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Need to lift ply, but hearth on top of it - help!
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.23 PM
I'm planning on having Amtico laid in my lounge, and fitter has told me that the old ply is not in good enough condition for Amtico (which I expected). I was about to start lifting the existing ply, but see that the hearth for my newly installed gas stove is on top of the ply. I guess I need to cut the ply round the hearth but not sure how best to do this. Any advice, or alternative options?
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MBH Carpentry and Joinery Ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5
If the ply is only 5.5 mm thick you would be able to cut round it using a Stanley knife going over the cuts a few times. If it is thicker I would use a power tool/ multi cutter.
Answered2 October 2016
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Anonymous user
As was stated use either a stanley knife with a concave blade to cut through or a multi tool if it's thicker than 5.5mm, once the installer puts down sp101 ply they need to over screed with a fibre reinforced compound otherwise the joints can "grin" through.
Answered5 October 2016
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