How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

How to measure for wall ceiling and floor vent covers not hinged air returns step one.

How to measure floor vent covers. You can find floor registers in a variety of materials styles and finishes so you can incorporate them as a decorative element that also blends. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening. Do not measure your existing cover. When in doubt just say vent.

Registers these typically slatted covers are found in the floor wall or ceiling and their defining feature is a lever that allows you to open or close the air vent to adjust airflow into the space. How to measure floor registers and grilles. Many of our vent grilles include directional. Measure the size of the air duct opening.

Remove your existing vent cover note. Do not measure the old register or vent. A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of. Ensure the new register or grille covers the opening.

How to measure vent covers. Do not order by the size of your existing vent cover. Order by the duct size. Remove screws holding the vent in place.

It is an industry standard to measure the actual hole opening in the floor to get the correct size of floor register or grille that you will need. Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled. The width and length of your duct opening will be the size of the register to order. Pull the vent forward and out of the opening.

Please measure again to make sure you measured correctly. Measure the size of the air duct opening. Take out the existing floor register and measure the length width of the opening in inches all registers will be listed in inches. Typically floor vent covers are just lifted out of the duct 2 measure the width height of the opening.

Do not measure the old register or vent. The supply vents registers or diffusers blow air into the conditioned area with positive pressure and are responsible for distributing and mixing the air. Length in inches by height in inches this is your duct opening size. Remove the screws that hold the vent in place.

Remove your existing floor wall or ceiling vent cover. Measure the size of the duct. Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed. Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor.