How To Build a Furniture Vent Extender for Cheap

Purchase Large Aluminum Pan & Duct Tape from Dollar Tree Store for $2.50

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Be sure pan is as wide as your vent & measure To front of furniture

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Measure THE distance from vent to edge of Furniture & mark pan

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CUT PAN TO EXTEND TO THE INSIDE EDGE OF FURNITURE

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Using Duct Tape attach the air vent to the aluminum pan.

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Use tape to attach the vent to the rim of the Aluminum pan going around three edges

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This is what the vent and disposable pan look like attached

Place the vent back in place.

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Place Furniture back over vent extender

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Open end of aluminum pan is against inside of furniture but not visible.

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