A Little Attic Time

The kitchen at the Little Brick House is a tad on the warm side.  I suppose I could say that it is hot as hell but the reality of hell being hot is debatable but that is another story and I don't know that I really want to get into it right now.  Oh, well, perhaps I cannot open that can and leave it to fester.  If hell is away from the Savior or outer darkness, and the Savior is the source of light, would it not stand to reason that hell would be a very cold and dark place?  It was just a little something my mission president discussed as he taught us a discourse on Faith in Jesus Christ.  Well, I will exit this topic now and leave you to ponder the idea.

Back to the kitchen - it is rather hot in there and the little cooling we were getting in there went away when we put up the new wall.  In short, we need to put in some sort of cooling supply for the kitchen.  That said, I went about putting together a plan for a couple of new ducts and hope it will do the trick.  I picked up the needed supplies and then went about getting started today.  I cut in the new boots, hung them and the registers.  It allowed me a little quality time in the attic.  Sometimes I miss crawling through attics.  The fun thing is that I never actually installed new ductwork, i've looked at a lot of it, I've designed a lot of it, I've sold a lot of it but I have never actually had to install it.  I love learning new things and so cutting these in today was a lot of fun for me.  I did realize that my knees don't hold up quite like they use to when kneeling on a truss in an attic. 

I didn't get the start collars cut in yet and haven't attached the ductwork as I ran out of time.  I am hoping that tomorrow I can get in there and get it done.  I do have a little electrical to do so I can hang some lights over the registers tomorrow as well.  As much as I love a little attic time it would be nice not to have to make extra trips.

Never be afraid to try something new.  I don't have much experience in running ductwork - who cares?  I don't know a ton about plumbing - so what?  I shock myself just about everytime I do electrical work - it's good for the hairdo.