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You need a site visit from a qualified person to determine if your floor system can safely carry the load, but given the span you gave and the information here, the answer is no.
However, you may be able to easily install sufficient intermediate support.
To get a line on feasibility before reaching out to professionals, I'd start by calling the manufacturer ...
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Meta-answer: (Not an answer, but pointers to where you can find one)
Find the year of construction.
Find a builder that was active during that era.
Show him your picture.
That said: It looks like you have damage or rot on one board. I'm puzzled by the light streak toward the bottom (picture) of many of the boards.
Some softwoods are suitable for ...
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It might turn the water or gas on/off to part of the house.
Most likely intended to rotate when in use.
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The easiest and most practical would be to clean slab , put a bonding agent and use concrete with smaller aggregate , im in canada so it would be 10 mm ( .394 of an inch ) You can then pour floor min depth of about 1.5 inches which is not much loss ..You need 4 to 5 yards max of concrete plus pay the finishers should come to about $2,000.00 maybe $2,500 max ...
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Go at it from beneath, in the crawlspace. If the old sub-floor is rotted or easily crumbles away, then crush and scrape it away until it's out of that area. If not, then just leave it alone.
Then, you can very simply toe-nail (or screw) 2x4 bridges into the joists between the joists to support the floor. The 2x4's would just be held against the sub-floor (or ...
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If i understand correctly the register fit before you installed new baseboard trim and now it the trim is causing a miss-alignment. (My answer is based on that assumption, let me know if that is not correct.)
I would suggest that your best option is to remove the baseboard, put the register back in place then hold the baseboard in place on top of the ...
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Measure the opening in the metal duct and buy a register that will fit that opening. There are metal ducts that are 2 1/4" high and 3 1/4" high with widths at 10", 12", and 14", Also, turn the white register over and measure the size of the protruding piece holding the moveable vanes. If that dimension is larger than the metal duct ...
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That's a custom cut register to fit so close to the wall; you don't want a new one or you'll just have to do that again (which isn't fun).
The problem is the mangled boot. Straighten it as best you can with some pliers. Then attach it like it's supposed to be with some screws into the flooring/subfloor. Find the corner it likes to sit in, biased to either ...
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You can try one of these:
Move the register opening.
Change the size of the opening so a new register will fit.
Order a custom sized register that will fit your new opening. It won’t match the design of your existing registers, but it’s an easy fix for your new duct opening.
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