A quick project today to get our house ready for the cooler weather. Just grab some duct tape to help push more heated air into your space.
We have forced air with floor vents with gaps between the edge of the vent and floor. I went around the house, popped off all the vent covers and then used some duct tape to seal the gaps. The only duct tape I could find was of the Green Bay variety #GoPacks. Luckily Abe is not a big fan of my blog so will probably never find out. Either way, once you put the vent cover back on, you can't see the duct tape at all. While I did this chore, I also lugged around the shop vac and attempted to vacuum the vents as far as I could reach. I found a big chunk of wood and more cat hair than I'd like. I am not sure if this project did any good but at least it didn't do any harm, besides using up some of the precious fancy duct tape. Costs Few strips of duct tape- 1-2$ Lessons Learned 1. Small effort, small cost. Probably also a small impact but I don't care. I felt handy! I also had my first foray into concrete mix patching. We had to replace our garage door, which still would not close completely due to an uneven garage floor. The garage install guy told me I could fix it myself - and I believed him! It took me around an hour to muster up the courage to do it and around 10 minutes to complete the job. Door now closes completely, good tight seal. I am shocked it worked out and I didn't do any permanent damage to the house in the process. If anyone needs some patching done and are not picky about aesthetics, give me a call.
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Kate
9/1/2016 07:27:32 am
We need a lot of patching done... don't tempt me, or I will call ya!
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