Subfloor Repair

[TheGrunge619]

Loved the bowling ball holes! what a great idea.This is exactly what I needed.Thank you( from Australia.)

[TobyH78]

Awesome video. Thank you Sir!



[egore829]

Hi Tim, We recently cut out a piece of our hardwood floor down through the plywood subfloor to fix a leaking pipe. We have no access from the bottom of the house and there are no joist close by. The thickness of the subfloor is about 5-6 inches. How can we patch that? Do we just screw a new piece of wood to the remaining subfloor? Then add the finished hardwood floor on top of it with glue?

[sidehop]

Simple yet effective, thank you.

[fastfoodzombie]

Hi, We just purchased a home and are going to place hardwood laminate flooring where the carpet is. There are soft spots etc. and it is an older home. We want to just replace all the sub-flooring. What is the best grade / type of plywood to use? We want to get the most longevity possible. thanks!

[yankeegurl62]

I need to know the answer to the question about the cornor too...

[Speedfreely]

what if the hole I need to patch is the actual corner? How do you fix that? I can't anchor a piece of wood like you did with the 2x4.

[mrandmrsjwhitney]

i really like youtube because theres a lot of smart people that are willing to share their knowledge like this. its wonderful to find ideas in fixing things in here.

[EquipmentPhoto]

you really need a bead of PL construction adheasive under the piece of plywood to prevent future squeaks.

[ig941]

just what i was looking for thank uuu

[ArchiveStacks]

really nice video. should help many diy'ers faced with this difficult problem.

[byungwha]

Hi, our toilet used to leak at the base and so the subfloor? below it is rotted. You can see it from the unfinished basement. The toilet problem has been fixed, but the damage is already done. Is this something I can try to replair from below in the basement, and if so, can you tell me step by step? Or will this still require pulling up the flooring from the bathroom to fix?

[AsktheBuilder]

There is no silver-bullet fix. You should have torn the floor apart from above when you were working on the toilet.

[byungwha]

so there is no way to work on it from the basement then?

[Azibe335]

Hi Tim, My home is under construction. It is already dried in, but no insulation yet. One day it was raining and I decided to go under my subfloor. I looked around and I saw 5 spot of wet concrete. The moisture did not come from the vents but it looked like it came from between the footing and the concrete wall. Is that normal, or is that a problem.

It other words, water is finding its way through the concrete wall, into the subfloor. Its not a lot of water, just wet spots.

[AsktheBuilder]

I hope you took a video or at least photos. It could be a problem. You need to document exactly what you see and what the outside looks like where the leaks are. Good luck.

[99phmansonpjc]

My new home have squeaky floors on the second floor under the carpet and wall between my bedroom and hallway. I used Sqeek No More with no success and it stills feels like a diving board on both sides of the wall. What else can I do?

[AsktheBuilder]

Uh, the first thing that comes to mind is to do what I showed in this video......

[ChrisWatch]

OH wow thank you. My uncle did something (I don't know) but the outcome was this. I never had time to ask him how he fixed the hole in the ground I left there :P. Our bathroom recenlty got some holes in it (weak osb[not done by me]) probably water, (place is falling apart -_-) But I might try this to fix up the holes, or, might just have to replace the whole floor. Thanks! This is really helping me take a load off my mind.

[Marvilis]

First of all let me start by saying congrats on the Vids! Im thinking of installing Laminate Wood floors, do you have a vid on how to prepare the subfloor before installing the Laminate floor?

[AsktheBuilder]

Thanks! No to your question. Sorry!

[PutSome5tankOnIt]

I prefer to frame around holes in subflooring from below, but I've used this method. One more convenient tip: Use S2, instead of Phillips screws. The bit never skips out of the screw if you hit a knot in the 2x4.

[nancwarner]

we are moving ceramic tiles that are cemented down...BIG mess! now we want to install nail down hardwood pre finished floors...how do we prep the floor that has cement all over it?

[AsktheBuilder]

You scrape as much of the thinset off as possible. No easy way, and lots of hard work.

[rhblakeman]

Doing a frame type manufactured home now that has MDF flooring that was water damaged, patching using a 2x4 half on the old floor so half is showing to screw the patch wood where there's no tongue/groove or nailer between the joists. I'm doing a fairly large area, but not even close to full sheets. Have done Tim's method and similarities for many years, glad he filmed it to share with everyone.

[CameronTingley]

wow, what a great tip, i would have never thought to do that

[MattinMT]

Thanks for the tip Tim. Off to work.

[awayalwayz]

Hey Tim. Respond if you can please. l've recently had a room added to my home. That included all the framing, plastering, roofing, electrical work etc except for the flooring. All that is there is the pre exisisting concrete flooring. What do you suggest to do keeping in mind the budget. And how. thanks

[AsktheBuilder]

I would do glue-down cork. It is very green and I have it in my office complex. We love it. Read *all* of my Cork Columns at my website. Cork is affordable and easy to install.

[zeumann]

Beautifully done! You just saved me a weeks worth of headache. I would have never figured this out!

Thanks