How to repair a hole in a singlewide mobile home bathroom floor?
by closet shelving on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | 3 Comments
This singlewide is old, the flooring is old,far back as the early 70's, and there is a medium sized hole near the tub and toilet, that shows the pipe underneath. How do I fix this, or path it up without being costly, especially since I do not want to hammer a nail through the other old flooring and make matters worse. Is there a way to patch it up without the floor being uneven, with a thick piece of shelving wood to use? How do you do this ? Guessing on the flooring, it's old, so probably some kind of tile which you peel, is covering the cork like wood underneath it. A step by Step guide for beginners would be helpful.
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I have only done two and it was quite a major undertaking–
1. Tear out all the flooring so you can see how much of the structure is rotten.
2.Take a picture, measure the lenght of all the foor joist etc: that has to be replaced.
3. Remove the toilet and fixtures and probably the tub or shower.
4. Take a sawsall and cut all of the Joist, Studs, etc: back to solid wood
5. Cut the replacement support wood to fill the area that you just sawed out and put "scabs" on each side to tie the new wood to the good wood remaining.
6. Then just rebuild the new floor over the solid floor joist that you have replaced
7 Change out the plumbing if need and either set a new tub and toilet or replace with a more modern one.
ONE NOTE: I was scared to death to do step 4. but it has to be done to do the job right. You will feel a real sense of appomplishment upon doing a revamp of a bathroom. Good Luck
I rent out a small mobile home and had a similar problem. The flooring was cork, and this site helped me out with repairing it.
http://www.free-flooring.com/
i think it would be best to call a professional before i make it worse! lol!
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