Spent the evening taping up the leaks in the supply side of the duct work last night. Aluminum tape is sharp!! Cut my fingers in three or four places. It does seem to be helping, but it's not great yet. I also installed the two register vents in the basement so I can close them off, then I went around to each vent upstairs & closed them a bit, in an attempt to even out the air velocity at each one. Seems like the heat is much more even now in the house, which makes me feel a bit better. Tonight (if I can motivate myself) I'm going to caulk the round branch fittings, as the tpe wouldn't work for them. I'm debating whether to tape the cold return duct work as well - it would make sense that pulling cold air out of the living area would allow for more supply air movement, but I'm not sure. Sometime this week, I've got to stop up and buy some of those "window insulation kits" (the two-sided tape & plastic film types that you use a hair dryer on to shrink the film) because my windows suck eggs. The draft coming from them is ridiculous! Hopefully, when I go to remove the tape in the spring, it won't peel the new paint off, too.
I've been looking online for a bed frame, or just a headboard, but can't find a damn thing I like. I want a platform bed, because I like the lower mattress height, and I don't want a stupid box spring (I think they're a complete waste of time/space/money). I had this idea in my head of a very dark wood, chocolate-ish, or black - something unusual, contemporary, simple, something other than a flat, on-the-wall headboard, but so far, I'm having no luck. Actually, something like this, or even this or this, or even this... (yes, I know those last few aren't black, but I just found them, and they're unusual enough that I don't mind!) It also has to have some sort of posts/rails, just in case... (handcuffs, silk ribbons, etc...) *grin* Any suggestions would be welcome!
11:34 a.m. - 2011-10-18
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