How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

Take out the existing floor register and measure the length width of the opening in inches all registers will be listed in inches.

How to measure floor vent covers.

Measure the duct opening in your floor wall or ceiling. How to measure for wall ceiling and floor vent covers not hinged air returns step one. Measure the size of the air duct opening. Please measure again to make sure you measured correctly.

How to measure vent covers. Remove the screws that hold the vent in place. Order by the duct size. Ensure the new register or grille covers the opening.

The width and length of your duct opening will be the size of the register to order. Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed. Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled. The supply vents registers or diffusers blow air into the conditioned area with positive pressure and are responsible for distributing and mixing the air.

Lift out vent cover and measure the inside dimensions of the duct opening in your floor. Remove screws holding the vent in place. Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor. Do not measure the old register or vent.

Length in inches by height in inches this is your duct opening size. How to measure floor registers and grilles. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening. When in doubt just say vent.

Remove your existing vent cover note. 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. Measure the size of the duct. Typically floor vent covers are just lifted out of the duct 2 measure the width height of the opening.

Pull the vent forward and out of the opening. Many of our vent grilles include directional. 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. A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of.

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. Do not measure the old register or vent. Do not order by the size of your existing vent cover. Measure the size of the air duct opening.