We cranked up the furnace for the first time today. Wouldn't you know it, it was also the first warm day this Spring !!!
(I know, I have some patch work to do here).
Here's Bobby working on some ducts. We only have the main trunk done, that is, heat to the living room and dining room. We still have to hit the bedrooms and bathroom, then the hardest part, running the ducts up to the second story.
On my break, I sat on the front porch and noticed this giant tree in the front yard was blooming. Big Red buds, I'm thinking it's a Sugar Maple, maybe? Well see...
There are all kinds of trees and shrubs and flowers in this new yard. It will be fun to figure out what everything is as it starts to Green up.
Back to work...
Fully functioning high efficiency furnace !!!
The big challenge... running hot and cold ductwork to the second story. I am going to lose this linen closet for the heat duct.
And I'm going to lose half of this closet for the cold ductwork.
On the second story, we are going to lose an entire bedroom closet for ductwork.
This is hard to swallow, but when you switch out an old house from boiler to forced air heat, you must compromise some space for ducts. I would much rather deal with this challenge than those awful radiators all over the place.
My new list of things to do:
Call some more fence companies
Call some more window companies
Order a dumpster
Find a roofer to drop a chimney liner (more on that another day)
Get the water turned on (pray for no leaks)
Search furnace supply stores for some odd ductwork pieces we need
and, oh yes...
the change oil light in the car is screaming for attention...
ugh.
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