I pulled this baggie of little blue foam pellets out of my kitchen heat vent last night. I pulled two others out of the living room vents earlier in the week. I have no idea what the hell they are, or why anyone would hide them in the heating vents. And, in fact, I don’t think that’s how they got in there, because the vents are well and truly painted over. I had to use a knife to cut around the one in the kitchen.
Coincidentally, my furnace is acting up. It’s running and running and running, for hours at a time, and though the vents are warm and I can hear the blower running, there isn’t any air being forced out of the vents. So I’m going to be stuck at home tomorrow, waiting for the maintenance guys to come fix whatever the hell is wrong with my furnace.
And, hopefully, they can shed some light on the funny blue pellets, because I’ll be damned if I can figure out why on earth anyone would stash something like that in a bunch of heating ducts.
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