My basement brewery build

[Pharaoh]

Any updates?

Nope, progress has been halted for some time. Been busy traveling lately, just got back from Dallas a few days ago. Next up heading towards Pittsburgh for the next couple weekends.

 

[Pharaoh]

After two months I'm back at it. Found a few goof-ups I made while framing, those have been fixed. Now I have the last bit of framing left to do with soffit ladders/bulkheads around the ductwork in the area. Upon closer inspection I'm a bit puzzled how to handle it, the duct is within a foot or two of the window and I'd prefer not to have it in the way. I've considered switching out the 6" round duct for a rectangular or oval duct for the stretch through the room. Alternatively I thought of re-routing the duct completely to move where the bulkhead would be, I'm sure I'd lose some flow but fortunately that duct is in our dining room which is empty. The wife was good with the second option since the room would see minimal use.

I will post some pics in a bit, for now my photo hosting site is down.

As usual, I'd love to hear anyone's recommendations or ideas.

 

[Pharaoh]

Left side of duct -


Middle of duct (this is the one responsible for partially blocking the window) -


Finally the right side of the duct where it T's off -

 

[brrman]

This is coming together well. Can;t wait to see you get into the detailed work of the brewery!

 

[JosephN]

Can we get a shot with your window to your back and out? Basically the room from the other direction.

 

[Pharaoh]

Picture of the offending duct from directly below with the window location noted -


Right side of room with back to window -


Middle of room with back to window -


Left side of room with back to wall (you can see my brew stand up-ended along with my craptastic fermentation chamber that needs rebuilt) -

 

[JosephN]

Just to make sure I'm clear also, you are basically bothered by the duct being I front of your window? If so that is completely understandable.

And what I would look at would be flipping the route 180 degrees on end, as well as 180 degrees on axis. So basically leave the main trunk, bring your duct up into the floor joist, then when you get out even to where you'd have to turn and go to your vent, I would drop it down below the floor joist and ride the bottom of them until you get to your vent hole. There would be a formed hump down the "middle" of your room instead of in front of the Window. You could also possibly reuse some of what you have and just have to add a bit of flat rectangular duct to get you across the room and as close to the ceiling as possible.

 

[Pharaoh]

Just to make sure I'm clear also, you are basically bothered by the duct being I front of your window? If so that is completely understandable.

That's exactly it, figured I have so little natural light I didn't want to give it up.

Ended up relocating the duct today very similarly to how you suggested.



It's not sealed yet, that'll be a tomorrow job along with general cleanup.

 

[JosephN]

If it were menu would consider installing some can lights directly above your work area. Led can light are great for this and add lots of light with less power consumption. This looks good and there shouldn't be any difference in flow rate out of your vent.

 

[Jessee]

Pictures are gone