DerFenk
2022-03-09 13:09:13
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Yeah, and all the dirt falls into the floor outlets... great! And metal grids in the floor are an optical overkill for me. Better yogurt cups on the wall instead
We also have two floor outlets. Unfortunately not a Pluggit system, because the floor outlets look phenomenal (and unfortunately cost a lot) and don’t fit with us
So looks: something can be done about that
Functionality: no restrictions
Maintenance: better than ceiling openings
And NO. I wouldn’t put yogurt cups in the wall and ceiling under any circumstances. There are such cool solutions, you don’t have to live with something like that!!
Yes, as already said, the grid on top can be designed however you want.
Either you pick something from the offer box and buy a finished one, or you have one custom-made from wood, plastic, marble, aluminum, or a material mix.
Thus, you can recess any of them into the floor, let it protrude slightly, or integrate it into the floor covering however you like.
Morning.
Sorry for digging this up a bit late, but I also struggled with the floor outlets for years and kept stumbling over discussions like this one.
Originally, due to lack of better ideas, we had the white Pluggit grids, which just look dumb and the dirt tends to fall in there as well. Searched for alternatives for a long time; someone sells relatively “cheap” laser-cut stainless steel cover grids on eBay, but dirt also falls through those and the plate can twist if you step on it, because it has no pipe collar.
In the end, we went with 3D-printed plastic grids with coarse filters from a niche provider (Ventividual or Ruhr3d). We then chose the color closest to the floor covering, which looks worlds better than the originals. Apparently, they also come in other sizes.
Other than that, I am quite a fan of floor outlets and supply air. If you line the walls of the outlet boxes with some sound-absorbing foam, you barely hear anything. They don’t really bother, especially if the color matches, and if something ever was wrong, you’d have good access. The round exhaust things in walls and ceilings are certainly unobtrusive on white ceilings, but getting to them to clean filters is sometimes awkward.