One Response to “How can I redirect heat from a floor heating vent?”

1. thewrangler_sw on March 28th, 2010 6:28 pm
   

   Well, youve got some pretty intricately described methods here.. .and some that are inadequate…

   As a woodworker myself, and yes, Ive built furniture to go over existing vents like this… I would simply build a channel under the bottom of the unit, to redirect the vented air to the front of the seat, with a decorative vent covering the opening. I make my ‘vent channel’ slightly wider than the vent itself. I like to put a set back at the bottom, like you see on kitchen cabinets (called a kickplate), and put the new vent there, so it isnt quite so obvious. Naturally, the ‘kickplate’ would have to be high enough to accomodate the vent cover… so plan ahead, hehehe.

   A couple of other things I like to do… I like to line the vent channel under the piece of furniture with some scrap laminate (prevents mold build up from condensation during the air conditioner season), and I like to provide a small space, say, a half inch or so, around the vent itself. This acts as a ‘breathing space’, and you’ll not have to worry about the inside bottom of the window seat getting too hot for storage. (you can even go so far as to add just a bit of foam insulation). At the back of the furniture piece, where the floor vent is actually located, I like to add a ‘deflector’… usually I just make it out of whatever I am making the rest of the ‘vent channel’ out of… this helps direct the air flow to the front of the unit, more efficiently.

   My guess is that you can make a vent channel to run under your window seat, right out of the scraps of plywood, or other material, you are using to make the unit.

   Have Fun

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