You should be able to remove the motor by unscrewing the two screws on each side. They pass through the metal core of the motor into the support arm above. If you need to remove the entire plate to do that (easier than working overhead) the single screw that you removed at the right holds it in place. The left side is held by the molded "clips" there. The plate can be hard to pull down if the housing is slightly skewed. It sort of hinges on the clips and tilts to remove.
All,
I recently tried to open up all the vents in my basement and the diffuser with dampener shown here fell off the ceiling very easily. I know who installed it (a friend of my wife, for free), so I won't call that person back. I'd like to reinstall it the right way.
I think part of the problem is that, if you look at the pics, you'll notice there is large portion of drywall that is supposed to be flush with the duct but is missing. This leads to the diffuser probably only being attached by one screw instead of three. I think that's why this person probably put some sort of adhesive compound on the back of the diffuser but it didn't work very well - it only lasted about a year up on the ceiling.
Can one of you suggest the [b]right[/b] way to reinstalling it so that it is secure and doesn't fall when someone merely touches it? It happens to be above the bed in a bedroom, so it is important that it be secure and not fall on someone's head.
Thanks,
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[i]Duct is 6" in diameter. The other diameters shown in the pic are rough measurements. [/i]
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[i]Clearly shows how the diffuser was off-center. [/i]
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[i]Diameters of diffuser and dampener[/i]
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I know blue foam needs a fire rated covering but I can only get 1" duct board locally since I just need 2 sheets. It's in an uninsulated attic so wanting to improve upon the 1" rvalue. My return (old house so single return) is a simple 14"x15"x48" run from the ceiling box to the air handler. Can I make a trunk out of blue foam, seal it up really well and then sleeve it with the duct board?
The supply is 14x15x60 and I'd like to do the same but don't like the idea of the foam being that close to the heat strips so there was thinking of just doing two layers of duct board.
Either would be two layers of vapor barrier but will take special care to air seal the inside layer to mitigate that.
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