Montreal328 wrote:
There I was, thinking you were counting paper clips the whole time...
Effectively that's what I've been doing as far as the ferrari is concerned. Put the BWM back together yesterday and pulled it out of the shop....I've decided to just accept that its terminal and I'll drive it, avoiding towns where I know they routinely sit looking at inspection stickers as you drive past, until the newish tires are worn out...maybe in the summer/fall time frame. While I was working on it I got an email telling me the cylinders were done and will ship today. Good timing that the shop is now empty of unwanted projects.
The one hitch is that the new ductwork I ordered should arrive anyday and I'll need to install that. This is to replace the fiber ducts that are all still all soot inside from the ferrari fire...the cleaners sprayed an acrylic sealer in them but if you touch then your hand comes out covered with soot so clearly not effective solution and Lana says they need to go.
I'll also be adding a 5th run to add heat to the basement. I'd prefer infloor heat but that would be like 10-15k in materials vs maybe $1000 to just tie in to the more efficient geo forced air. I set the new doors an inch up so if in the future there is budget for the floor heat its possible and we'll probably want the ducts for AC anyway so nothing wasted.
The new duct I'm going with steel with can be cleaned should it even be required and they are only 8" tall vs 10" for the fiber so 2" more basement ceiling height. With 5 runs (the return for 1st and basement will be common with zoning dampers on the feeds) going the length of the house on 1 side of the main steel beam there isn't a lot of space left for lights so I need to have the lighting plan sorted soon. Also I'm hoping to avoid boxing around them with framing....I think I can rip some 2x10s to like 8 or 8.25" tall and screw them to the joists along the ducts so I can drywall basically right to the bottom of the ducts and save another 1.5" of ceiling height....its not really low at around 8ft but its such a big. long space I'm just afraid it will look low and keeping it as tall as possible is more planning but not any more work or cost so it seems worth thinking about.
...but the engine is up right after the ducts