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Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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Here's a mod/hint that we have discovered on our Cougar - may be of help to some of you:
On our Cougar, we have a heating vent (floor register) right in front of the kitchen sink...where one stands to do any sink work. We we have discovered (also the hard way) that they just don't make RV floor registers as sturdy as the home variety! the thin sheet metal that ours were made from has broken out two or three of the fins - and with each fin broken the whole register loses more and more structural integrity.
So come spring, we will be replacing all of them with some cast iron ones we found at Lowes. We just have to measure to see the size and then pick them up. The magnetic covers we got for the OEM ones may not work, but we intend on putting some fine screening under these new ones anyway which will keep most of the rocks and other debris out.
On our Cougar, we have a heating vent (floor register) right in front of the kitchen sink...where one stands to do any sink work. We we have discovered (also the hard way) that they just don't make RV floor registers as sturdy as the home variety! the thin sheet metal that ours were made from has broken out two or three of the fins - and with each fin broken the whole register loses more and more structural integrity.
So come spring, we will be replacing all of them with some cast iron ones we found at Lowes. We just have to measure to see the size and then pick them up. The magnetic covers we got for the OEM ones may not work, but we intend on putting some fine screening under these new ones anyway which will keep most of the rocks and other debris out.
