Blocking up warm air vents

mach2001

Hi every one new poster here!:D I am having central heating installed in 3 weeks to replace warm air central heating and I need to cover the air vents in the walls in the down stairs and to a lesser extent the vents in the ceiling upstairs(not too worried bout upstairs for now), somebody said about bricking them up but I'd like a cheap and easy way of doing it so I can do it myself.
Anyone got any ideas?

wallbash

Very interested in your posting , I have warm air central heating, why are you changing/spending such a large amount of money?

To answer your question , as I decorated each room, brick and plaster
otherwise just keep the vents closed.

mach2001

We did discuss the options but we would prefer to get the central heating now while we have the chance and neither of us like the warm air heating.
Thanks for the option but is there another way as i'm not too handy with things like that?:embarasse

moonrakerz

I have warm air heating, wouldn't dream of replacing it ! My neighbour replaced theirs, I was amazed at how much wall space they they lost to the radiators and the effect this had on furniture placement and subsequent loss of space.

genny

We replaced warm air heating years ago, was the best thing we ever did, it was inefficient, poor in the winter, dusty, and the main fan unit was massive taking up a floor to ceiling cupboard. Now we have boiling and piping hot radiators, the house is transformed, and we have a spare cupboard!

Brick and plaster are the best options. On the cheap you could try the expanding foam that hardens from DIY shops, or even just blanking plates.

wallbash

The world is going to be divided over warm air

We have had warm air for past six , agree about the size of boiler ( huge cupboard, but it is a large house. But our system sems efficient and not dusty ,

( apart from when Buncefield blew up :mad: but that also took the side of the bath off)

Big bonus is the extra wall space.

silvercar

I think you need to let some air into the vent corridors to prevent damp.

phill99

You need to physically remove the vents. Then cut a piece of plaster board the same size as the hole. Secure it in the opening and use a good filler like tetron to fill the gap. I did this a little while ago in a customers house and once painted, you couldn't see that it was previously there.