Home improvement question

[jph102900]

@2toneishot

Double check this but im pretty sure its against code to have a vent going to a functional garage. The reason being is they say that carbon monoxide can get into the vent and backflow through the rest of the house. so if you do uncap the vent and don’t remove it, that may cuase a problem should you decide to sell your townhome. There is also something in the code against selling a townhome with a “finished” garage. In new developments with front entry garages on townhomes where they use the garage as the sales office for the development, they must remove the carpet on the floor and take out anything office related, even if it is requested by the buyer to leave it as an office. Again this is code in SOME areas so just check with your local municipality for exact regulations and codes.

Thanks for that info. I did think it was weird that anyone would half way finish a garage in a townhouse. When you walk into the garage, it is cinderblock for the first 10 or so feet, and the final 20 feet or so of garage are paneled walls with a dropped ceiling. We use it as a garage and keep an eliptical machine and stereo in the back of the garage for exercising during the summer.

In the dropped ceiling, there is an air vent to pump in hot/cool air but it is covered in plastic. I just want to hack off that part of the duct and cap it off before it goes into the garage.