How To Measure Floor Vent Covers

Measure the size of the duct.

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. Do not order by the size of your existing vent cover. How to measure for wall ceiling and floor vent covers not hinged air returns step one. Note if the register or grille you are replacing is for a wall ceiling or floor.

Please measure again to make sure you measured correctly. 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. Ensure the new register or grille covers the opening. 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.

Length in inches by height in inches this is your duct opening size. Remove your existing vent cover note. Take out the existing floor register and measure the length width of the opening in inches all registers will be listed in inches. If the vent is held in place by its own weight or tension pull the vent forward and out of the opening.

Note the measurements as width and length as that is how they are packed and labeled. Ceiling or wall vent covers need to be unscrewed. The width and length of your duct opening will be the size of the register to order. When in doubt just say vent.

Do not measure your existing cover. Do not measure the old register or vent. How to measure vent covers. Remove your existing floor wall or ceiling vent cover.

Measure the size of the air duct 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. A vent is a generic word for a designed opening or cover that air passes in or out of. The length l is always expressed first followed by the height h dimension.

Lift out vent cover and measure the inside dimensions of the duct opening in your floor. Pull the vent forward and out of the opening. Measure the size of the air duct opening. Typically floor vent covers are just lifted out of the duct 2 measure the width height of the opening.

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