Plugging the Radiator Holes in the Floor. Hole in a Stained Concrete Floor By Chris Sullivan. Trying to patch a stained floor is truly one of the hardest rehab jobs out there. Fill the hole with concrete. Repairing Minor Holes in a Cement Floor Before Laying Tile Home Guides. Even minor imperfections in your subfloor can mar your tile later. Smooth your cement subfloor before laying tile to ensure that the tile has a flat, even. Plugging the Radiator Holes in the Floor. NOTE: This post was written primarily as a form of therapy to help me cope with what turned out to be an unfortunate business relationship that caused me to flip my lid. I came home one day to find that he had plugged the holes, but half of them looked like this: In case it’s hard to tell from the photo, the plug has sunk about a half inch below the level of the finished floor. Later, he told me he’d fixed it (“I used tons of Gorilla Glue this time!”), but again, when placing hardly any pressure on the plugs, they fell right through. One of them already has and the rest will fall out as soon as someone sets a chair leg down on them.”“Well don’t put a chair leg on it.”“The plugs are too small. They don’t fit tightly in the holes.”“They were tight when I put them in, they shrunk because I used a branch from a live tree.”“You told me you’d done this before. Shouldn’t you have anticipated that?”“Well I’m only charging you $1. For repairs of holes, gouges, cracks and small burns. If hole or gouge is greater than 1/4'. Subfloor Cracks: Wood Putty to Fill Them? Are we looking at a new subfloor prior to installing the Mannington Adura. So I had to fix it myself, which was annoying since I had already paid him to do it. The first step was to remove all the old plugs, which wasn’t hard at all since they were falling out on their own anyway. Here’s a couple photos of one of the plugs, which The Floor Guy had attempted to support from underneath with a crumpled up piece of paper and duct tape: Here’s a photo of one of the other plugs looking up from the basement: Yes, that’s an 8 inch tree branch sticking through the subfloor into the basement. Nothing complicated here. The Floor Guy was recommended by a friend, who has hired him several times in the past and had good experiences each time. Overall, I think the floors look great. Still, it is unlikely that I would recommend The Floor Guy to a friend in the future. What do you think, readers?
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