How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

Remove your existing floor wall or ceiling vent cover.

How to measure floor vent covers.

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. Please measure again to make sure you measured correctly.

A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of. 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. How to measure floor registers and grilles. Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled.

Order by the duct size. Remove your existing vent cover note. How to measure vent covers. Measure the size of the air duct opening.

Remove the screws that hold the vent in place. 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. Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor.

When in doubt just say vent. Do not measure your existing cover. Lift out vent cover and measure the inside dimensions of the duct opening in your floor. Measure the size of the duct.

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. The length l is always expressed first followed by the height h dimension. 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. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening.

Many of our vent grilles include directional. Do not measure the old register or vent. Measure the duct opening in your floor wall or ceiling. Remove screws holding the vent in place.

Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed. Length in inches by height in inches this is your duct opening size. How to measure for wall ceiling and floor vent covers not hinged air returns step one. Pull the vent forward and out of the opening.