Hello,
I am the owner of a new custom built home, and have been in the home a few months. I am beginning the process of planning a basement finishing and I was doing a thorough walkthrough/inspection looking for problem areas, etc. In doing so I noticed that where the 90 degree elbows that come out of the first floor registers and between the joists in the basement actually drop ~2 inches below the joist level. These are all of the 8" runs that feed the 1st floor and all four of them have the same issue. The duct is flex, but obviously the elbow is not. There is no way you would be able to attach drywall to the ceiling as is.
Am I crazy to consider this unacceptable? Or would it be reasonable for me to contact my builder and see if he will send the HVAC contractor out to address it? I don't even know if it can be easily fixed.
The only workaround I can think of is to build a soffit when finishing the basement but it just seems ridiculous to me to have to do that. I'd have to run a soffit the entire length of the back wall of the home.
I am the owner of a new custom built home, and have been in the home a few months. I am beginning the process of planning a basement finishing and I was doing a thorough walkthrough/inspection looking for problem areas, etc. In doing so I noticed that where the 90 degree elbows that come out of the first floor registers and between the joists in the basement actually drop ~2 inches below the joist level. These are all of the 8" runs that feed the 1st floor and all four of them have the same issue. The duct is flex, but obviously the elbow is not. There is no way you would be able to attach drywall to the ceiling as is.
Am I crazy to consider this unacceptable? Or would it be reasonable for me to contact my builder and see if he will send the HVAC contractor out to address it? I don't even know if it can be easily fixed.
The only workaround I can think of is to build a soffit when finishing the basement but it just seems ridiculous to me to have to do that. I'd have to run a soffit the entire length of the back wall of the home.
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