So I am rehabbing this house (built approx 1930), doing the finishing trim
now. I go to put the store bought register vents in the front room, and the
original vent "holes" are 3 1/4" out from the baseboard, all of the vent
covers available now (that I could find) are only 3 inches deep.... needless
to say this leaves 1/4" of exposed duct.

After a trip to all of the local stores, I figure I am going to have to make
my own.

Found some clear pine in the scrap bin, some gutter leaf screen in the shed,
a can of black spray paint, and got to work.....

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent2.jpg (finish looks a
little weird in this image, I am guessing it's the flash)

That is with the first application of rubbing oil, will need a couple more
applications to match that trimwork.

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent.jpg (please excuse the
dirty floor and poor image quality!)

One thing I am not that happy about is that you can see the grey duct work
through the screen if you look straight down, so I will probably add some
sort of air deflector inside to hide it...

Or spray paint the inside of the visible duct work black

Old Guy
"Locutus" wrote in message
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So I am rehabbing this house (built approx 1930), doing the finishing trim
now. I go to put the store bought register vents in the front room, and
the original vent "holes" are 3 1/4" out from the baseboard, all of the
vent covers available now (that I could find) are only 3 inches deep....
needless to say this leaves 1/4" of exposed duct.

After a trip to all of the local stores, I figure I am going to have to
make my own.

Found some clear pine in the scrap bin, some gutter leaf screen in the
shed, a can of black spray paint, and got to work.....

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent2.jpg (finish looks a
little weird in this image, I am guessing it's the flash)

That is with the first application of rubbing oil, will need a couple more
applications to match that trimwork.

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent.jpg (please excuse the
dirty floor and poor image quality!)

One thing I am not that happy about is that you can see the grey duct work
through the screen if you look straight down, so I will probably add some
sort of air deflector inside to hide it...

"Old guy" wrote in message
news:_wUeh.265932$FQ1.69023@attbi_s71...
Or spray paint the inside of the visible duct work black


That is what we do at the HVAC shop I work for. Use flat black paint and the
duct will "disappear".
Greg

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:10:23 -0500, "Locutus"
wrote:

So I am rehabbing this house (built approx 1930), doing the finishing trim
now. I go to put the store bought register vents in the front room, and the
original vent "holes" are 3 1/4" out from the baseboard, all of the vent
covers available now (that I could find) are only 3 inches deep.... needless
to say this leaves 1/4" of exposed duct.

After a trip to all of the local stores, I figure I am going to have to make
my own.

Found some clear pine in the scrap bin, some gutter leaf screen in the shed,
a can of black spray paint, and got to work.....

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent2.jpg (finish looks a
little weird in this image, I am guessing it's the flash)

That is with the first application of rubbing oil, will need a couple more
applications to match that trimwork.

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent.jpg (please excuse the
dirty floor and poor image quality!)

One thing I am not that happy about is that you can see the grey duct work
through the screen if you look straight down, so I will probably add some
sort of air deflector inside to hide it...


I'm vaguely familiar with this - on my house it's the cold air returns
that are a wood lattice that I've never seen in a store. When I moved
in year ago, only 1 of three was still good. And the biggest of the
three was missing altogether. Needless to say I built my own.

Good luck with yours. I'd paint the inside black, but I also like the
air deflector idea to hide the ductwork anyway.

"Locutus" wrote in message
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So I am rehabbing this house (built approx 1930), doing the finishing trim
now. I go to put the store bought register vents in the front room, and
the original vent "holes" are 3 1/4" out from the baseboard, all of the
vent covers available now (that I could find) are only 3 inches deep....
needless to say this leaves 1/4" of exposed duct.

After a trip to all of the local stores, I figure I am going to have to
make my own.

Found some clear pine in the scrap bin, some gutter leaf screen in the
shed, a can of black spray paint, and got to work.....

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent2.jpg (finish looks a
little weird in this image, I am guessing it's the flash)

That is with the first application of rubbing oil, will need a couple more
applications to match that trimwork.

http://arms.tacticalinnovations.com/register-vent.jpg (please excuse the
dirty floor and poor image quality!)

One thing I am not that happy about is that you can see the grey duct work
through the screen if you look straight down, so I will probably add some
sort of air deflector inside to hide it...




Like the stones sang...
"I see a red door and I want to paint it.......

"SimonLW" wrote in message
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Like the stones sang...
"I see a red door and I want to paint it.......

What is that supposed to mean?

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:09:33 -0500, "Locutus"
wrote:


"SimonLW" wrote in message
...

Like the stones sang...
"I see a red door and I want to paint it.......

What is that supposed to mean?


"I see a red door and I want to paint it black"

He wants the OP to paint the ductwork.