So we picked up where we left off with the ugly duct work. It was fairly easy to remove since it was just nailed though the flange on the floor and then held with one tiny sheet metal screw to a strap on the wall.
Oh but the fun didn't end there. Once the duct was removed there it was in all it's glory. The cold air return that is used for the first floor furnace. Maybe I need to explain. This house has two furnaces. One larger furnace for the first floor and a smaller furnace for the second floor. Each of course has it's own cold air returns.
It seems that they attached the cold air returns from the second floor to the cold air return going to the first floor furnace. This might explain why it's so cold on the second floor.
But seeing that wall with all that pink paint and caulk on it......was really more than I could handle. I just had to get my gun out....heat gun so don't call the restoration cops on me.....and started removing that pink paint. Ahhhhh it's looking better already.
The archway is already looking much better. That's a boatload of work but it will pay dividends in looks when completed.
ReplyDeleteThe earlier molding is actually picture rail. It ought to have a curved back on the top of it, and sit low enough from the ceiling to fit a hook behind it, and you can then hang pictures and such without piercing your plaster or wallpaper, and move them all around without dinking with re-driving the nails.
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Chaz
I thought it was picture railing but it is sitting right up against the the ceiling. I have so many picture nails holes in the walls that it looks like they didn't know how to use the picture railing.
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