Hi everyone.
I think one of our upstairs toilet floors is sinking
We have three toilets in our house (luckily now), and our children's bathroom floor is sinking slightly (I think) underneath the toilet.
You can see this here:
The above pic is with the bowl pushed firmly back so that the tank is firmly against the wall, as the tank has now started to be pulled away from the wall:
It looks like the floor underneath has sunk slightly doesn't it?
I am hoping to do this, and fix it myself, because history (recent history as well) tells me that getting a tradesman to do anything these days is a serious can of worms (I have been waiting for a roof valley fix for almost a month, but that's another story).
So this is what I am thinking:
1) I turn the water off, and remove the toilet - should be straight forward.
2) I then rip up all the laminate (as it will need replacing anyway), and then see what type of damage there is; which HOPEFULLY, is just on the subfloor (terminology I have learned through research, I am no expert by any means!).
3) Cut section of the rotten subfloor away, and HOPEFULLY no damage to joists underneath.
4) Clean joists and treat them anyway, and if any damage I will look at sistering them - again terminology I have learned - with another joist (hopefully don't have to do that, and it is just the subfloor that is damaged).
5) Then I buy a sheet of thick marine plywood (same thickness as what is being cut away - maybe 25mm), and fill the gap, and screw it all back down.
6) Refit toilet, bolt it down, fix any leaks around bowl connected to waste pipe (where the leak has been gradually dripping from , but only really noticed it a few weeks ago).
7) Re-laminate floor, and fit new bath surround, as that will need ripping off as well to remove the laminate.
Am I on the right track? If not, then I would appreciate any advice you can give.
Thank you in advance.
Steven
I think one of our upstairs toilet floors is sinking
We have three toilets in our house (luckily now), and our children's bathroom floor is sinking slightly (I think) underneath the toilet.
You can see this here:
The above pic is with the bowl pushed firmly back so that the tank is firmly against the wall, as the tank has now started to be pulled away from the wall:
It looks like the floor underneath has sunk slightly doesn't it?
I am hoping to do this, and fix it myself, because history (recent history as well) tells me that getting a tradesman to do anything these days is a serious can of worms (I have been waiting for a roof valley fix for almost a month, but that's another story).
So this is what I am thinking:
1) I turn the water off, and remove the toilet - should be straight forward.
2) I then rip up all the laminate (as it will need replacing anyway), and then see what type of damage there is; which HOPEFULLY, is just on the subfloor (terminology I have learned through research, I am no expert by any means!).
3) Cut section of the rotten subfloor away, and HOPEFULLY no damage to joists underneath.
4) Clean joists and treat them anyway, and if any damage I will look at sistering them - again terminology I have learned - with another joist (hopefully don't have to do that, and it is just the subfloor that is damaged).
5) Then I buy a sheet of thick marine plywood (same thickness as what is being cut away - maybe 25mm), and fill the gap, and screw it all back down.
6) Refit toilet, bolt it down, fix any leaks around bowl connected to waste pipe (where the leak has been gradually dripping from , but only really noticed it a few weeks ago).
7) Re-laminate floor, and fit new bath surround, as that will need ripping off as well to remove the laminate.
Am I on the right track? If not, then I would appreciate any advice you can give.
Thank you in advance.
Steven