They are the sheet metal fittings, adapters that transition the 5 inch round
duct into a 4 by 10 opening that the floor register fits into. This ducting is
for the heating and cooling air flow.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] room addition
Aloha Ron,
What are floor boots? I googled it but still don't really get it.
Thanks Betsy
At 10:26 AM 4/1/2010, you wrote:
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>Well folks,
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>When the contractor works he gets things done. It isn't just the weather
>slowing this project. Anyway the wooden foundation is in the ground drain
>tile and gravel over. This is piped to a sump if a pump becomes needed.
>Some backfilling has been done, Still needs to remove a bunch of dirt out
>of the crawl space. I installed batt fiberglass insulation in the stud
>voids in the foundation and will add some between the trusses of the floor
>when they get put in. The floor and roof trusses were delivered this
>morning. Of course he took the holiday to visit in Nebraska. Rain
>predicted tonight and next Tuesday. And he thinks the roof will be on by
>next Friday. Boy it sucks having to hire anyone to do stuff for you. I
>spent some time cutting through the rim joist of the old house to access
>duct work to extend into the room. I removed a ceiling register in a
>downstairs bath room and made enough of a access in the ceiling to make the
>hookup there. The other register was a wall one, still fed through a
>finished ceiling of the basement office. . By cutting the rim joist and
>removing sheathing behind it I was able to remove that ducting without
>busting up any drywall in the dining room. The dryer vent I just removed
>the cover and pulled about 2 foot of excess dryer hose out into the outside.
>All three of these have to feed through the first truss that goes against
>the side of the house. Hopefully we will not cut a lot to get the hoses
>through it. I am going to use the insulated flex duct.. The existing duct
>is 5 inch round. Not a easy size to find. The two floor boots are still
>backordered.. Anyway that is where we are at for now.
>Ron
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