Hi all

Another detail which is bugging me before I start!
I've fitted laminate before, but the stock method for neatening the holes in
the floor around rad pipes was a stick on disk.
These have faded and look naff.
What is the (hopefully improved) solution to the same issue for wooden
floor?

TIA

Phil

On 22 Oct, 17:01, "TheScullster" wrote:
Hi all

Another detail which is bugging me before I start!
I've fitted laminate before, but the stock method for neatening the holes in
the floor around rad pipes was a stick on disk.
These have faded and look naff.
What is the (hopefully improved) solution to the same issue for wooden
floor?

These? http://www.birbek.com/products/radia...-hardwood.html

On 22 Oct, 17:01, "TheScullster" wrote:
Hi all

Another detail which is bugging me before I start!
I've fitted laminate before, but the stock method for neatening the holes in
the floor around rad pipes was a stick on disk.
These have faded and look naff.
What is the (hopefully improved) solution to the same issue for wooden
floor?

I think that you would still have to have a disk, but get one made
from the same material as the floor itself, and finished with the same
oil, etc. Since it would be the same material and finish, it will
`weather' in the same way as the floor itself, so shouldn't stand out
as being any different. When I bought my wooden floor recently, these
matched wooden disks were offered as an optional extra. In the end
though I decided that I didn't want the pipework messing up my nice
floor at all, so I chased the radiator pipework into the wall; extra
work, but I think it looks much smarter.

dan.

TheScullster wrote:
Hi all

Another detail which is bugging me before I start!
I've fitted laminate before, but the stock method for neatening the
holes in the floor around rad pipes was a stick on disk.
These have faded and look naff.
What is the (hopefully improved) solution to the same issue for wooden
floor?

Best method, allbeit fiddly is to drill a hole slightly larger than the pipe
in exactly the right position. Then use a fine toothed saw to make two cuts
from the edge of the board to each side of the hole IFSWIM. Slide the board
into place, the glue the offcut in behind the pipe.

Looks very good, has to be done with some precision though.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" wrote

Best method, allbeit fiddly is to drill a hole slightly larger than the
pipe in exactly the right position. Then use a fine toothed saw to make
two cuts from the edge of the board to each side of the hole IFSWIM.
Slide the board into place, the glue the offcut in behind the pipe.

Looks very good, has to be done with some precision though.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


Thanks Dave and others.
Yes I have used the above method, but need to leave enough space around pipe
to flex for radiator fitting.
Long story, but I need all the flex for installing the rad to be at the left
hand tail, so I will need a larger hole (or a slot) in the floor section
initially.
Concrete floors are such a PITA.

Phil