot below is taken from Grace's bedroom looking up into the attic. On the upper left you can see a bit of the open space where G's reading loft will be. Kids these days...

They had also put in the duct openings on the first floor and basement and were in the process of installing the actual mechanical unit as well as the ducts and insulation. It's sort of a mess, but you can see our old water heater in the upper right. That sucker was probably ten years past its warranty, so a new larger model is certainly in order.

It's a pretty incredible process and looking up into the attic sort of makes the unit look like an alien or a giant foil-covered octopus. This shot is looking up through the space where the pull down stairs to the attic will go.

Here's a shot of the laundry room with its ventilation duct. There will be a washing sink along with some counter space, the washer and dryer and plenty of shelves and cabinets. It will be much nicer to have our laundry up on the second floor and not in our basement 'dungeon'. LOL

Here's another shot below, looking from the back patio into our backyard. For those who haven't seen it in person, our back property line ends right behind that large Oak tree in the center, about 120+ feet behind the house. It gives us a nice sound buffer between our neighbors on the other side of the fence.