What causes soft floors
What causes soft spots in floors? What can be done to prevent that? How serious is it? I'm guessing soft spots are areas where the subfloor (plywood or OBS) has gotten moisture and weakened. I'm wo...
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For the record.. I HAVE repaired the subfloor on my 1984 TT which was damaged from water leaks that the previous owner didn't fix. The subfloor on my 1984 IS 1/2" plywood.
Yes, it IS GLUED to the foamcore below it, but I was able to remove the damaged plywood between the wood studs. Wasn't pretty but it most certainly is fixable. To add replacement plywood I had to add some supports for the ends of the plywood, easy enough, just dig or cut out some of the foam and lay in the wood reinforcements.
The big problem is not the "sandwich" but the fact that many manufacturers are not using 1/2" plywood as the subfloor, instead they have thinned that down to 1/4" or less.
Yes, it IS GLUED to the foamcore below it, but I was able to remove the damaged plywood between the wood studs. Wasn't pretty but it most certainly is fixable. To add replacement plywood I had to add some supports for the ends of the plywood, easy enough, just dig or cut out some of the foam and lay in the wood reinforcements.
The big problem is not the "sandwich" but the fact that many manufacturers are not using 1/2" plywood as the subfloor, instead they have thinned that down to 1/4" or less.
