I don't want any heat blowing into my master bedroom. The register on the ceiling can be closed, but then it "whistles" when the furnace comes on. I don't want to take it off each winter and block the air supply. Is there a cover I can buy? The magnetic ones will not work here.
2007-02-26 01:33:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Certainly with no offense to any others who answer, I have this issue at hand. I live in a home in which the former owners had venting routed to a screen room. I live in FL, so it's not such as HUGE issue to have HEAT, but in essence, any cover right at the vent, is still not strictly blocking the flow from the source to the main course of where you want the heat/ac to go. The AIR still has to manage its way through the "Conduit" or whatever to get to your BLOCKED Register, where all it does is COOL down. NOT so efficient.
The better choice is to block the DUCT work at the intersection off of the Main. That allows that the natural flow of heated or cooled air never has to travel whatever the distance is, of the offshoot conduit going to your bedroom, but can expend it's energies to those areas still left open. It may even cause you to not have to keep the thermostat at its current setting.
Steven Wolf
2007-02-26 02:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Trace the ductwork back to the furnace, and look for a "volume damper"...it will be a small handle or "wing-nut" sticking out the side of the duct that runs to that room. This is attached to a sort of "paddle" inside the duct and you can close this down completely. Between the register and the volume damper, you should be able to reduce the airflow to almost nothing. If you have a lay-in ceiling, the damper might be above that.
Block the cold air return in the room, too. If the air can't get out, it has a harder time getting in.
2007-02-27 08:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by roadlessgraveled 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to the hardware store they sell a cover that is made from a magnetic material that will cove and stick to the register and is easily removed if needed
2007-02-26 10:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by aussie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steven W is right on the money. If you're lucky you may have dampers already installed at you branch lines.
2007-02-26 12:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by daffyduct2006 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take and cut one out . to fit out of wood insert it then caulk around it really good
2007-03-01 15:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋