LEASEGUY, Aug 23, 2006 #1. lazeyjack Guest. Love everything about the boat. Since the fiberglass has already thinned or cracked, you may sand all the way through the fiberglass in spots. This isn't the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it, which simply indicates that the subfloor isn't tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area. There are some spots in the house that are uneven and in the kitchen in the corner I kinda felt a spot when stepping on it felt kind of soft like a little bit of a sink feeling. Step 2: Out With the Old. This wears the wood out very quickly. The white corner under the bench seat shows you the type of rot the camper had. – Fixing Soft Spots or Delamination on your Boston Whaler – Epoxy. Mold and mildew are often the result of moisture being trapped under the linoleum. If this is not possible, you will have to pull up the linoleum to find the problem. Before we cover how to replace the flooring in your mobile home, we should go over exactly how carefully you should watch for soft spots. Using a square and a felt-tip marker, we carefully drew out a rectangle on the floor as the target lines for our cut. This is a fairly common problem. The sub-floor was particle board that had been wet too long. I have owned boat for couple years and it was there when I bought it. Registered Member. Quote Reply Topic: Soft Spot in floor 1989 BFN Posted: September-20-2020 at 10:27pm: 1989 Barefoot Nautique. Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download. Soft spots in linoleum floors can be caused by several factors, all of which are due to moisture issues. Main Stringers are very solid from bulkhead back to the gas tank. How to Repair Soft Spots in Fiberglass On A Boat ... Use a palm sander to sand the weak spot below the level of the sound fiberglass surrounding the weakened area. This is a sign of either rot in the flooring or even worse in the supporting joists. Then I noticed several other areas with that felt like that. Jaybae. Is this a serious condition? Top . This is a repair I did to a bonded or sandwich floor in a motorhome that had soft spots in it. Must you replace the floor or can you simply drill a hole in the floor (making sure you don't drill through the hull) and pump a can or several cans of foam into the floor cavity? I recently purchased an 06 Puma. Many times when reading advertisements for the sale of a fiberglass boat, you will see "floor has several soft spots" or "weak flooring". I have not put the base trim on the island yet. Thoughts? Unscrew the sub-floor in the area you’ll be cutting – The damaged sub-floor will still be screwed into the floor joists so you’ll need to find and remove all those screws before you cut. If it is caught early, the chances of surviving mouth cancer are nine out of ten – those odds are pretty good, and that’s why early detection is so important. Beating mouth cancer is so dependent on diagnosing it at an early stage. Thanks for your help! While I was out enjoying the pool yesterday I found a spot where the floor felt soft, an area about 4" around or so and perhaps tapered down to 1/4" deep. Woodborough Hall, Woodborough Picture: White room step into the bathroom... major soft spot in the floor to the left of the riser - Check out Tripadvisor members' 316 candid photos and videos. Post Oct 06, 2017 #1 2017-10-06T02:02. When I closed the pool last night I could see these recessed/soft areas clearly with the light on. It’s a real wood floor glued on cement slab. There are no visible cracks, and no water damage to the floor underneath (it's over a second bathroom). I can't figure out what it could be. Step 3. I cannot see it with my eyes-- its that shallow. I talked to some people and they suggested drilling small holes in the soft area and injecting it with a fiberglass resin. Talk with an attorney about the faulty inspection. Lift away your floor coverings above the soft areas. Thickness Some floating floors are thicker than the wood or carpet that was previously installed or thicker than adjacent floors. However a problem that you can tackle yourself. May 7, 2011 Steven Cole. Watch as Lowcountry Basement Systems' inspector Brian examines a crawl space in Statesboro, GA which has, among other problems some soft spots on the floor above the crawl. Floor tiles and linoleum are usually impossible to lift out in reusable pieces. Soft spots in the floor are not an issue that you solve with a piece of carpet or a quick patch. mhal2015 Posts: 21 Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:58 pm. John. A soft spot in a boat floor can be surprisingly tricky to diagnose. 2006 Puma - Soft spot in the floor. Putting the trim down will help keep the floor down and lessen the void in the soft spot, but it won't get rid of it completely. Answer: Dear John. Has anyone found a way to repair the soft spots short of tearing the floo You should go under the floor, if possible, to check for any water damage under the floor. If you hear a hollow sound, you’ll have an idea if there’s a weak area. Along with wearing down our diamonds, these particles scratch and wear away the surface of the concrete. You're walking across your hardwood floor and you feel it sink under your feet in one spot. Humid crawl spaces are the perfect breeding ground for both mold and termites. They are 3 inch planks. However, about the 4th or 5th time I fished out of it, my partner was already sitting in the passenger seat and I pulled the TM to move spots and stepped down off the cooler onto the floor. By judicious tapping and pressing, we managed to figure out how large an area of soft wood we were dealing with, and then went a few inches farther away from the soft spot and determined that this would be the floor area that we would cut out. The easiest way to begin removing the subfloor, is to use a large hole saw or a jigsaw and cut out from the hole in the floor or a piece of the soft spot in the floor. I know what the problem is- there was a dip in the subfloor that I failed to spot and fill before I laid the floor. The most recent new unit we decided would be *perfect* for us has a very bad soft spot in the second bedroom floor, where it feels weak and buckles when you step on it, feels like you might fall through if there was too much weight there too long. If you have an older mobile home, your sub-flooring most likely consists of particle board. I made that really clear in my “Wood Floor on Concrete” article. Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:59 pm . My question is, is there any way to fix it without having to take the whole floor back up. Actually the whole kitchen floor feels soft-ish to me, but that’s no doubt b/c we lived in apartments built over slabs for so many years. The most noticeable soft spot was in the back, not a big problem since it was under the bed. This makes for a very stiff, unsinkable boat. If the sub-floor is not level, then the floating floor with develop dips and "soft" spots. The flooring is just carpet in some areas and linoleum in others. The location of the soft spot is between my kitchen island and end cabinet. It has to come out, or that rot will spread to the rest of the floor. While you can’t undo this damage, you can fix it by laying a new floor that’s sturdier than the old one and certain to withstand water and other damage. Sadly, far too many mouth cancers are not spotted early enough. We did live in one townhouse with a basement for a while, and I remember noticing the difference in my knees. It’s a plywood subfloor over a crawlspace, so I can get to the underside. The first is cutting out soft spots or holes and replacing them with plywood. You can also redo the entire floor in that room. I'm considering buying this house but should this be a deal breaker a issue not to worry about? My 1988 Bayliner 3218 Motoryacht has several soft spots in the galley floor. How concerned should a person get? Left untreated, these problems can significantly … I've noticed a 'soft' spot on the tub floor about 3" round. I have a soft spot in my new wood floor. I was installing a hatch to relocate a battery and the section I cut out is a sandwich of glass with a very soggy cork or balsa core. Jaybae. So I was able to pull the camper into the garage and open it up. As in, the wooden flooring had a lot more “give” and was easier on my joints. Looking for a method to inject some type of resin back in but Im concerned about the water and the lack of adhesion ? Hello to all, I have a 18' bowrider, and in 2 or 3 spots the floor feels spongy, like it might be rotting out. From island to cabinet there is 4.5 feet of laminate. And if it will be a big problem, what is the easiest way to fix it without ripping up the basement ceiling? 2. Get a strutural contractor to inspect the floor area and make suggestions. If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet, the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged. There are 2 ways to do it. A concrete slab will never give a polished appearance while it’s shedding sand. Closer examination finds the wood of one floor board (or a group of them) is starting to rot and soften. Set your circular saw to the depth of your sub-floor – Depending on what type of camper you have, your sub-floor will vary in thickness. But i can feel it with the ball of my foot, or my hand. What issues will we run into if we leave the soft spots and lay the floor down. So it is important to find them sooner than later and take care of them. How to spot mouth cancer. Soft spots on the floor can cause damage to other aspects of your mobile home. floormeintucson Post subject: Re: soft spots in subfloor should i fix it. It is noticeable by nearly everyone that walks on it no mater their weight. I could press it down a bit more with my thumb. The pressure from the perimeter walls maybe forcing a section up slightly and when you step on it, you feel it depress. Upon inspection, Brian detects not only wood rot problems but also termite damage. Concerned, we asked the property manager and maintenance to look at it so if it needed repairs it could be done well before we move in. If you have SOLID wood strips glued directly to the concrete slab, this sadly, is the type of installation that will give continuous problems over the years. If the lvp is installed too tightly to the surrounding walls, it can actually be the inverse of a soft spot. Once you locate where the joist(s) are, then you can use the saw to cut along the side of the joist. Sometimes you can get a wide pry bar under a corner of carpet, as long as it is thoroughly dried out, and roll it backward while moving the pry bar backward and forward to break the glue. We recommend tapping around the soft spot with the back-end of a screwdriver. The glue will probably have been softened by the water. When the sound becomes sharp and the material gives good feedback to the touch, you know that it’s stronger. Its in excellent condition but it has a couple of soft spots in the floor. Soft concrete has a rough sandpaper like appearance and feel which, when we work on it forces lots of additional loose, granular particles onto the floor, particularly when using metal tools. I have several soft spots in my subfloor that are soft enough to feel the deflection when you walk on them. I just bought the house 4 months ago. 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