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

Waiting too long to repair the subfloor in your mobile home could result in an unsafe hole in the floor.

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

If it s carpet you will need to remove the strips. Mobile home floor repair. It s pretty easy when you know how. If the hole has developed near the toilet remove the toilet from the floor and pull up the floor covering.

We removed an old chimney and that l. It may require nothing more than simply sealing small gaps around your window panes with caulk. We show every step to repair a big hole in the subfloor. Under carpet and other materials many older mobile homes have the cheapest flooring imaginable.

Use a shallow setting on the saw blade to avoid cutting into the floor joist. Mobil homes trailer houses have the worst luck for floor damage from water or what ever. All done from the top side. This should be a simple fix.

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 repair your mobile home floor in a single wide trailer. This stuff is easily damaged by moisture. Photo courtesy of carrie savage finalist in the 2016 mobile home makeover contest.

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. Mobile home floors how to repair them flooring problems in a trailer. The first step to replacing rotted flooring in a mobile home is to remove the trim and floor covering.