Rotten Bathroom Floor
Therefore you should remove the rotten sub floor.
Rotten bathroom floor. Set a carpenter s square or straightedge on the floor well past the bad section in. Repairing a damaged subfloor is serious business but it doesn t have to be scary. If you have tiles in the bathroom i would recommend plywood as it makes floor more rigid.
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In time your bathroom floor will have uneven areas. Rotten bathroom floor is not so good but the longer you wait to repair it the worse it gets. I pulled out some of the wood with my hand and now there is a hole in the floor.
The worst of the subfloor damage was found with a foot going through the floor. Pulling back more of the underlayment revealed that the water fueled damage spread more than eight feet along the wall. I have a rotten spot of wood in the bathroom subfloor in the corner between the tub and the toilet.
Hi i wouldn t advise putting them back if you have them up as this could cause wet dry rot if you. Kind regrads answered 27th feb 2012 like 7. The floor can feel extremely spongy where it s damaged.
Therefore about the only solution is to pull up the flooring and replace all the rotten areas then put all back together. A step by step video of how to repair the floor under your toilet replace it put new flooring and set the toilet etc. Not to mention the rotted wood unpleasant smell that impregnates the bathroom walls and your stuff.
Before attempting to replace a rotting floor yourself you should thoroughly understand. Step on the floor and verify the rotten area s size. It didn t take much to dig up some of the flooring plywood underlayment and the 3 4 in.
The first step in replacing a rotting floor is removing the old one. Removing a rotting floor. A rotten sub floor has no strength necessary to support the weight of the finish flooring or people using the bathroom.
Shiplap that served as the subfloor.
