sepster
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Re:Considering DIY'ing a Brivis Ducted Heater - 2007/09/27 05:07
Thanks for all your help and excellent service to date guys - I'll be recommending you to anyone who asks me about our new heating system! (Natural Gas is very new here in Hobart... so plenty of people I know are going this way).
Ok - so I've ordered the system and apparently it'll arrive early next week...
But in the mean time, I've another question that can't wait until I get the instructions with the kit!
One of our rooms is going to be re-carpeted this week, and I've ripped up the old carpet, exposing the 100mm tassie oak floorboards.
I'm wondering if I should cut the floor register hole into the boards before the carpet is laid. Is there any advantage in doing this? I thought maybe if the hole was already there, the carpet layers might smoothedge (or glue?) the carpet down around the hole?
If they just lay the carpet over the hole then take to it with a knife, I won't bother pre-cutting as I can just wait for the instructions. But if I should pre-cut the floor, can you give me the exact dimensions I need for the size of the hole? I realise the registers are 300x100mm, but I presume the hole also needs to be a bit bigger than the register to cater for the edge thickness of the boot?
Further to this, and regardless of whether I cut before or after carpeting, I mentioned previously I have 100m floorboards (or probably the imperial equivalent). If I'm cutting a register that runs lengthways along a board, and if I only need a 300x100mm hole, would I be better off
a) just taking a 300mm section out of one board, or
b) should I cut half way into two parallel boards?
I guess a) means less "damage" to the original floorboards, easier to repair if register is moved, but would mean the board no longer runs the whole length of the room.
While b) would (i think) give the overall floor more strength because both boards would still run the entire length of the room.
We may want to expose and polish these boards later, so the cosmetics of it are an issue as well....
How would you guys approach this?
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