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What to do with this old AC vent?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:48 am
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:48 am
Don't need it anymore. Need to make it not look like arse. Any ideas? This is for a rental property.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:33 am to TheOcean
Most people would remove the grill and associated equipment and then patch in replacement flooring and do their best to match the existing finish.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:41 am to TheOcean
Good spot for a couple of plants.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:07 am to DownHome
In the middle of a small hallway? 
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:43 am to TheOcean
A rental?
Paint the backer black and leave grille in place. Maybe buy new grille too.
SEnd it and let them checks start fLOWING
Paint the backer black and leave grille in place. Maybe buy new grille too.
SEnd it and let them checks start fLOWING
Posted on 11/16/25 at 5:13 pm to Turnblad85
Not a bad idea. It's an airbnb, though. So trying to figure out a way where it doesn't look like total arse.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 6:16 pm to TheOcean
Outside of laying new floor in hall, sanding and refinishing and hoping it matches, I don't know of much else.
A grille looks in place there. Anything but new flooring is going to look out of place.
A grille looks in place there. Anything but new flooring is going to look out of place.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:52 pm to TheOcean
Do you have a closet that has the same floor? I’d use that to repair the clearly visible hole in the hall and put something else down in the closet. I think that’s the only thing you can do that would be cheap.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:16 pm to TheOcean
Write into Ask This Old House and have Tom Silva come out and fix it.
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