Lifting Chipboard Floors

wireless PIR ?

 

If you don't go the wireless route there are ways of doing this but by the time you've bought all the tools and jigs to do it you would be better off hiring a chippie.

 

A decent router would be the starting point.

 

What about using an Armeg solid board cutter?

 

You don't want to rip a chase out of chipboard flooring. You'll never satisfactorily patch it back up and you'll be cursing the noises it makes afterwards forever.

As above - an Armeg board cutter to make holes you can plug with the supplied plugs. One at each end of a joist run and fish the cable through. Or if you need to traverse a series of joists then a series of holes above each joist and notch the top of the joist. Preferably in the 'safe zone' for notching joists (between 0.07x & 0.25x the span of the joist, to max 1/8 depth of joist )

 

Bepending on floor Finnish ie carpets u can run cable along front edge of gripper and removing scirting is also a more easy solution also pir's can go in any corner of a room depending on things like looking at combi so if it's upstairs you would do from loft so I'm assuming it's a downstairs room I would check for mirror door wardrobe in room above and try and bring cable to pirs from above

 

You should not need to get any boards up at all to run an alarm cable. They are so thin you should be looking to tuck it in to carpet edges and tack around door frames. Look for a possible route from your panel to the PIR and plan it carefully.

 

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