More HVAC fun

Ducting, ducting, ducting. 

Currently, since James had to head to a meeting for work, the end of these ducts are on the dining room floor, treating us to some nice cold air! 

2 steps forward, 16 steps back

It's been one of those days around here...
James put his HVAC knowledge to work today, re-routing ducting around an upcoming joist.  Early in the morning, it looked like things were going to go quickly.  He measured, got the pieces together, and hoisted it into place...

But then,  he moved it into place and something popped apart -- a joint, which was not supposed to come apart.  Awesome...

After we fixed that (and I do mean "we" -- it took both of us working like crazy!), we put it back up and then IT HAPPENED AGAIN...

At this point, we're just peachy, but with some patience and teamwork, we got it into place, all the way to the vent.

So, next up was putting in the joist, BUT when we got it in place, we realized we had failed to notice that the WALL was MISSING where the joist was supposed to sit.  That's right, the joist was sitting only on sheet rock. For some UNKNOWN reason, the framers had left a gap in the walls and then covered it with sheet rock. Awesome.  So, James had to cut into our sheet rock and complete the wall...

What a man...  By the end of the day, 5 joists were in place.  And we went on a DATE!!  The perfect ending to a rather stressful day!

Aren't they pretty???

(a note: these joists are 18 feet long, but the pictures only show about 4 feet of them!)

JOISTS!!!

Well, the first TJI joist is in -- I really need to figure out what that stands for. I've also heard James say "LVL" and "I-beam".  Well, whatever it is, it's in!  (The first of many)

It required a little more support prep work...

some muscles...

and it's in!

BEAUTIFUL!!

James JoistWalker

Well, James has gotten just about all of the floor off upstairs, has removed several joists, and is ready to start cutting into the ceiling.  YAY!  It's a good thing this crazy man has 15 years experience walking rafters up in the air.  He's going to have to do a lot of balancing to avoid coming through the ceiling!

And the mess begins...

Wait, I know, you're thinking, "What do you mean it 'begins'?"  Yes, we live in a mess, but yesterday was a mess like no other. We started by removing furniture and draping the rest.  We even used a handy sheet to prevent the dust from heading down the hall.

Next came the fan...

supervised closely by Gwyn...

Next came some additional draping (and a little scaring...)

Then the destruction began...

When it was all said and done (for the day), we've got a nice hole in the living room ceiling...

AND, a giant mess (which my good man cleaned up quite thoroughly!)

Now, our coughing has subsided for a while, and we've moved on... More tomorrow...