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We are redoing our bathroom and this is the last piece of the bathroom remodel puzzle (besides caulking and paint touch ups).

The old register is nasty looking and broken and needs to be replaced. It’s not worth trying to repaint or anything like that. It looks like the old owner just cut off the left part of the register. This leaves me a nice 6x12 hole.

The issue with just picking any old wall vent cover is the molding. The left is completely tight to the molding and no vents would fit without cutting out the molding or modifying the vent. We would much prefer to not cut out the molding if at all possible.

What would you all do?

P.S. I know the ‘baseboard’ is door trim. My wife really wanted it and our floor is flat enough to not need to scribe anything out. We both think it looks fine.

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isherwood
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I see three options to avoid cutting the molding:

  1. Cut the vent (register).
  2. Use a register that's less wide, e.g. instead of a register for a 12x6 duct use one for a 10x6 duct.
  3. Shift the duct opening a couple inches to the right to accommodate the flange of the register.
Huesmann
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If the duct is relatively tight to the drywall, you could just buy an "airvent cover". This is an almost flat piece of metal or plastic, with holes for the air to pass through. You can screw it on the wall, even though the duct behind it is not as wide as the cover.

You may benefit from plastering in a narrow piece of drywall on the left side and painting the edge on right side black. This would make it look symmetric if the wall is visible through the cover.

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