The moulding does not have to wrap around to the vent. Remove it. Once the rest is panted, it will look fine.

Move the vent down and/or put in a shorter, wider one.

Thank you but I don't think removing it will work...it will mean that one wall of my family room will not have moulding.

Remove the air vent and run the moulding along the entire space; then cope out the moulding so the vent fits back on.

Move the vent to the ceiling under it.

the vent looks to be 6" tall . lower the vent using a 4" tall x 16" long vent

Move, not remove.

Install a flush mount wood vent into the crown???

Like the look, but my contractor said the ventilation might go up the moulding. Also, we can't reduce the size of the vent because that would reduce the ventilation in the family room. :(
Thank you all so much for trying to help us out!

Take the grill off and look/feel inside. Do you have a soft flexible duct, or metal?

If soft, just move the duct down. You could also replace the transition with a shorter, wider one so you have the same amount of flow.

Any other solution will just call attention to the vent and look like a mistake.

I just talked to my hvac man and he agreed that lowering it and using a longer and shorter in height duct would work. If the contractor knew that crown was going up this should have been addressed. Either way good luck to you

just leave it -- I think when all is done, no one will notice.

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Nothing will happen to your duct and your air will not go into molding, you can redirect the airflow and make it blow below the trim...being done all the time and never any issues or loss of air.

This is what ours looks like. It's not in a main viewing area and we spent some time worrying about it and assessing the cost of moving the venting. In the long run, I'm glad we left it alone. It doesn't really call attention to itself and the cost to move the venting just wasn't worth it to us. I think it's a personal choice/preference.

Have your HVAC sub move the vent register to the bottom of the duct so the register is mounted in the ceiling below the soffit, not on the vertical face of the soffit. Then your crown can run through without interruption. Should be a very easy fix.

What Advantage Contracting said. In my basement the contractor put sheet metal duct in two vents so they were directed down instead of out. You would need to drywall over the original opening. You can then find accessories that will attach by magnets to the down facing vents to direct the air straight out. . Crown molding is a great upgrade in a room. It would be worth it to me to fix it so I wouldn't be concerned with how it looks.

I do believe GN Builders basically helped solve the problem with some creativity and it's pretty obvious the vent can be angled to maintain proper airflow.

That duct is in a drop, cut in a new vent on the drop ceiling and patch the old vent.

HI -- This is where planning ahead would have been a good idea before even considering and installing the crown molding. It's not like the vent was invisible . Not a big deal to lower the vent or redirect and get another cover grill .

How about a wood one? We used a similar one to this and painted it the same colour as our mouldings. Can be used on walls or ceiling.

If your contractor isn't willing to work with you on what you want -- time for a new contractor -- there are many many great ideas that have been given. All would work. some would work with little or no change at all.

Your contractor is BSing you. You are the client, you're paying, get what you want.

It was a terrible afterthought. There are longer, thinner vents that could be custom fitted to the ductwork.

People gave you some great ideas, but you keep relying on your contractor who doesn't seem very capable. Best of luck.

Mechanical elements should never be highlighted with mouldings, or contrasting paint colors. They should disappear. I would definitely move the vent, and have the crown moulding continue.

I had the same issue and had my vent moved down. It took the contractor 45 minutes. Worth it.

I'd paint the whole house a cream color, paint the garage a dark chocolate color and the shutters a teal or turquoise. Have a ring of pretty colored flowers around the dark tree. Take out hedge at front plant a manicured short boxwood down mulch path with a manicured double line of colorful flowers (not sure if you're in CA or CT(plants would be different). Paint front door dark like garage or match shutters.

Now I am throughly confused by the posting above!
When all is completed, I will send a photo on the vent, moulding. Thank you again for all the attention and time it took to send in your advice.

I think Candy or Candice? Spelling the one married to Aaron actually created a way to correct this. Sounds crazy but she hated the look of vents and developed with her contractor a way to leave the upper portion of the crown molding open and the air blows out between the molding and the ceiling.

Tell your contractor to stop being lazy there are plenty of ways to move or relocate that vent. You could also run the molding above and box out around the vent for a cleaner look.

Once he told me it would blow into the molding I would be asking for another opinions. Good luck an din the end it will works out. I also agree the more you think about it the more it will be an issue.

marcoburnside Obviously, you were concerned enough to post your "issue." Your contractor, like some I have dealt with, is not as interested in leaving a satisfied customer as he is with being inconvenienced and looking " lacking.' It is his job to be a problem solver. It seems, that after pointing out our concern, he is not a problem solver.

At this point, I think my contractor would charge me a bundle to install a shorter, longer, vent, more moulding, and drywall.
I am a week an a half away from a total kitchen/ family room remodel. Is it too late...?

Show the Contractor this thread and ask him if he would like to be a Hero or Zero. If this was an add on and the contractor did his part then you should pay a small charge to correct it.

I don't get it why he is giving you such a hard time when you a paying customer, not to mention there is a simple fix and it can be done in 5 min without disturbing existing molding. All he needs is 3 short pieces of molding, pre cut them, nail them together and put them in, simple as that. Maybe he thinks that existing molding also needs to be taking down in order to this, but it don't.

Here is a detail what needs to be done (I'm sure he knows this), show this to him and hopefully he can do this for you,even if it cost you a little more, it will look so much better.

Good luck.

GN Builders, thank you for this illustration! This is very helpful. I’m starting my own crown molding project and was trying to figure out the best course of action for this exact issue. Thank you again!