[Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers

[john niolon]

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 covers on... it will come off next 
spring and you can roll up the rubber cement with your fingers afterward..

john






> 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 A/C vents in the ceiling b/c the louvers don't close
> completely on them, and in the heating season, I don't want heat to rise 
> into
> them (even just a little bit).
>
> ... And b/c every year I find more ways to get frugal with heating oil, 
> and
> find more comfort in the house (no drafts and less heat loss).  And as far 
> as
> I can tell, it's starting to make a huge difference, I'm using about half 
> of
> what I was 6 years ago.  Every little bit counts I guess.
>
> PJ> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:25:29 -0800> From: doug at dougbraun.com> 
> Subject:
> Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers> To: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com> > I 
> have a
> similar problem: I want to seal off the> louvered opening for a 
> whole-house
> attic fan. I had> assumed the frame in the upstairs hall ceiling was> 
> steel,
> and I prepared a 3' x 3' square of foam-core> board, with a magnetic strip 
> all
> the way around the> edge. Then I realized the frame was aluminum. :-(> > I 
> got
> a pint of this "magnetic paint" from the> hardware store. I guess it has 
> iron
> dust in it. I'm> planning to paint this on the louver frame and topcoat> 
> it
> with white paint. Hopefully it will not look too> ugly> and the magnets 
> will
> actually stick to it...> > Doug> > > --- PJ McGarvey 
> <pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com>
> wrote:> > > 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
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