![]() ![]() You don't have to replace all of the subfloor if it's not rotten but fixing it is important as it doesn't get better on its own and the rot will spread. As you can see in the linked photo, once the subfloor rots through, there's nothing down there but whatever is under that floor: either your basement, your crawlspace or the top of the ceiling of the downstairs floor. The more the toilet wobbles, the more likely the wax ring starts to leak and the more rotten the wood gets. The reason the toilet is wobbling is without firm wood for the foot of the toilet base to rest on, it's just balancing on top of the closet flange, which is about the size of a CD. In bathrooms, the part around the toilet is prone to getting rotten if the wax seal at the base of the toilet leaks. The subfloor is the layer(s) of wood (usually plywood laid on top of boards that rest on top of your floor joists) that's under your tile or linoleum. I discovered our subfloor was rotting when I punched a neat pencil-sized hole through the linoleum walking into the bathroom in high heels. If you like the plumber, ask him for a name. Not within my skill set, but also not something that costs a lot in materials or anything like that.Īsk your neighbours if they know a good carpenter/contractor type. Replacing parts of the subfloor here was just a matter of pulling up the old stuff and cutting new plywood to replace it. But it doesn't sound like a big deal and $4k seems a bit rich, though I suppose a lot of that depends on where you live. I can't imagine that insurance would cover it. I don't think the whole thing took more than two days, and I was not rushing things with two people working it could've been a one-day job, I imagine. I'm sure it could've stayed as it was for years had the previous floor not been ugly, too. I had a carpenter put a tile floor in my bathroom last year parts of the subfloor were a bit dodgy and were replaced, and this was part of a lot of other work so I can't put an accurate price on that but I don't think more than $1,500 went to the whole flooring job, tile included. A subfloor is what's underneath the floor it's not plumbing. ![]()
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