Replace Old Air Vent Covers

Each easy home replacement vent comes complete with everything you need to install a professionally finished look.

Replace old air vent covers.

How to replace the box vent on your roof. Take your new air vent cover in one hand and place it over the gap where the old cover was. If you care about perfection which i don t use a sanding block for metal to remove the rust. Find a used interior window shutter and cut it to the appropriate size for the air vent.

Rusty vent covers will cause the spray paint to adhere unevenly. Use an old shutter. Measure the size of the air duct opening. Spray paint the metal vent covers.

Note the measurements as. Simply remove the old vent screen push the new ezrvent in place and install one 2 screw at each end of the vent. Make sure that the screws line up. If the ductwork extends out from the wall you ll need to cut it away if you re installing a flush mount vent cover.

The old covers are both removed each held in by a few wood screws to the studs behind and now it s time to install the new replacement covers. Remove the old vent. Add trim to the shutter then prime and paint it. The covers are positioned and some pilot holes are drilled into the wood behind.

If you have an air vent in plain sight on a wall consider turning it into a piece of artwork. Head outside to your driveway or garage door open and pop the vent covers in a cardboard box to contain the over spray. With the use of a screwdriver you are ready to go in minutes. If the new cover has holes in a different position you will need to use a drill to make fresh space for your screws to fit into.

Remove the screws that hold the vent in place. Hvac return vent cover installation. Do not measure the old register or vent.