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Hiding pipe holes in floorboards

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  • 29-10-2020 2:14pm
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    boardtc
    Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭


    Some years back this is how the tiler/floor layer left around the rads. These are 2 examples of 8 such holes:
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    I am using the white pipe covers on the standard 15mm copper pipes shown and want to put a trim/collar over the holes but it's hard to get something to match and look better than just the bare hole.



    I have always wondered why the engineered floor makers do not provide trims to match :-( Indeed, I contacted Balterio about this before, but of course never heard from them. :mad:



    A brown trim is available in Woodies which might be my best option or does anyone have other ideas?


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,419 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    There are some grey ones here ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Talon-Snappit-Radiator-Covers-Collars/dp/B073Y7L2MN


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    jack of all
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    Maybe not the most attractive option but you can get a butyl sealant (RITO is one) that could be used to caulk the gap around the pipe, smooth it off with the tip of your finger. That particular caulk is available in brown and grey; I've used the brown one to seal around timber laminate and it looked fine. I seem to remember that some of those plastic covers that are sold here won't suit Irish pipe sizes.


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    con747
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    I got mine in Screwfix, you can use a hacksaw to square one side if need be. https://www.screwfix.ie/c/heating-plumbing/pipe-covers/cat831640

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    drunkmonkey
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    Silver ones might look better with that floor.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,419 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    The company that makes the ones in that Screwfix link seem to make them in a variety of colours.

    https://www.talon.co.uk/products/pipe-collars

    Might be worth contacting them to see if there's a dealer somewhere that sticks the complete range rather than just one or two colours


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