One thing I've been blessed with in this house, is much of the original hardware is still intact. Door and window hardware is 95% complete. The heat registers are all there too, save for the one in the kitchen. I'm still hunting one down to put in there. But probably the most important pieces are these fancy cast iron heat registers. I've seen several homes around here with this exact model -- must have been popular in the 1910s - 1920s. The Auer heat register was apparently made in Cleveland, OH but I don't know much more about them then that. If anyone could pass along any info it'd be most appreciated.
The formal rooms in this house have one of these registers each. They're in fair condition -- some surface rust, a crack here or there but nothing too major. At some point in the future I plan to pull them out and give them a proper restoration. This is the register in the foyer:
The register in the living room:
And this is the register in the dining room. We're obviously missing the face plate the door hinges on, so the door is pretty much stuck open all the time. The thermostat is just on the other side of this wall behind the swinging door and so I'd like to be able to control the airflow out of this one a little better. More of the story to come tomorrow..
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Interesting. I'm curious how the hot air flows out of those registers. They are very different from what we have up here (far north) where we have some type of open grid. Is the flap on a hinge and the air flows under the open flap? Very cool - also love the one you got off of ebay.
Hi stucco! Just realized I didn't have any pics of them hinged open, but yes the hinge is at the top of the flap. So you can swing it open to the desired airflow you want by resting the door on the sawteeth lined along the grate at the bottom. I'll have to get a closeup of that. Unfortunately the dining room register is the only one that is fully operational.
The other two have issues with the hinge. The door has two pieces of metal that jut out sideways at the top. This is what the door swings on. One door has one of these little pieces broken off and the other register has the assembly it rests inside broken as well. One of these days I'm going to take them to a blacksmith to get some new metal welded on. It's on the list.. :)
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