I think you may remember my mentioning of “doggie yum-yums” up in the subflorring in our hallway.  Well, we are pretty sure that is also what caused these extremely rusty vent covers.  Here’s the one in the dining room (aka our current bedroom.. haha):

Tres attractive eh?  At first we thought perhaps they could be brushed and cleaned, but then after an inital attempt we decided to just get some new ones.  Well, we can’t have a NORMAL vent cover  that you can buy at Home Depot, it’s some specialty size.  So these went nasty looking for a few months until we got the new heat pump.  We asked that contractor to order us the new covers at cost from his HVAC supplier, but we’d put them in.  Here’s Oak installing the new vent cover: He also cleaned out the vent with the shop vac before installing the new frame.  We are now proud owners of not one, but two shop vacs.  One ultra cute and handy Sears craftsman vac, and this huge uber-sucking dinosaur puppy that Oak acquired from somewhere in NY.. haha. Overall, although I didn’t really participate in the whole process, I’d say this was a simple project.  Here’s the much better after:

Pretty!  As long as you ignore the other flaws in the wall and severe need for a new paint job, we can admire its beauteousness.  It’s really funny how holes in walls/ceilings don’t phase us anymore.  Hole in the wall?  Enh!  Whatever!   We can fix it!

Here’s the other side of the vent in the kitchen.  I’m not sure what Oak looks so forelorn about.  Maybe he already misses the rusty old nasty vent covers!  (or not!)

Posted by Carrie on Monday, January 11, 2010
Categories: blog, home improvement · 3 Comments »