So Ryan Homes had another HVAC company come out and redo the cold air return run from the basement ceiling down to the furnace. They replaced the duct with one lined with acoustical material to help silence it. They also roughed in a return in the basement per the drawings, unlike the other HVAC company that just cut a hole in the side of the air return and slapped a grille on it. Although I will say thankfully they did that since it got all our vents cleaned on Ryan's dime. Since the new duct was put in we no longer have to yell when the air is running or turn up the volume on the tv.
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We also finally got our new island countertop installed. Only a few more things on our list to be taken care of. As for the yard grading, we actually cut a deal with Ryan Homes to have the contractor putting in our patio do the grading and Ryan Homes would reimburse us for the grading. I presented this just so we didn't have to have the machinery tearing things up more than once and to get it all done at once. Kudos to them for agreeing to this to ease the burden on us.
