649 6th

kitchen venting

a rafter review

venting

...for those of you expecting to hear recollections of a particularly difficult chore that found Michael and I further refining our "house tension defusing" skills I won't be telling that story. I know titling a post "venting" may be a bit of false advertising, but hey, you take all the purient draws you can get in writing a blog about home renovations...

We vented the dryer today. By removing the piece of plywood you see attached in the photo we were able to work with an existing hole to get the hot moist air out of the basement. It was interesting to pull that piece of plywood off. It had been clevery hidden by a larger outside dresser like thing. I  knew it was back there but had not investigated until today.

The two things of note were:
1) It is inconcievable how many layers of siding have been piled on that addition over the years.

2) We may have found the cash hole that we've been waiting to find. We found a bit of rot on what appears to be the exterior beam. There is a companion beam joined next to it that is fine. However, it won't be many months before we'll be opening that back up to do some repair.