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Do I need to remove my shower to patch the subfloor?
No.
You can add some 2x6 ( assuming your floor assembly is 2x8 ) perpendicular to your joists to pickup the localized floor loading in this area.
You can either use hangers, toe nail to the recessed ...
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My subfloor has been built with untreated 1x2s and plywood. Am I in trouble?
I'm presuming this is all non-structural work done in a basement due to the work that was done.
what do I do now?
Nothing.
If it doesn't experience any issues in your/the house's lifetime (40+ years)...
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Level subfloor before installing 2nd layer
A 5/8 sheet of plywood can vary in thickness from 5/8 ( 7/8 to 3/8 ) in my experience. Sometimes the manufacturer misses a layer or an extra layer gets added so 1/4 to 3/8 out is really expected at ...
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Securing 3/4" T&G OSB over old plank subfloor
For me, it's fairly simple.
Level the original subfloor. Shim it from below or lift the boards and raise the joists.
Screw or nail down the old subfloor so it's silent. Preparation is key, as they ...
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How to support hardwood floors with no existing subfloors to prevent squeaking in 100-year-old home
What I did to stop bad floor squeaks. Floor was 3/4 clear doug t&g fir sub floor on 2x12 joists 16” OC. 3/8” x 2” white oak top nailed finish floor, 112 year old house. I screwed a 2” steel angle ...
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How to support hardwood floors with no existing subfloors to prevent squeaking in 100-year-old home
Find the movement from below, and shim it from the underside until it stops squeaking.
Building a new "sub floor" between the joists is only going to make it squeak more, because now you ...
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Accidentally ran some plywood flooring parallel to joists on my shed. How big of a deal is it?
Running the 40/20 sheathing with an incorrectly oriented strength axis as you have, the bending stiffness of your floor will be at most (56000#-in²/ft)/(250000#-in²/ft)100% = 22% of the correctly ...
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Will adding another layer of plywood improve shed floor bouncing?
Normal plywood has the wood fibers in its outer plies oriented along the 8 ft length of the plywood. There exists specially marked plywood that defies this convention, but from your photo it's clear ...
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How to prepare 1/2" subfloor for hardwood flooring?
Modern homes are often built with 3/4" OSB subfloors. This is the minimum standard, in my opinion, and it's what you need to achieve. Solid hardwood flooring adds considerable stiffness itself, ...
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How to replace a few Barricade subfloor panels
The manufacturer responded with the following:
The dimensions of our panels changed, over 5 years ago now. They were
at one time manufactured using a 5/8” OSB, resulting in a 7/8” thick
panel. Once ...
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how to re-level and support small section of floor
You are unlikely to ever step on this location. the piece that is more worrying is how affected are the joists that are carrying the load from the tub and water. if those fail your tub ends up ...
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Vapor barrier under shed floor
I'm in the exact same situation. I put some Kimberly Clark Block It wrap between the factory floor and the 3/4 inch tongue and groove subfloor. I set the printed side facing down toward the elements. ...
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