ty93 asked:
i have a vent right where i want to put my bed and was wondering if there is any atatcthment to put on it with a tube or something so the air comes out somewhere else in the room not right onto my bed
I do not want to simply direct it from the vnt with a cover or diverter……I want it to go about 5 feet away and let the air out there. I want something that will take the air from my vent and let it out somewhere else……..like a tunnel
Martin
i have a vent right where i want to put my bed and was wondering if there is any atatcthment to put on it with a tube or something so the air comes out somewhere else in the room not right onto my bed
I do not want to simply direct it from the vnt with a cover or diverter……I want it to go about 5 feet away and let the air out there. I want something that will take the air from my vent and let it out somewhere else……..like a tunnel
Martin
Tags: Air Conditioning, Air Vent, Vnt
just go to a hardware store and get a plastic diverter that has magnets to hold it in place and re-direct the air so it doesnt blow on you. the have them at home depot or menards or lowes and sell for about 3 bucks.
ask a salesperson what you want and they should know about it.
Did you mean to say “wall”? Normally the duct work is found beneath the house or in the attic. You will have to cut for the new location wall, floor, or ceiling. You would remove the duct from the existing boot be it in the wall, floor, or ceiling. You would splice a new piece of duct of the same size and run it to wherever you want it. Then you cut a new hole and reuse the boot or buy a new one and install that. Attach the duct to the boot. The you will have to repair the wall, floor, or ceiling where the outlet used to be.
I’ve done this, or helped others to do this on a few occasions… this is often the case when they live in a rental apartment or house, and do not wish to make a ‘permanent’ alteration to the ductwork.
Ok… first lets determine what kind of vent you have (your description is a bit vauge).
this one… is actually a vent that attaches to ductwork run through the floor - the design is such that it helps to angle the air out into the middle of the room better, than this type of vent,which sets on the floor, and just blows air right up the wall -…
Most vents like these two mentioned run in size, anywhere from 2″x12″ to 3″ x 9″, to 4″ x 10″. Its important to note the ‘flush mount vents’ like the second link, are often used on ceilings too.
(ignore the colors of the vents, as you can literally get any vent in any color these days)
Wall vents, especially air returns, tend to be somewhat larger, and are often just a grill, with no additional deflectors inside them to direct the air movement - much like these -……
One like this, though - is a vent which blows air INTO a room, and can often be found along the upper portion of a wall, or on the ceiling -…
Ok… with that done, you should be able to tell us which type of vent you’ve got.
If this is an air intake vent, the air is flowing INTO the vent, not out of it. You could disguise it if you want, by placing some artwork over it, for example, or if your bed headbaord sets higher than it, then simply leave a little space beteen the headboard, and the vent - 3/4″ to 1″ would be sufficient. If you don’t have a head board, or the vent is located above it, you can create either a headboard, or a piece of art work to cover it. You just need to make it so that the piece sets off the wall by about an inch, and that at least one edge of the framing that is holding the piece off the wall is open along at least one edge, top, bottom, etc. The artwork could be a piece of painted drywall, or canvase… anything really, that can be held off direct contact with the wall itself, perhaps by small cleats, or even washers, on the lag bolst, to create a space behind the piece.
Now - if this is an actual heating/air vent bringing air into the room, you’ve got a bit more to deal with, as anything you make to take the air to another location, needs to be able to withstand the temperature, and possibly humidity content of the air. If the vent is located at the floor, like either of the first two links I’ve shown, you’ve got some options.
First option, and least ‘elegant’, is to use a piece of flexible, or stiff, vent ductwork, with a ‘boot’, at either end. You would remove the existing vent, attach the new boot over the existing one, and run the duct work off to where you want it, and attach the second boot, to wich you would apply a new vent cover. This is a fairly cheap, handy way to divert the air to a new location, if the new duct is going to be run behind furniture for example. ***** the first boot over the existing boot at the wall, and seal it with metal tape. It would be best if the new boot is at least the same size, or slightly larger than the one in the floor, or wall. Note - you can get boots that vent from the center, or the end, so pick one according to which direction you want to run the ‘extension’. This type of arrangement could be made if you simply want to run the extension out under the bed a bit, and then off the edge of the bed (I’d make a ‘T’ assembly, and let it run the air out to either side of the bed - set your shoes/boots in front of the bed, and they’d be warm and ready for you to put on a cold morning too! hehehe.
A more elegant method, and this would take a bit more construction, provided the vent is at the floor level (though it could be adapted if it is slightly higher), would be to create a platform for the bed, with a duct chamber built into it. The air could be dircted to either side of the bed platform, or even to the foot of the bed. The platform could be made of 2×4 lumber, and plywood, or larger, depending on how tall you want it. I’d run actual ductwork inside it, or create it with additional pieces of drywall, plywood, melamine, or some other material. Seal the joints with metal tape.
Ok, at my text limit here - email me with a pic of your vent, and I can easily help you design a solution.
Good Luck