How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

The width and length of your duct opening will be the size of the register to order.

How to measure floor vent covers.

Lift out vent cover and measure the inside dimensions of the duct opening in your floor. How to measure vent covers. Remove screws holding the vent in place. How to measure floor registers and grilles.

Ensure the new register or grille covers the opening. The supply vents registers or diffusers blow air into the conditioned area with positive pressure and are responsible for distributing and mixing the air. Typically floor vent covers are just lifted out of the duct 2 measure the width height of the opening. Order by the duct size.

Measure the size of the air duct opening. 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. Many of our vent grilles include directional. Measure the duct opening in your floor wall or ceiling.

Measure the size of the duct. Remove the screws that hold the vent in place. A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of. Do not measure your existing cover.

Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled. Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor. Do not measure the old register or vent. When in doubt just say vent.

Remove your existing vent cover note. Pull the vent forward and out of the opening. Do not measure the old register or vent. The length l is always expressed first followed by the height h dimension.

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

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. Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed. Remove your existing floor wall or ceiling vent cover. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening.