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Blocking up redundant under floor heating vents before carpeting
Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted.
They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cheers Dave R |
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writes Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cover with a patch of 9 or 12mm ply (to stop a foot or furniture leg going through), omit underlay over the patch (sitting proud) and completely over-carpet to give a level surface. The patched area wont have the compliance of the underlayed section but as vents will be near the wall it won't matter much and it is better to have them properly protected. -- fred it's a ba-na-na . . . . |
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"David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message ... Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cheers Dave R I'd be interested in a solution also. I have the same problem. |
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fred writes: In article , David.WE.Roberts writes Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cover with a patch of 9 or 12mm ply (to stop a foot or furniture leg going through), omit underlay over the patch (sitting proud) and completely over-carpet to give a level surface. The patched area wont have the compliance of the underlayed section but as vents will be near the wall it won't matter much and it is better to have them properly protected. Underlay is largely responsible for the life of a carpet, so if there is any traffic at all over a solid bit, I would expect that to show quite quickly. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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Blocking up redundant under floor heating vents before carpeting
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:39:03 -0000, "brass monkey" wrote:
"David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message ... Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cheers Dave R I'd be interested in a solution also. I have the same problem. Can you remove the vents and board over? -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around (")_(") is he still wrong? |
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Blocking up redundant under floor heating vents beforecarpeting
On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:36:10 +0000, Mark wrote:
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:39:03 -0000, "brass monkey" wrote: "David.WE.Roberts" wrote in message ... Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cheers Dave R I'd be interested in a solution also. I have the same problem. Can you remove the vents and board over? Solid floor with crumbly tar covering - so no. Thanks for the idea, though. Cheers Dave R |
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Blocking up redundant under floor heating vents beforecarpeting
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:06:14 +0000, David.WE.Roberts wrote:
Daughter and partner are about to have the lounge re-carpeted. They have these under floor warm air heating vents which are no longer in use. Carpet people said put some expanding foam down then cover it with cement. I imagine you would start with some newspaper unless you wanted to fill the under floor void :-) So - has anyone done this and does it work O.K.? The vents are not of the best and it is likely to be a pain fitting the carpet around them as the sides are on the way out. Cheers Dave R Fitters just stamped the grilles down then ran carpet over them :-) Cheers Dave R |
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