re attaching ducts opeings to floor
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:48 am
Hi!
I have two heating duct openings, where registers covers would go, that have detached from the floor of the MH, and need to be reattached or rejoined to the above floor somehow. there is not a lot of rim on these, maybe 1/2 an inch, and it is very bent.
Basically, in one area you can see the ground and daylight and the duct opening is about 4 inched below the MH floor . It is big enough that a cat came into the MH through it one day and I had to chase it out and put plastic and a brick in the heating duct to shut it off, and a board inside to discourage the cat. (yes, I do seem to attract cats) that place has the belly wrap and insulation missing, so it will be easy to get to to work on it, I just am not sure how to fix it. Do I cut the duct and put on a new end piece or something? straighten the existing stuff and reattach it from below with 1/2 screws? add a strap before doing the belly repair?
the other duct opening is in an area that the belly wrap is intact, and I would like to try to fix it from above. I will be removing the carpet, so I could cut and lift a piece of flooring if needed, but that sounds like a lot of work lol. it is the more banged up and deformed of the two duct openings.
of course, first I have to fish out all the toys. would a shop vac work? I have found handfuls of toys under the other registers in the rest of the mobile home.
legos, mcdonald toys, coins, and tiny cars... in every space I start to work on.... including inside the window frames.... they must have been really busy kids lived there.... lol
Brenda
I have two heating duct openings, where registers covers would go, that have detached from the floor of the MH, and need to be reattached or rejoined to the above floor somehow. there is not a lot of rim on these, maybe 1/2 an inch, and it is very bent.
Basically, in one area you can see the ground and daylight and the duct opening is about 4 inched below the MH floor . It is big enough that a cat came into the MH through it one day and I had to chase it out and put plastic and a brick in the heating duct to shut it off, and a board inside to discourage the cat. (yes, I do seem to attract cats) that place has the belly wrap and insulation missing, so it will be easy to get to to work on it, I just am not sure how to fix it. Do I cut the duct and put on a new end piece or something? straighten the existing stuff and reattach it from below with 1/2 screws? add a strap before doing the belly repair?
the other duct opening is in an area that the belly wrap is intact, and I would like to try to fix it from above. I will be removing the carpet, so I could cut and lift a piece of flooring if needed, but that sounds like a lot of work lol. it is the more banged up and deformed of the two duct openings.
of course, first I have to fish out all the toys. would a shop vac work? I have found handfuls of toys under the other registers in the rest of the mobile home.
legos, mcdonald toys, coins, and tiny cars... in every space I start to work on.... including inside the window frames.... they must have been really busy kids lived there.... lol
Brenda