the joy of old houses and previous owners

strider3700 · 11-27-11, 01:43 PM

sure enough I pulled the vent off of the kick board and when they redid the kitchen they tiled the floor discovered the vent would be 1/4 under the new cabinet so they covered that bit of the vent opening with tile and just let the air out under the cabinet. They then added a front vent to let it out. So I have zero control over that Air.

I can easily enough block it from the top but that isn't a great solution. I might be able to fit a 4" take off through the opening then I can at least duct the air to the front that way.

I also discovered that there used to be another vent going into the room. It's still hooked up downstairs but appears to just run up into the floor under the stove upstairs. I know there is no vent there so they must have just tiled over the opening. I'll have to disconnect it from below and patch that up to prevent the bit of pressure loss running into that line and dead ending.

My next house will either be a complete gut job of an old one or built by me or at least to my standards. This is stupid.

11-27-11, 01:43 PM	#11
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	sure enough I pulled the vent off of the kick board and when they redid the kitchen they tiled the floor discovered the vent would be 1/4 under the new cabinet so they covered that bit of the vent opening with tile and just let the air out under the cabinet. They then added a front vent to let it out. So I have zero control over that Air. I can easily enough block it from the top but that isn't a great solution. I might be able to fit a 4" take off through the opening then I can at least duct the air to the front that way. I also discovered that there used to be another vent going into the room. It's still hooked up downstairs but appears to just run up into the floor under the stove upstairs. I know there is no vent there so they must have just tiled over the opening. I'll have to disconnect it from below and patch that up to prevent the bit of pressure loss running into that line and dead ending. My next house will either be a complete gut job of an old one or built by me or at least to my standards. This is stupid. Last edited by strider3700; 11-27-11 at 01:55 PM..