Comments on: How to install a cabinet base with a floor vent https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Christine Cline https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/#comment-110191 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:13:12 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19547#comment-110191 I just removed my kitchen sink from 1961, and the vent under it was made of wood. it always worked well and the wood was in great shape after all of these years. I intend to make a similar one when replacing the cabinet.

I loved your idea of cutting the hole for the vent first. I mean, who likes to lie down on the floor to do that?

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/#comment-107444 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:21:58 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19547#comment-107444 In reply to Kelly Lee.

A jigsaw would work. I used an oscillating tool.

]]> By: Kelly Lee https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/#comment-107412 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:47:00 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19547#comment-107412 What did you use to cut the hole in your baseboard? I’ve done something similar building built in shelves with cabinet base. I have my baseboard and my vent cover, not sure how to cut the hole. A jigsaw?

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/#comment-103712 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:16:49 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19547#comment-103712 In reply to Katie.

I’m not sure I understand exactly what you’re describing but I imagine the metal ducting needs to be insulated because the conditioned air traveling through it is drastically different than the air surrounding it causing condensation.

Without the metal ducting, the air in the toekick is conditioned and it just finds its way out into the room through the vent you create (because it finds the path of least resistance).

It’s probably a good idea to paint the inside of the toekick area with a paint that resists moisture.

]]> By: Katie https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-install-a-cabinet-base-with-a-floor-vent/#comment-103675 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:31:00 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19547#comment-103675 We did a metal duct work through our toe kick, and we removed the cabinets on top (haven’t nail them in yet) and the top board is all wet and the cabinets had condensation on it…..how to we avoid this?

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