I'm in a frustrating situation where I've just finished almost all the rerouting of the ventilation and building an insulated box to move the ugly and humming FTX unit from the kitchen to the attic. I was about to tackle the last link and when I opened up the floor, I saw that the solution I was confidently counting on might not work.
The vent duct that comes out of the wall under the supporting beam needs to go up into the opened wall above the supporting beam. I would need to make a hole about 130 mm in the 220 mm high and 3.6 m long supporting beam that, from what I can judge, supports the entire room (unfortunately, it doesn't seem to rest on any vertical supporting studs).
Is there any smart and above all safe way to solve this? Or do I have to widen the wall to then simply run the vent duct past the supporting beam?
UPDATE #1:
I just made an 80 mm hole in the sill (the horizontal stud) to see what's there and noted that what I think is a supporting beam is only 3 cm thick - isn't that a bit thin for a supporting beam meant to support a living room on one side and a bathroom on the other?
UPDATE #2:
After digging around in the insulation through the newly drilled hole, I've concluded that the supporting beam only supports the living room itself and that even though it doesn't rest on a stud, it is nailed to all the studs it abuts. I think I'll end up reinforcing the attachment of the supporting beam to the two adjacent studs and then proceed with making an opening for the vent duct with a clear conscience.
The vent duct that comes out of the wall under the supporting beam needs to go up into the opened wall above the supporting beam. I would need to make a hole about 130 mm in the 220 mm high and 3.6 m long supporting beam that, from what I can judge, supports the entire room (unfortunately, it doesn't seem to rest on any vertical supporting studs).
Is there any smart and above all safe way to solve this? Or do I have to widen the wall to then simply run the vent duct past the supporting beam?
UPDATE #1:
I just made an 80 mm hole in the sill (the horizontal stud) to see what's there and noted that what I think is a supporting beam is only 3 cm thick - isn't that a bit thin for a supporting beam meant to support a living room on one side and a bathroom on the other?
UPDATE #2:
After digging around in the insulation through the newly drilled hole, I've concluded that the supporting beam only supports the living room itself and that even though it doesn't rest on a stud, it is nailed to all the studs it abuts. I think I'll end up reinforcing the attachment of the supporting beam to the two adjacent studs and then proceed with making an opening for the vent duct with a clear conscience.
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