If it were me I’d design and 3D print something to mount around it that would be held together with either rubber bands or possible screwed together. But I realize that is outside of most people’s skillset. Maybe you could get somebody to design something and get it printed online. But I guarantee it would take a couple of iterations and probably cost upwards of a $100.
You would want something like this. The important part is that it comes in two pieces so you can install it without having to disconnect anything to pass it through. The brushes are to resist airflow, but they are obviously not going to be airtight or pest resistant. For that, I would use expanding foam insulation. Those cables and pipes aren't going anywhere, and if you absolutely had to replace one, removing the sprayfoam is a trivial effort compared to the rest of the job.
This feels like the best answer. Those are your air conditioner lines. You probably don't want to seal them in with spray foam.
Your best way to keep pests out is to track those lines from your A/C unit outside to where they enter your house. Seal that up with the pest resistant foam if there is any daylight.
Shove some rockwool insulation into the hole. You can finish with steel wool too for added pest protection. Then put the cable cover up to make it look pretty.
For a non load bearing wall, the biggest consideration is going to be hanging drywall which is why you'll see either 16" or 24" OC (to align with a 48" wide sheet). Since the wall isn't meant to hold any weight above it, there's a little more flexibility in where you place your studs, so you're probably fine without that extra stud.
That being said, check your local building code, there might be a regulation for that.
Personally I would include it just so that the next homeowner doesn't curse you when they go to drill something into an expected stud that isn't there.
For aesthetics it should be something like one of those wall plate covers that has something like furry brushes on the sides. But this is looks like something you’d need a professional to do because that looks electric and may not be something you want to touch.
I’d upload an image, but it’s not letting me and my previous comments linking Amazon have been blocked, so not sure how I can show you without trying to describe it.
Don't do that, there's wires and pipes in there. If anything needs maintenance or replacing it's a nightmare with expanding foam gluing everything together.
Just put in some steel mesh on the bottom, fill with isolation materials, lock it in with more steel mesh and put a nice cover plate over it.
Are those water lines? The off-white one looks like an electric cable, which I don't like (potential for it to rub against the edge of the hole and wear the insulator).
Generally flooring like this is laid along the longest wall. If there isn't one, it's up to you. Just make sure you measure it out beforehand so you won't end up with a last plank being 10cm or something. Same goes for the width. If you end up with the last one being a few cm, it's better to start with half a plank.
Think about what room it might carry over into. Laying it short way in a small room can look weird while it's not as noticeable in a larger room with furniture.
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