Use What You Have
by
Patrice H
Cleaning and rehabing your duck vents
*Options I considered for this project:
Replacing them would have ment adding new wood to an orginal pine floors.
*Questions and unexpected events that arose during the project:
No unexpected events came up during this process
* Cost Comments:
The cost spread out over several vents equal about a $ per duck vent
*My motivation to do this project:
I have an house built in 1930's. The duck vents were installed sometime during the late 50's or so. They are cast iron and a custom fit. They were covered with dirt, rust and lint.
*Project Steps:
Remove the duck vents from the floor. I took them outside were I removed the 4 srews from each end. I used folded sandpaper to clean each whole individually.Then I took the palm sander to the outside frame. I use primer to seal the rust just before I painted
Advice:
If your painting the vents a dark color, use a dark primer. Its easy to cover
Materials:
Paint - Best Value - $0.00
Primer - Best Value - $0.00
*Options I considered for this project:
Replacing them would have ment adding new wood to an orginal pine floors.
*Questions and unexpected events that arose during the project:
No unexpected events came up during this process
* Cost Comments:
The cost spread out over several vents equal about a $ per duck vent
*My motivation to do this project:
I have an house built in 1930's. The duck vents were installed sometime during the late 50's or so. They are cast iron and a custom fit. They were covered with dirt, rust and lint.
*Project Steps:
Remove the duck vents from the floor. I took them outside were I removed the 4 srews from each end. I used folded sandpaper to clean each whole individually.Then I took the palm sander to the outside frame. I use primer to seal the rust just before I painted
Advice:
If your painting the vents a dark color, use a dark primer. Its easy to cover
Materials:
Paint - Best Value - $0.00
Primer - Best Value - $0.00
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Thanks for the timely posting! My home was built in the 50's and I was considering replacing many of my vents. After seeing how nice yours look painted, I've decided to do the same thing! Thank you!!
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My house was 1949,,,, painted several times and a mess.... I finally found the same size at an old hardware, known for all sorts of old odd things..,,,, got them, tossed the others..in a hurry to get the garbage out as I heard the truck rumble down our hill.......BIG MISTAKE.... openings are correct size,,,,but just a SMIDGE OFF... DON"T FIT THE HOLES in the sheet rock that connects them to the ductwork..PLUS THE SCREWS are a DIFFERENT SIZE.....about 1/2 of them come loose every so often, 2 fall out on a whim.. baseboard has to be cut about 3/8 in. still isn't done....2 yrs later..
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