Handy DANdy (get it!?)

Dan has been working hard on keeping our house warm for the winter.  Every weekend he is fixing something.  So far he has put up weather stripping on the doors, caulked the holes in brick outside and made and installed a return air system for our room and the boys room.  He made and found most of what he needed at work and cost us nothing!

He made this at work.  I really don't understand it even though he told me how it works many times.  Something about the hot air cycling through the rooms instead of having the air being stagnant.

He cut a hole above the furnace and attached a tubing system to connect to the box on the other side of the house.

This is the tubing running from the furnace to the box at the other end of the house.

This is the new box with tubing running into our room, the boys room and to the furnace 

This is tubing running from the box down to a vent attached to our room.

And there's the vent.  We still need covers, but since little boys can't shove things up there it's not a big concern.

I am very appreciative and thankful that Dan knows how to make what he needs and then have the knowledge and know how to put it all together.  I'm thankful that we didn't have to spend oodles of money to have someone come in and do it.  Even though I get mad and hassle him while he's working, I really do appreciate him.  Plus it's sexy when a guy knows how to do manly things. ;)