How To Fix A Hole In The Floor In A Mobile Home

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.

How to fix a hole in the floor in a mobile home.

Vinyl will usually need to be cut around the perimeter of the room and tile will need to be ripped up. Mobil homes trailer houses have the worst luck for floor damage from water or what ever. Here i show you how to fix it. The first step to replacing rotted flooring in a mobile home is to remove the trim and floor covering.

Mobile home floor repair. This stuff is easily damaged by moisture. We removed an old chimney and that l. This should be a simple fix.

All done from the top side. If it s carpet you will need to remove the strips. How to repair your mobile home floor in a single wide trailer. Mobile home windows also have a tendency to leak and may be allowing water to run down onto your floor where it seeps into the flooring and begins to create soft spots.

Under carpet and other materials many older mobile homes have the cheapest flooring imaginable. Photo courtesy of carrie savage finalist in the 2016 mobile home makeover contest. It s pretty easy when you know how. We show every step to repair a big hole in the subfloor.

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. It may require nothing more than simply sealing small gaps around your window panes with caulk. Mobile home floors how to repair them flooring problems in a trailer.