How can we disguise our furnace in laundry room without blocking vent?
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Alisa Inman
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We've remodeled our home - new windows, flooring, paint, but we need help with our furnace. When you enter our home the laundry room is one of the first things you see, and even though I've painted above the furnace, we still see the unsightly pipes and furnace. We're pretty handy with tools and aren't afraid to tackle a hands-on project, but we're a little stumped with this one.
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I'd build a false wall and door, making sure I had a large vent in it not to restrict the air flow.
I'll add to that- make your false walls out of louvered doors, there will be plenty of air flow, without the view of the furnace. One could even hang one's hat on those doors, with the help of a hook or.....seven, hung on the slats!
Sal and Patty have excellent ideas!
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I used beautiful folding screens from JCPenny.
Similar, but could use shutters that are louvered
Easiest and quickest way is to put a dressing screen in front of it. Can be plain, or decorated wood or something more like an Oriental painted screen. Just look up bi-fold doors ideas!
I would build a wood frame wall out of 2x2" painted your white, and then add metal screen like you use on radiator covers, and leave a panel with hinges for access. Most radiator screening is a 3'x3' so you will have to make your framing to accomodate that size.... kind of like a big shoji screen,,,, https://www.homedepot.com/s/radiator%20metal%20screening?NCNI-5 Plenty of air flow and if its a gas heater, maybe put a carbon monoxide alarm in there.
This is the answer I needed. Thank you. The luever doors make sense.