Tis the season to be ducting

Kind of a shame to waste a "tis the season to be..." title on such a teeny little post, but there you go. It's early, and the coffee hasn't quite kicked in yet.

After spending FAR too much time running around in search of the right components, we finally managed to finish all of the ductwork downstairs, with the exception of the hole in the cold air return which I'm not going to cut until just before we put up the drywall.

And yes, I even have an update on my finger. Don't worry, though - I'll hide the picture this time.


There were conflicting reports (according to the War Department) about how to best connect a bathroom fan. We knew we wanted aluminum ducting, as galvanized would rust from the moisture, but we thought we had to have 5" and couldn't find any 5" aluminum anywhere. We also thought that flexible pipe was a no-no, both because of the reduced diameter, and - according to certain Internet sources - was noisier.

So I looked at the instructions that came with the fan.

And here's the result:



We have a flexible piece of aluminum duct (4") running directly off the fan and connecting to a long, straight line of 4" aluminum duct that gears up to a 5" vent to the outside:





It's pretty much the only way we could make it work. Hopefully the people that wrote the fan instructions weren't just making it up as they went along. Not that I know anything about writing instructions with limited knowledge, oh no.

Anyway, short post today because the War Department wants blueberry pancakes for breakfast and guess who has to make them?

The Injury Report

That's right, the guy with THIS.


Mmmmm. Tasty.
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