Reinforcing Doublewide Flooring

The less cutting you have to do the faster the job will go.

Reinforcing doublewide flooring. From a distance i could see that the joists weren t supported by a regular beam but were attached to a single rim joist that in turn was nailed only to the side of the 4 4 posts. Step by step process to replace flooring in a mobile home. First make note of knots and imperfections. Floor covering options come in many types and styles.

Lowe s has floating floor for around 80 cents per sq ft. I was at a client s house only to estimate a front door replacement but my eyes were drawn to the second story deck. If you can handle an uncut sheet of plywood go for it. You can go with carpet vinyl tile and some even do hardwood if your mobile home can handle the extra weight.

Are usually a result of water damage in mobile homes with particle board flooring that doesn t hold up well when it gets wet. We recommend either vinyl or tile for bathrooms since these two options do a better option with keeping water from getting into the new sub flooring. What causes a crowned floor in a mobile manufactured home. Sagging mobile home floors.

This is a quick and dirty list of the basic steps needed to replace flooring in a mobile home. Most sagging mobile home floors and soft floors are caused by water leaks from inside the mobile home like water heater leaks leaky toilets dish washers and just plain old water spills. But alas that isn t possible. Remove the trim and floor covering.

The first step to replacing rotted flooring in a mobile home is to remove the trim and floor covering. The wet spot seems to expand after it rains. Unless an old floor is 100 wood old flooring isn t really worth trying to repair either rip it up and install new or install the modern floating floor right over it. When you lay each piece check 2 things.

Bring your new flooring home and cut it into the appropriate sizes. Really you need a sub floor that s it s purpose to helps spread the weight so your floors don t have to bear it all. Three of the room have a wet spot about the size of two 4 8 sheets of plywood in the center of the room. I have a double wide 1997 28 80.

I have 3 4 plywood subfloors. I think i see what your after. Also the rooms are on different sides of the double wide. Wednesday june 13 2018 the two steel i beams that provide the main support of a mobile home are parallel to the long walls of each unit of the home but inset several feet from the walls.

The inside walls do not seem to be wet just the middle of the room.