Does Air Vent Extenders Actually Work?

an outside wall. We're trying to push that air up the wall to the ceiling and then curtain fall back down, condition that wall, condition that window. That is the goal of the vents, is to condition those outside spots where heat loss or heat gain is happening. Sometimes we go into a home where vent deflectors are present, if they're homemade Store-bought, doesn't matter. They are blowing air from the wall to the inside of the room.

First of all, every single air vent and heat vent that we have in our home seems to be in the bedroom is especially true because both of the heat and air vents in our bedroom are on either side of the bed. And guess what? I like to have a table beside of my bed and I'll say what she said.

That, and just looking at this configuration, I'm wondering why it's not over towards the window, but, uh, okay.

Have some extra storage. And so here we have our cabinet, and underneath it is our air and heat vent. So what did we do? Uh, first of all, I wasn't sure how important it was to use a vent extender to redirect the air out from underneath the cabinet. But after doing some research, we found damage your heat and air units if you don't extend that air out.

So, and I'm with you, completely agree. Do not block it off. Let the air flow.

It also can damage your furniture. So that's not a good thing either. So In checking into purchasing a heat and air vent extender, I found that they run about $20 apiece and we needed 2 of them. So I thought, well, why don't you go to the Dollar Tree and spend, I spent $3.75 plus tax and I have 2 heat and air vent extenders that are underneath my cabinets and they were easy to make. So I'm gonna share with you exactly how I did it. So let's take a look at what it looks like. Okay friends, Here's our solution to not having to pay an exorbitant price for a vent extender.

I mean, the, the first question I have is, is this an outside wall we're looking at back there? Why is it covering? Obviously it's trying to condition that wall, and yeah, it might be an inconvenient space, but let me tell you why. If that's an outside wall We're trying to push that air up the wall to the ceiling and then curtain fall back down, condition that window. That is the goal of the vents, is to condition those outside spots where heat loss or heat gain is happening, and depending on what season you're in, condition that with air conditioning or heating depending on season. That is, is there to properly operate the system. But go ahead.

Out of our bed, um, first of all, we took off the vent and we did some measuring, um, and then we headed over to— at the Dollar Tree store, we picked up, um, these aluminum pans and some duct tape, just some plain old duct tape., and I'm going to show you exactly how we use those two items, which cost us $2.50, to make a vent extender for a fraction of what they cost in the stores. So let's get started. First, you need to measure the width of your vent and the distance to the edge of your cabinet. Once you have the measurement, then you just mark it on the, uh, actual tin pan and then use regular scissors to cut the tin pan to that length. Then you're just going to attach your vent.

So she has two 4x8, probably 6-inch boots in the floor. Uh, usually they are 4x8 in a home, or 4x12, or even a 6x12, uh, depending on the boot under it. Um, so interesting, two 4x8 grills.

And to the tin pan with the duct tape, you want the vent top facing downward inside the tin pan. Here's what the vent extender looks like upside down. I just wanted you kind of see, we just took the duct tape and just basically took it around the rim of the, um, the, the vent here and just secured it to the actual rim of the tin pan after it was cut to size. Vent extender looks like installed. As you again can see, the duct tape is holding it in place, and then I don't know if you can see it, but the vent is way back under there. But this is going to come out— this right here, this edge is going to come out right next to the end of the, um, side table that sits here over this vent. So let's take a look.

Okay, I completely understand what you're doing, trying to get the air out. So kudos for that. Good thing you're trying to get out. Uh, again, you are blocking the reason for the grill to be in the place it's in and for the airflow to be where it's supposed to be. You're pushing the air into the room when it's made to condition that outside wall or that window.

Okay, well, that— apologize for the lighting, uh, it's not the best here to be able to see, but as you can tell, that vent extender, see, it just comes right up to the very edge where right here of the end of the table, and we're going to put the drawers back in, and then the air flows directly out of this vent right underneath and out into the room like it should without being obstructed. So, and as you can see, once we have everything back in place, you cannot detect the vent extender underneath the cabinet. Uh, obviously if you get down on the floor, you might can see little pieces of it, but, um, it works great. We've had both of these in place now for, uh, quite a while, and they work wonderfully. So I hope you enjoyed that little tip on how—

yeah, it works great until it doesn't. Again, those are grills and hurricanes, a 4x8, uh, probably a 6-inch boot on each side of the bed that's made to condition that wall. It's a very bad idea is to— or a vent cover, something pushing that air into the middle of the house. Because the middle of the house is not where it needs to be. It needs to be conditioning that wall. It needs to be conditioning that window. That is why typically it's on the outside of the perimeter, because it's trying to attack the heat loss, heat gain In the winter, obviously you have cold air trying to come in. In the summer, you obviously want the hot air out. So the grills are in those places to attack those problems. So something I would definitely not recommend doing at home. Furniture— move the piece of furniture, whatever needs to be done, it, it cannot go there. Now, to help solve that problem You can always put your duct system in the attic or above you if there's room space. Get out of the floor, that way you can put whatever you want. But then you have those grills or that duct system overhead and blowing the air and condensing the wall that way, but it's out of the way of any furniture, anything you have you want to put in that space. But, um, yeah, would not recommend. Completely understand why to do it, but I would definitely not do it.