Best return duct grating supplier
NotaClue
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So, what website or company supplies the best looking and operating return ducts and forced air grates for standard residential 10X10 openings and 24X24 returns? (House is a Victorian remodel, with forced air wall ducts 10X10 and couple of returns (zoned heating) that are 24X24 and so on)
Looked on Ebay; there some there, mostly antique, but not enough for a full house.
Anyone have any favorite new suppliers? For brass, iron and even perhaps, wood?
Thanks
NotAClue
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Notaclue, I like these guys: http://www.reggioregister.com/index.html
That's some beautiful stuff.
Solves a lot of problem but leaves a few; they don't have anything for baseboard vents, and I've got a few of those too; any suggestions? Other than the fruitless Googling I've been doing?
Thanks!
NotaClue
What exactly do you mean by baseboard vents? Any reason you couldn't install one of the Reggio vent covers in a baseboard? Or do you mean kickspace heater grills?
You might also try your local HVAC supplier through the yellow pages. They usually have all kinds of neat stuff.
Baseboard vents is the closest I can get to explaining them with a couple of words. In more words, what they seem to be is this:When someone added heat to this Victorian (and this is true of a lot of Victorians in San Francisco), they ran ducting up the wall bays; ducts that are deeper than the three inches in some of the interior walls. So, the ducts arrive from the basement at the floor to be heated sticking out into the hallway. The long-ago HVAC contractor cuts open the duct at an angle, leaving it flush with the wall (12" from the floor) and sticking out about 1.5" into the hallway. Then, they apply a tilted duct cover with a louver to it. They're literally all over the City.So, the Reggio's are beautiful, but they don't have the housing. I suppose, I could custom build a housing, but then there'd be no louver.Or I could add a louver and a housing and then put the Reggio's on top.Rather involved.I actually emailed them to ask them for their help.NotaClue
Huh, never seen them here in the Northeast, but I did find this site. #2 by Googling "baseboard return register" or something to that effect:
http://e-store.atlantasupply.com/swscripts/NLNETUPD.OBJ?REQR_TYPE=O&REQR_ID=NEW+CUSTOMER&AUTH_ID=+&LOC_NO=001&NL_ORDER_NO=0&PROD_CAT_NM=Residential+Baseboard&PC=R&SC=B&REQUEST_ID=CCATSEL_AS2
Good luck,
Mike
Thanks!
I found that site too but thought the Reggio's were better; but I'll send them an email too.
NotAClue
Van Dyke's restoration catalog has some nice cast iron grates, and I guess you could find them online, too,6milessouth
In my opinion, the best look with those baseboard registers, is to trim it out with more baseboard and use wooden registers, like the wood floor ones.
Hey, wanted to thank you again; ordered from them (Reggio) and they beautiful pieces of work.
Gonna look nice.
NotaClueEdited 10/1/2005 10:52 pm ET by NotaClue
Edited 10/1/2005 10:53 pm ET by NotaClue
Glad to hear it.
I bought a return air cover from http://www.worthhomeproducts.com/ a couple of months ago. Looks great. They have lots of sizes. You should be able to build a simple frame to put one in. Good luck.
D.