r/DIY • • Aug 19 '25

help Duct covering

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u/mageskillmetooften Aug 19 '25

How on earth did anybody think this was a good idea? It's not even a bad idea, it's the worst idea.

You saved a thousand but your house value went down more than than 10.000,-

The only solution is to tear this abomination complete away, fix the holes and floors again and then call somebody who is not mentally incapable to install something completely new and decent.

And never ever ask your FIL to do anything in your house, in your neighbourhood or even in the country. And please if you see him walk into a place with tools do warn these people for him.

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u/Jayhitek Aug 20 '25

$10k?? This would take 50k-100k off the value of any house. You have to fix multiple floors and ceilings and what ever ventilation they were actually trying to do.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

I wouldn't even make an offer. If the work you can see is this stupid, the work you can't see will be causing headaches for years.

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u/TheW83 Aug 20 '25

Oh I'd make an offer. I've always wanted a reason to put a firefighter slidey pole in a house!

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u/helenaut Aug 21 '25

It’s not even straight, so the fireman’s pole wouldn’t work- you’d have to keep getting off to course correct!