How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

Measure the size of the air duct opening.

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. Measure the duct opening in your floor wall or ceiling. Order by the duct size. Remove the screws that hold the vent in place.

Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor. Ensure the new register or grille covers the opening. Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled. Many of our vent grilles include directional.

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. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening. A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of. Measure the size of the air duct opening.

Measure the size of the duct. Take out the existing floor register and measure the length width of the opening in inches all registers will be listed in inches. Pull the vent forward and out of the opening. When in doubt just say vent.

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. Lift out vent cover and measure the inside dimensions of the duct opening in your floor. Length in inches by height in inches this is your duct opening size.

The width and length of your duct opening will be the size of the register to order. Remove screws holding the vent in place. How to measure vent covers. 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.

The length l is always expressed first followed by the height h dimension. Do not measure your existing cover. Remove your existing floor wall or ceiling vent cover. Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed.

Do not measure the old register or vent. Please measure again to make sure you measured correctly. Do not order by the size of your existing vent cover. The supply vents registers or diffusers blow air into the conditioned area with positive pressure and are responsible for distributing and mixing the air.