Wuzzat?
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To a small extent, yes. And for the holes without hardware cloth, mice will be coming in.And you have canceled the fire stopping.
Note to self: staple h/w cloth.
For that 900 SF (130,000 sq. inches) floor, maybe 6 sq. inches out of the 130 thousand. And this is above whatever the code-approved cutouts for the ducts & water pipes are doing. Figure at least 1 sq. inch for each.
It's a tradeoff.
New floor every time your sink/dishwasher leaks or
marginally increasing the chances of a house fire spreading from a basement with few sources of ignition.
Do the numbers, Neal.
You'd be surprised at how many opponents get deflated when confronted with facts.
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