Fantastic! I needed this so much. I can't thank you enough. You did a wonderful job. You gave me the information I needed to do my job. Thank you so very much for a fantastic video.
im a 22 year old female who owns her own old beat up mobile home... bought it for two grand and have just been making improvments on it since i got it well the bathroom was my next project and i have to say that this video has been such a help now i feel like im able to do this without anyone to be honest! i have all the stuff so this just gave me the confidence to do so... thank you !!!
Thanks Dennis! We have a leaky toilet base in the half bath that has ruined the flooring. Thank you for showing how to isolate the bad flooring, pull it up, check the pipes below, then install base flooring and the top flooring. You made it look so easy! (But I know it's not if you don't know what you're doing...)
Thanks big guy. Gotta do the same thing in one of my bathrooms. This was much more helpful than some other more popular channels. Informative and to the point with clear examples.
Agreed, we were expecting a tutorial on repair. He literally cut just before placing the support on the joists lol.. so much for this video. On to the next. Hopefully it will be an actual educational video! 😂
Entertaining video. That said, if anyone wants to repair their own subfloor, they should probably do some more research. Please keep posting videos. They are fun E to watch.
@@carolbailey626 Videos make it seem so much easier than my reality . I finally did repairs and put the backerboard down and taped my seams last night.
If you saw the job I'm doing right now you'd get deja vu. It looks exactly-and I mean exactly-like your bathroom. I'm hoping I can get away with removing just about the same amount of subfloor. But I won't know until I get a bit more tile removed to see how far out the rot has gone. One suggestion: It might add value to your vid if you showed how you cut out the toilet drain hole before laying the plywood in. I loved your pace and perspective with the camera. Let's hope my job goes as smoothly. I've got the same cast iron drain waiting. I'm praying I don't have to use a set to create new bolts. I think we'll be OK. Thanks, D, for the encouragement.
If you only replaced that damaged particle board and the rest of the bathroom is still particle board, I wouldn’t recommend leveling over it. Self leveler is mostly water based which can damage the existing particle board and cause issues over time.
@@lil0lizify If you're planning on painting and putting in a new floor, painting first means you don't have to worry about keeping paint off a new floor.
Not to be a critic, your video was good but, if you're going all the way down to the joists, then you need to make sure that your subfloor is supporting your toilet flange.
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Your bathroom looks much better, although I am curious as to why you didn't have the off-color tile installed in the closet and use the matching tile in your little sink nook instead.
Thanks I don't know whether to be afraid or empowered? The people I am doing this for might not like waiting for the floor to dry( the wife and daughters) but, it is what is. There was one part I wish you had gone into and that was what did you use to cut the tile to fit around the toilet? Other than that I am good on everything else.I did also wonder what you did about wall behind the toilet because it didn't look all that good. Thanks again great video. Great public service!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the video! We found our toilet leaking a little, so we yanked it up and found our sub floor rotted. We have yet to cut it to see what happens next.... here's hoping the whole floor isn't shot!
Cut the cast off and using a rubber coupler put a new abs pipe stub up, lay your subfloor and put a new flange on top that can be secured to the sub floor and doesn’t have some old gold drilled back out in it. Also you need to put blocking between the joists at the joint between old and new to ensure the floor doesn’t have a spongy spot. This is a pretty lousy how to if you ask me
I have the exact same scenario. So looking at this video, not only am I having the subfloor fixed, but I'm possibly drywalling, painting and replacing the linoleum/tile?
Frank Davignon true Frank. However This cast iron pipe is going nowhere soon. And if it does it can only drop about a quarter to the floor. I used synthetic gasket which will expand to cover it.
I'm finding out my bathroom floor may have a wet subflooring problem through out, the floor tile squeaks in certain areas and a couple of tiles fell in the corners of the shower pan! I patched for now, but I know I'll be due for the shower pan, subflooring and tile to be replaced. I'm a beginner DIYer. Don't know if I have the confidence to do it. 🤔
you skipped an important how-to step sir... the step i happen to be seeking... how to create the hole for the flange in the new plywood. thought I'd mention that quick as i continue my search.
LilKing420s hey lil King. Good question. Once you get your plywood cut to size, and check to see that it fits. Measure from the front of the plywood to the circle, and from one side to the circle. Measure the distance across the circle. Find the center point of the circle and Mark it with an x. A simple way to draw the circle is to drive a nail in the center of the circle, attach a string the your center nail, and choosing one of your outside marks, pull the string around with your pencil... Making a circle. Have fun
@@scottlytton5328 yes, if you have to replace all the way to the joist like he did, you DO need a surface to fasten flange to. This guy skipped a ton of steps, but you will typically have more than one layer to add if starting from joist. There are also ways to piece together under the toilet area. I suggest finding another more detailed video 😁
@@rigidrebel8781 you may have solved my dilemma. Doing a DIY bthrm remodel. We need to replace bad flooring under toilet and near one corner by tub (from water leaking under the tub door track. So we removed all the tile from floor leaving us with 2 layers of wood. So we initially assumed the bottom layer was the subfloor and the top was the underlayment but after a bit of web surfing, the first layer of plywood is only ½(15/32) so it appears the (top) pc of plywood (5/8) is also considered subflooring since the 1st layer alone would not be thick enough as a subfloor. So in totality the subfloor is 1"⅛? So When the house was first built years ago the builders technically didn't use an underlayment and tiled directly on and no additional material used as underlayment. So now we need to figure out what to make repairs with without ripping out the entire subfloor. Does this even make sense?
To anyone that's never do this note he's covered the toilet pipe so things can't fall in there- make sure to do this the moment you pull the toilet or you can easily regret it! All sorts of things have been known to fall in there and it isn't fun at all when they do! Best to just put something over it and keep everything out of it! Make sure to pull it out before setting the toilet of course... I've heard of bad stories going both ways where things fell in and one story where a guy put a toilet in and forgot to remove the bag he'd stuffed down the drain! Haha
My early 80’s house had particle board under the tile which was rotted after 40 years. Amazed it lasted that long. What contractor their right mind used particle board? Have to rip it all out and use plywood.
I could use you at my house. My living room floor is in bad, bad shape and needs ripped up and new plywood put down. I also need a new entry door, and a new water heater, and tub surround, and new water shut off valve put in. 😭😭😭
Aaaah the old floating flange method. Haven't tried that one yet. I don't know everything but, having done a few leaky toilets and bathroom floors...I'd pass on this vid as a "how to".
how long of a job is this, on average? having someone come in to do a similar job (rotted subfloor around toilet base and replace the wax ring) and just wanted to have an idea of what to expect as far as timelines....days? weeks?
good video. But I hear people say tap and die when they really mean tap. To tap a hole is to cut new threads in a drilled hole with a tap, where a die is a device that makes new threads on an unthreaded rod, that is to make a threaded bolt. Often these tools come in a set that can do both jobs called a tap and die set.
I just found out my floor under my Toilet Bowl & Tank is rotted out & has to be Replaced along with a New Toilet Bowl & Tank also Never a dull moment etc.My Home is a 2002 New Double wide Home, Just wondering how it rotted out so fast, Without any noticeable leaks , Ever being seen etc.
What kind of Flooring is that they put down,? Mine is a Lino, Floor, they say must be taken up & lay down a base so we can use those Glue down Square tiles etc.All this is New to me, My Friend will do all the work for us etc
You should have used some anti seize lube on those threads. So the next guy doesn't have to replace the whole pipe. It won't be long before those bolts are galled.
I wish you would have recorded what occured between 3:33 and 3:35. Especially curious how you got the subfloor under the toilet flange? (or is it the same size, it's hard to tell).
There are taps and dies but I don't think you meant to fix those holes in the cast iron flange with a tap and die. You must have meant to drill the hole out and re tap the hole to put new threads in it. Informative video that I can use.
Skipped just about all the important stages. Did you reinforce the subfloor? How did you get the subfloor around the toilet flange so you can screw the flange to the floor? Cuz it looks like you over cut the hole. How did you apply the leveler?
How much did you charge for this job? I need this done in my bathroom floor n just trying to get the sticker shock over with before I have a contractor over. Thanks
Great job but how will you know if it molded under the tub? We are having to rip out the tile too. But since our tun is upstairs shouldn't we cut out the sheetrock to see ?
You should have cut a slot and slid the plywood UNDER the flange so it was supported and could be anchored to the subfloor. Lots of people do it your way--bad shortcut.
Next time if you've got flange screws like that, you can make a hex head for turning by running a nut part way down. Then run another nut on top of that and tighten it down on top of the first. It should keep both nuts from turning and you can turn the screw instead.
Lucky you didn't have to replace the whole floor including under the tub. Water damage could be rotted into the next room under the wall. Since you have the floor open it doesn't take any effort to stick your head under and inspect the rest of the floor under and tub connection while running water into it as you may not have another easy chance at it. Cheap insurance to lay down a sheet of plastic/roofing felt before you lay down the tile.
Looks like a hands on person can DIY this project, thanks for the video. Wish there was a cost estimate for the project. What to expect from a professional repair and what a DIY repair May cost. Otherwise great job
