Flir camera

 

Talk to the installer that installed the duct work.
Is it possible someone took any pictures before the drywall was installed?

 

Send a gerbil in with a miniature drywall saw. :thumbup:

Use a stud finder with metal detection capabilities. You should be able to trace out the rectangular edge of the duct, then start your hole dead center.

 

Turn the heat on. After a few minutes you will be able to feel a hot spot on the ceiling where the vent is.:thumbsup:

OH. after you cut the vents out, you're going to have screw pops to deal with.

 

Use a magnet!:thumbup:

 

use a 6' straight edge where you think it is. the high spot is the middle everytime !!!:thumbsup:

 

what did the installer say when asked why they covered them up? be careful turning the heat on with all the ducts covered..my trip out the high limit on the furnace if there are enough ducts closed off

 

My Drywall hangers are notorious for covering up outlets, vents, lights, smoke detector, you name it. I always mark my outlets on the floor. I have never had a vent covered up, it may be tough to locate.

 

I would be seriously pissed off if a drywaller did something as basically stupid as this and didn't offer to find them and repair the damage themself. Honestly, if your drywaller doesn't cover you, you need to find a new one pronto.



I must be lucky. I've never had a drywall sub bury anything they weren't supposed to. That's a good idea though, marking out anything that needs a hole just in case.

 

1. Start busting holes.
2. Locate vent.
3. Call sheetrocker back to fix the damage.
4. Hire painter to repaint.
5. Backcharge sheetrocker for cost of painter.

 

1. Start busting holes.
2. Locate vent.
3. Call sheetrocker back to fix the damage.
4. Hire painter to repaint.
5. Backcharge sheetrocker for cost of painter.

x2 :thumbsup:

If this is the first time this hanger has done this, then maybe im kidding.....if it's become a habit, I'm definitely NOT kidding.

Same with electrical boxes.

The distance that your "best guess" is away from the vent, is inversely proportional to how many times this has happened with the same company. After they rehang the entire room a few times, they'll figure it out :thumbup:

 

Call the installer and tell him to find them...:thumbsup:

 

Shove a strong magnet up a PEX pipe and glue in place. Use it to probe with it. I have one made for working on my car, like when I drop screws and tools in places I can't reach. It works really good.

Something I'm curious about though... if you blare music into the air handler, I wonder if you can hear it at the covered registers

Either ways, if I was in that situation, I don't want to get up and do any work. I'd pick up my camera and phone. Document. Make 'em fix it. If they don't, there are paper means of getting it fixed on the pocketbook of whoever screwed up unless you used some unlicensed monkey in which case you have to go pound sand.

 

we take a lot of pictures before the board goes up...... we like to document every phase and put the pics in the project file. They're useful for these types of errors.......more importantly, if we go back for future work we know where everything is.