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Floor Spongy under LINO karlletwin 04-30-2008
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Posted by on April 30, 2008, 12:17 pm
My neighbour's floor beside bathtub which feels soft under lino.

SMALL area affected. He is NOT a computer literate person & asked me
to post this.

I cautioned him not to bath but to shower as I feel floor joists might
be compromized.
For pix of bathroom go to:

http://www.cpv.ca/house.html

then click on photos.

I dont mind helping him fix it but does anyone have similar problem?
What is best way to remedy rotten floor joists? Thanks in advance.

Posted by dpb on April 30, 2008, 12:32 pm
karlletwin@yahoo.ca wrote:
> My neighbour's floor beside bathtub which feels soft under lino.
...
> I dont mind helping him fix it but does anyone have similar problem?
> What is best way to remedy rotten floor joists? Thanks in advance.

Have to take up flooring, repair/replace affected areas.

It may well only be the subflooring but you'll never know until it's
uncovered to find out how extensive the damage is.

If there's a crawl space, perhaps you could inspect from there.

--

Posted by on April 30, 2008, 1:29 pm
> karllet...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > My neighbour's floor beside bathtub which feels soft under lino.
> ...
> > I dont mind helping him fix it but does anyone have similar problem?
> > What is best way to remedy rotten floor joists? Thanks in advance.
>
> Have to take up flooring, repair/replace affected areas.
>
> It may well only be the subflooring but you'll never know until it's
> uncovered to find out how extensive the damage is.
>
> If there's a crawl space, perhaps you could inspect from there.
>
> --


Yes, first thing to do is see if you can inspect it from underneath.
That can give you an idea of the extent of the problem. If it's
rotted under the tub, it's going to be an extensive and costly repair.

Posted by BobK207 on April 30, 2008, 2:49 pm
On Apr 30, 9:17=A0am, karllet...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> My neighbour's floor beside bathtub which feels soft under lino.
>
> SMALL area affected. He is NOT a computer literate person & asked me
> to post this.
>
> I cautioned him not to bath but to shower as I feel floor joists might
> be compromized.
> For pix of bathroom go to:
>
> http://www.cpv.ca/house.html
>
> then click on photos.
>
> I dont mind helping him fix it but does anyone have similar problem?
> What is best way to remedy rotten floor joists? Thanks in advance.

OP-

How long as the floor felt spongy?

If just a few months or so....I'd venture a guess that the damage is
minimal & confined to the subfloor material.

If you stop the water getting to the subfloor you might even be able
to just let everything dry out.

I'm guessing lack of adequate caulking at the tub / floor interface
and the fact that shower curtains don't work 100%.

The only way to know for sure (unless rot has gotten into the joists)
is to take up the flooring & check everything out from above.

Inspection from the crawl space will allow you to see the condition of
the joists (at least the sides & bottom of them) but not the upper
surface of the subfloor.

If the rot / sponginess is confined to the subfloor material you won't
see much from the crawlspace.

Bring an ice pick with you into the crawlspace to probe the members.


cheers
Bob






Posted by ransley on April 30, 2008, 4:47 pm
On Apr 30, 11:17=A0am, karllet...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> My neighbour's floor beside bathtub which feels soft under lino.
>
> SMALL area affected. He is NOT a computer literate person & asked me
> to post this.
>
> I cautioned him not to bath but to shower as I feel floor joists might
> be compromized.
> For pix of bathroom go to:
>
> http://www.cpv.ca/house.html
>
> then click on photos.
>
> I dont mind helping him fix it but does anyone have similar problem?
> What is best way to remedy rotten floor joists? Thanks in advance.

It could be a night mare to fix, worst case even the tub is removed.

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