Patching plywood subfloor. Patching and Repairing Subfloor

This video is probably a better glimpse at the whole process… edited down to five minutes! First name. You just want a smooth and level surface - don't sand a depression! My husband suggested I just screw the patch into a board screwed into the underside of the adjoining floorboard. First, the problem.

 

The first step is to put some “dead wood” underneath the hole so you have a way to secure the patch. I wanted to use the largest pieces of wood.Asked 2 years, 11 months ago.

 

Use a hammer and nails to attach your plywood patch to the floor joists. When measuring your patch to install the new subflooring section, be sure to leave.Fresh Codemonger Fresh Codemonger 7, 11 11 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges.

 

Step 1. Identify where your floor joists run · Step 2. Remove damaged subfloor · Step 3. Sister a support board for the new plywood · Step 4.My husband suggested I just screw the patch into a board screwed into the underside of the adjoining floorboard.

 

Get your Wood Glue and apply a generous line around the edges of the opening you routed and, then a bead along all for edges of your patch and press it into the.Ed Beal Ed Beal

 

Cut out the missing sections to match pre cut patches that span joist to joist. Assuming 16" centers patching a 10"x10" hole.Since your patch material is exactly as thick as the flooring material you are cutting into and the router rides on top of the guide material, you will cut out just the thickness of the top layer of your sub-floor - no more.

 

Ready-to-use, latex-based product used to fill cracks, fastener or knot holes and level low areas in plywood sub floors or concrete surfaces.Again, you want to cut just inside the closest joists that will allow you to cut out the damage.

 

To complete the OSB or plywood subfloor repair, visit your local home improvement center and pick up the necessary sheets of 4'x8' pieces of plywood or OSB. In.Active Oldest Votes.

 

Worked perfectly!

 

This method works well with areas like you have.

 

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Hold the router steady and turn it off.

 

There are knot holes that should be filled, 40 areas that are missing some portion of lamination.

 

Use your circular skill saw to cut out the damaged plywood subfloor pieces as marked.

 

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An OSB or plywood subfloor can quickly become damaged if it becomes exposed to water.

 

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In my case, I felt it would serve me better if I only went round one time.

 

You just want a smooth and level surface - don't sand a depression!

 

That would be a lot of work.Forum Patching plywood subfloor

 

Would you take a wire brush and vacuum and then prime them?

 

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Looking good.

 

Hence this subfloor

 

Video of the process at the end of the post!

 

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I have a hole where my new bathtub foot is going so I needed to tie the patch into the joists.

 

This method works well with areas like you have.

 

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If the base of your weight is larger than your patch, use a piece of material equal to or slightly smaller than your patch piece to elevate the weight s so they only weight your patch down.

 

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Today I shared the handful of mistakes I made when.

 

Or whatever dense material you can find that distributes the weight on the patch piece without touching the surrounding floor.

 

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The previous owner had cut holes for drains and water and electrical to service an Island with a dishwasher installed.

 

I had learned to cut an opening in a wooden table top that would accept a rectangular router base years ago when I made my first router table.