DIY how to repair a mobile home subfloor. Shows total floor repair. The techniques will work for all types of floors. When you have water damage in mobile homes, usually they have particle board and needs to be removed completely. The board will con…
DIY how to repair a mobile home subfloor. Shows total floor repair. The techniques will work for all types of floors. When you have water damage in mobile homes, usually they have particle board and needs to be removed completely. The board will continue to rot under the plywood if you just try to cover it over.
Phil goes through how to put extra support, and ways to prevent those irritating humps in your floor.
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00:00 Tools needed for the job
01:23 Electric tools you could use
02:25 Reason he likes screws
03:35 Why you would want to use an impact driver
05:00 If you strip the screw, pull it out and grab another
05:56 How to replace swelled up damaged floor
06:50 Want to find the nails, that's your rafter. Make a hole to get started
07:00 If on a budget, you can use a hammer and chisel to remove the floor by the drywall
07:35 Run Sawzall at an angle to get closest to the drywall
08:35 Over the joist want to raise the sawzall
10:28 Want to make sure and get down to 2x6" get it clean
11:05 Why you don't want to go over the top of particle board
12:10 You need to take the particle board all the way off and put plywood down
12:28 And we're back, have cleaned along the walls
13:00 Find your joists, want to cut between them, then tilt the particle board back and forth
14:35 What about water and electric lines? Make sure to cut open the underbelly to get the water out
15:30 How to get the flooring out
16:00 And like magic, you can pull full sections out
16:10 Floor vents
17:15 Bigger pieces are much easier to clean up
18:00 Cut each section
18:55 Need a pry bar to get the nails out
20:18 In the corner securing the joists, want to do that with each
21:51 On outside edge you want to add 2x6 between the joists
22:50 Back after fastening support-the 2 bys gives the mobile home added strength
23:22 Placing the plywood and fastening it, want to center on the floor joists
24:16 Screw every 6" along the edge
25:24 Want to put a 2 by under the edge of the plywood, secures your floor
26:20 Reason he runs across the floor rafters-that prevents humps in your floor
28:04 You want to stagger your plywood joists, again for strength
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