#AIR VENT COVER WALL HOW TO#
#AIR VENT COVER WALL INSTALL#
#AIR VENT COVER WALL PATCH#

#AIR VENT COVER WALL INSTALL#

Depending on your air handler’s location, you might need to install a duct chase underneath the floor. Another common place is near an interior wall. The most common placement for floor registers is often placed under windows. However, if you place your registers on top of the ceiling, most of your warm air will find its way to the upper portion of the room, where it will only do a little good.įloor registers allow the warm air from the registers to mix with the cool air coming into the room from the windows. Warm air rises from the floor and heats the room. I’ll be sharing a post about the buffet soon.Floor registers are the best option if you live in a climate that requires heating more than cooling. Super happy with how much better the vents look painted! What do you think?

It looks really good now that I have the inside painted!Īll I need to do in this area now is finish putting stuff back on the new buffet-style cubby storage piece we built for the space and add something to the wall. Just a heads up that if you’re dramatically changing colors your colors, you might need to consider painting the inside too. Ugh! So I popped that sucker back off, grabbed my can of latex paint from downstairs, and painted the inside of the vent area. And then I quickly realized that the black wall and the black vent REALLY made it obvious that the area behind the vent was a different color.Įspecially the strips of white drywall on the inside. Step 3: Put the vent back!Īlright-once the vent cover was dry, I put it back up. To paint my screws, I stuck them down vertically into my cardboard backdrop I was using. If you want to use latex paint in a paint sprayer to get a nice fine finish, that’s certainly an option, too! If you want to do that, I’d recommend spraying the vent covers with a spray paint primer first to ensure the latex paint can adhere to the metal covers. And latex paint goes on rather thick with a brush. I say I recommend spray paint because, while you can match your vent color to your walls, painting all the little grooves would be super tricky. This is the same paint I recently used to paint our metal storm door, too. My walls are a very dark gray (Broadway by Behr), so I chose black in a satin finish for my vent color. Next is paint! I do recommend using a spray paint that is a paint and primer in one.

#AIR VENT COVER WALL HOW TO#

Like this? Check out my post about How to Paint a Stone Fireplace, How to Spray Paint Metal, and How to Paint Terracotta Pots: The Ultimate Guide! Step 2: Next, paint! Then I rinsed again and put them back outside to dry. I didn’t get into all of the little openings…that would have taken forever. Once they were dry, I sanded the main parts of the vents with fine-grit sandpaper. And then, since it was a sunny day, I popped them out on the porch to dry. The painting process was actually the easiest part of this project 🙂 Step 1: Remove and clean the ventsįirst I took my absolutely ancient vent covers and washed them in the sink with soap and water. I just thought I’d explain some of the stuff you’ll see in these pics. But you’re here for the vent painting!īut that’s not what you’re here for.

#AIR VENT COVER WALL PATCH#

So before I even got started with the vents, I needed to patch the drywall, let it dry, sand it, and then paint it. Why did I kick the can? Because I knew that the paint and drywall would probably peel off when I removed the vents.Īnd it definitely did. But I kicked the can down the road and finally decided to deal with it now.

When I painted the black accent wall, I knew I should deal with it. I noticed this when we moved in and I painted the whole room off-white…but I didn’t bother to deal with it then. That’s because it appears the vents weren’t removed when the house was painted in 2018. And while it was easy, it wasn’t super fast. As with almost all of my projects, I thought this would be super fast. Hey everyone! Today we’re getting back to some DIY basics with an easy project I just completed. How to paint vent covers to match your walls Can you paint vent covers so that they complement your wall colors better? Yes, you can! And it makes a huge difference.

Air vent cover wall