Locate the register or grille you are replacing and note if it is for a wall ceiling or floor.
Old style wall heat registers for older homes.
Do not measure the old register or vent.
These worked like window shutters opening and closing with a lever or wheel on the front.
Antique grates and vents circulate the air in your home to and from your heating and cooling system.
These beautiful brass and cast iron vent registers are available with and without air flow control via a louver also called a damper and are organized for your convenience by floor registers and wall registers.
Also we have the old style gravity registers common in older homes that were originally built with gravity furnaces.
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Most of these registers are angled steel designed with a taper to 1 at the top.
Measure the size of the air duct opening.
Remove the screws that hold the vent in place.
Old registers had louvers attached to the back to control airflow.
Registers grilles vents.
The antique material has an attractive finish and is made to match the hardware of the homes fixtures.
The design of a floor register ceiling vent or wall air grille is often decorative.
The average victorian home had only fireplaces for warmth and then all of a sudden you have this central heat and that s something you really wanted to show off says holohan.
Pull the vent forward and out of the opening.
A basic guide to antique heating grates and vents.
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