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Do you have a clever home construction/engineering solution for my problem?

Asked by kevbo (25672points) October 28th, 2015 from iPhone

My heating system (it’s a hydronic forced air system) sits on a plywood(?) platform in hall closet in my house and is stacked along with some duct work underneath and above it. The pipe that supplies water to the system began leaking some time ago when I had the property rented to tenants, and the leak has rotted the platform. The plumber wants $4,300 to rip out and reinstall everything in the closet.

The platform has maybe a 3-inch clearance off the concrete slab and the base is finished with the usual baseboard and sheet rock.

Is it possible to fix/replace the platform without removing the entire system? There is a box of sheet metal ductwork that sits immediately on the platform.

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