Remove Mobile Home Floor
Step by step process to replace flooring in a mobile home.
Remove mobile home floor. They usually have a steel frame to support the floor. Remove the trim and floor covering. This is a quick and dirty list of the basic steps needed to replace flooring in a mobile home. Mobile homes are constructed quickly in an assembly line fashion.
On this steel frame floor joists many times 2x6 s instead of the 2x12 s used in conventional home construction are installed and then a layer of plywood or oriented strand board osb is screwed down. The first step to replacing rotted flooring in a mobile home is to remove the trim and floor covering. The following directions were written for a mobile home bathroom floor replacement project. However the same process works just as well for floors in any room of the mobile home.
It s just lots easier because you have more room to work and don t have to deal with the. Soft spots on the floor can cause damage to other aspects of your mobile home. So it is important to find them sooner than later and take care of them.