- 1. [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:38:28 -0500
- Anyone bought or devised a way to seal off ceiling A/C vents made of aluminum - that the usual magnets won't stick to? PJ _________________________________________________________________ Don't get c
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: Brian C Kennedy <kennedybc@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:47:47 -0800
- PJ I used to take the cover off and stuff insulation in the duct. Pain in the butt, but it looked nice. Then I discovered magnetic sign material and my covers are magnetic. Brian C. Kennedy _________
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:55:40 -0500
- Just curious -- why would you want to do this? Do you have some sort of non-forced-air heating? -Wayne _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:07:12 -0800
- Dunno about PJ, but I do it because I have some rooms that aren't always heated. The damper in the register doesn't seal tightly. Randall _______________________________________________ Support Team
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:40:43 -0500
- Hmm, magnetic paint, sounds like an idea! Let me know how that goes. I'm guessing you might need to experiment with how many coats to put on to get the magnetic material to stick. I'm sealing off the
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00197.html (9,708 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:47:37 -0600
- Hey PJ ??? how bout Velcro ??? you can get it in different colors and it's pretty air tight when squoze together good... if that won't work... you might try a bead of rubber cement then stick your co
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:08:20 -0600
- If you are going to stick stuff on, crafts stores sell stick on strips of "refrigerator magnet" material. Stick that on, and the magnetic stick on covers will stick to that... Tim Mullen Chantilly, V
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:22:17 -0800 (PST)
- My ceiling fan has a whole bunch of hinged louvers that lift up when the fan runs. They fit together pretty well when closed, but there are still a lot of joints where air can leak through, and the t
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "Matt" <mbarre@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:06:37 GMT
- Another possibility is the sheets of heat shrink plastic sheeting that is in home improvement stores near the weatherstripping. It is advertised as useful for sealing drafty windows - sort of an indo
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00201.html (9,917 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:13:53 -0600
- Those "inside storm window" kits work well, but buy quality, The 3M tape works well, and peels off clean. The other brands we've tried (Manco and Frost King) have left a nasty mess that usually requi
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