is this a fire hazzard

papermaker · 10-08-2007, 11:20 AM

Im in the process of remodeling a house that has been unlived in for over a year house was built in the early 1900's but it does have a newer gas furnace in it. any way my son was playing and one of those plastic ball u get in a happy meal went into an uncoverd duct and i cant get to the duct in the crawl space to get it out what should i do ?

redline · 10-08-2007, 11:47 AM

Is this a return air duct or a supply air duct?

can you post a photo of the duct?

papermaker · 10-08-2007, 12:18 PM

this is a supply duct and i wish i could post a pic of it but dont have a digital camera

coolmen · 10-08-2007, 12:36 PM

If it is in the duct work only then forget about it. But if it got directly into the furnace then call a pro. The next time the system needs service mention it to the service man.