Ceiling surprises

I install home wrap over the previous electrical mast and dryer vent holes.

An old utility hole in a house siding is sealed up with patches of self-adhesive home wrap.
An old utility hole in a house siding is sealed up with patches of self-adhesive home wrap.

I also prepare the master bedroom ceiling for demolition. I find that the heating register was held in place by drywall screws that were spray painted in place. There is no proper duct boot. Instead, one has been fashioned from wads of duct tape.

A removed ceiling grille reveals a missing duct boot and that one has been fashioned out of duct tape.

My roommate Frosty demolishes the master bedroom ceiling.

A woman wearing a face shield and gloves uses a prybar to demolish drywall from a bedroom ceiling.

We discover more hidden junction boxes and illegal wiring.

A demolished ceiling reveals a junction box that was illegally hidden behind the drywall.
A demolished ceiling reveals a wire splice without a junction box that was illegally hidden behind the drywall.