All done from the top side.
How to fix a hole in a mobile home floor.
Waiting too long to repair the subfloor in your mobile home could result in an unsafe hole in the floor.
Cut out the damaged section of flooring by locating the floor joist and carefully cutting out the flooring to the center of the floor joist on both sides of the hole.
Or the water or insects responsible for the damage could spread to the floor joists or wall studs and the cost to replace the floor joists and subfloor will be much higher than simply replacing a section of the subfloor.
Newer mobile homes will have it a little better than older ones.
This material is found on the bottom of most manufactured homes built since the 1980 s.
Step by step process to replace flooring in a mobile home.
Under carpet and other materials many older mobile homes have the cheapest flooring imaginable.
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How to fix soft spots in a mobile home floor if you re reading this chances are you re interested in how to fix soft spots in a mobile home floor and you re looking into doing it yourself.
Newer mobile homes will either use a better particle board or oriented strand board osb.
Both of these materials used for flooring are much better in regards to water resistance.
Mobile home floor repair.
Use a shallow setting on the saw blade to avoid cutting into the floor.
This stuff is easily damaged by moisture.
If the hole has developed near the toilet remove the toilet from the floor and pull up the floor covering.
Photo courtesy of carrie savage finalist in the 2016 mobile home makeover contest.
Remove the trim and floor covering.
However even homes with these newer flooring materials the floors can still bow soften and warp.
It s pretty easy when you know how.
To repair a mobile home under belly and or replace mobile home insulation you will likely need some polyethylene underbelly material a black tarp like material belly repair tape or both.
Well gear up because you re about to find out how to make it happen.