Hi i have a 2016 clayton homes mobile home so i wanted to take off the carpet that s in the 3 rooms and living room and replace it with engineered vinyl flooring preferably the water proof i heard it s the most recomendable and the most easiest to installed on mobile homes.
Replacing bathroom floor in mobile home.
I wrote how to install laminate flooring to show exactly how it can be done and how it looks in a mobile home.
Step by step process to replace flooring in a mobile home.
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Remove the trim and floor covering.
Mobile home bathroom floors.
Replacing mobile home floors.
As a general rule replacing a bathtub is not considered a do it yourself project especially if you are changing the type and size of the tub.
But if your old tub is cracked or damaged and.
Changing anything means refiguring the drain lines vents and waterlines and that can get a bit tricky and frustrating.
It s just lots easier because you have more room to work and don t have to deal with the.
It s really that simple.
For most floors in a mobile home i think wood laminate flooring makes a lot of sense.
Such a gross nasty job.
The first step to replacing rotted flooring in a mobile home is to remove the trim and floor covering.
Vinyl simply glues back down to the surface but tiles require a little more work.
Bathroom floors are the most common floor problem in mobile homes.
It can rot and cause weak spots and swelling.
It looks good is reasonably easy to install and is easy to clean.
However if the flooring was done in the bathroom you should use vinyl or tiles to protect the floor from water damage.
However the same process works just as well for floors in any room of the mobile home.
Every drop of water that is allowed to reach the flooring meaning the sub floor and joists under the floor covering as well as the insulation can get damaged.
As an extra tip if the floor in your bathroom has soft spots then the water damage most likely has spread underneath the wall into the adjacent bedrooms.
Repairing the rotted out subfloor in my bedroom.
Complete your own mobile home floor replacement.
Mold contributes to various illnesses so the best option is to find any soft spots fix the leak that caused it and then replace the floor.
Repairing a damaged subfloor is serious business but it doesn t have to be scary.
The following directions were written for a mobile home bathroom floor replacement project.
The difficulty of the job is very dependant on you and the type of.