| Trouble attaching HVAC baseboard registers. My 1950's era ranch has the HVAC registers and air return grates on the baseboards. Some of them are so loose that there is a gap between the wall and the register.
It turns out that the on some of the vents the installers did not bother to make tabs out of the ducts for the register screws to attach to. The screws just attach to the brittle wall plaster.
After some thought, I decided that I could make some L shaped brackets, and drill two holes in each bracket, plus one on each side of the HVAC duct. Then screw the bracket to the duct, and in turn screw the register to the bracket.
Another thought occurs - I could not be the only one with this problem. So I am wondering if I can save myself some trouble and buy ready made brackets / clips for that purpose.
A Google search turned up nothing for me.
My question is, has anyone seen them, where are they sold and what are they called? |
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alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC | Most of my registers are on the floor, so they dont get screwed in.
The few registers that are on walls are screwed in the drywall like yours, but the plastic anchors hold it tight enough.
I guess yours weren't installed with screw anchors.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_anchor |
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| Unfortunately for me, I have plasterboard, not drywall. The plaster board is far too brittle to use expanding anchors so near to the edge. |
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alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC | Then your idea of hooks (metal plate to screw in) attached to the duct is good.
However make sure to use long screws and that the hooks are further back in the duct, that way when you screw in the register, you will have plenty of wiggle room for how far back it can be screwed.
If you put the hooks too further out, you might end up screwing in the register until the register makes contact with the hooks and still have a gap between the wall and the register.
Or another way, cut out some of the plaster wall around the duct, but no larger than the register. Then make a wooden frame around the duct, which you can screw in the register.
It might sound more complicated, but it's just an option in case for some reason the hooks trick isn't possible or doesn't give a good result. |
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