Rotted Bathroom Subfloor

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Rotted bathroom subfloor. How to repair a rotted bathroom subfloor. A step by step video of how to repair the floor under your toilet replace it put new flooring and set the toilet etc. Probe again with a screwdriver to determine the extent of rot damage to the subfloor. It goes under the flange and transfers the load of the flange and toilet and you out onto more solid surrounding wood.

Wrapping up the subfloor in the adjacent bathroom required an interesting puzzle piece to bridge the floor joists to match the diagonal shiplap of the existing subfloor and to accommodate a toilet drain. Cost to replace repair or install subfloor. When cutting out the rotten sections plan the saw cuts so they fall on the center of joists. Chad completed the subfloor repair by nailing it off and sealing the gaps at the pipe.

With the underlayment gone you can now assess the damage to the subfloor and remove the rotted. The average cost to replace or repair a plywood subfloor in a 306 square foot room costs 555 or between 490 and 600 the average cost to install a new plywood subfloor is 620 or between 572 and 720. How to repair a rotted bathroom subfloor. But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet.

Plywood is a. Repairing a damaged subfloor is serious business but it doesn t have to be scary. I pulled out some of the wood with my hand and now there is a hole in the floor. Then pull up the entire underlayment and vinyl.

Learn from ashlee cody as they diagnose their moisture issues fix thei. Just a small amount of moisture can make particle board floors the low cost and low quality subfloor material buckle and rot. If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support.