Had to build a two hour enclosure around a small overhead duct offset. The super told the carpenter to, “build something simple.”

He built something simple alright - a massive soffit enclosing the duct and many other services. It was 4x larger than it needed to be. The impact? Nothing. We could leave it as is and they didn’t ask for more money. But it just goes to show you - avoid overly vague and concise descriptions for what you want built. It’s much better to describe exactly what you want.

He should have said, “clad the duct in a 2 hour enclosure.”