The vents holes under my sister's house are one cinder block square.

The cheap vent covers were nailed in place by just driving nails into
the mortar joints. Her dogs push them out to get under her house.

My solution will be to just take some one inch thick wood and cut the
pieces the same size as the cinder block and wedge them around the
opening and screw the vents to the wood.

Any better solutions?

On Jun 3, 6:51 pm, Terry wrote:
The vents holes under my sister's house are one cinder block square.

The cheap vent covers were nailed in place by just driving nails into
the mortar joints. Her dogs push them out to get under her house.

My solution will be to just take some one inch thick wood and cut the
pieces the same size as the cinder block and wedge them around the
opening and screw the vents to the wood.

Any better solutions?

Fasten them permanently to the block w/ anchors or powder-actuated
studs. If they need to be removable for any reason, use threaded
studs or the anchors...

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On Jun 3, 8:35 pm, dpb wrote:
On Jun 3, 6:51 pm, Terry wrote:

The vents holes under my sister's house are one cinder block square.

The cheap vent covers were nailed in place by just driving nails into
the mortar joints. Her dogs push them out to get under her house.

My solution will be to just take some one inch thick wood and cut the
pieces the same size as the cinder block and wedge them around the
opening and screw the vents to the wood.

Any better solutions?

Fasten them permanently to the block w/ anchors or powder-actuated
studs. If they need to be removable for any reason, use threaded
studs or the anchors...


The vent covers are only slightly larger than the opening. Anchors
might work without breaking the block. I don't think using a Hilti
gun on the edge of a cinder block would turn out too good.

Thanks

"Terry" wrote in message
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The vents holes under my sister's house are one cinder block square.

The cheap vent covers were nailed in place by just driving nails into
the mortar joints. Her dogs push them out to get under her house.

My solution will be to just take some one inch thick wood and cut the
pieces the same size as the cinder block and wedge them around the
opening and screw the vents to the wood.

Any better solutions?

There are vent covers that have little spring loaded hooks on the back that
hold tightly to brick holes or grates. You might check hardware stores for
those. No tools needed, but they might have to be adapted to cinder block
vents, as they work best with 1 inch mesh grating vents.
Roger

On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:51:18 -0400, Terry
wrote:

The vents holes under my sister's house are one cinder block square.

The cheap vent covers were nailed in place by just driving nails into
the mortar joints. Her dogs push them out to get under her house.

My solution will be to just take some one inch thick wood and cut the
pieces the same size as the cinder block and wedge them around the
opening and screw the vents to the wood.

Any better solutions?


I've been amazed at the strength of today's construction adhesives.

tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com