On 28 Mar 2007 16:06:25 -0700, "Joe" wrote:

The least amount of blood sweat and tears will simply be to replace
the entire subfloor. It can be done as follows: First, use a hole saw
to drill through the whole mess. Pull the cut plug out of the hole saw
and use it as a guide to prepare a couple of jig saw blades just long
enough to slice though the layers. With the powder room attributes out
of the way, start cutting and removing the floor in sections parallel
with the joists. Lay down new subflloor sections (ready cut plywood
best) with ring shank nails and construction adhesive. Where
partition walls cover part of the old subfloor, some work with a sharp
chisel will give you a good nailing ledge.
Although this seems like a rather radical approach, I've done similar
projects with great results. On nice thing is that you don't have
other problems like toilet seals and flange heights getting screwed
up and having to take doors down to trim off the bottom edges. HTH

Joe

Joe,

Very interesting angle. Never considered ripping out and replacing
the existing subfloor. Seeing that I've removed all the old ceramic
tile, I have easy access to cut through the additional layers of wood.

If I go with this approach, I'm a little confused as to how to proceed
with the areas beneath the existing drywall wall partitions. If the
joists don't line up cleanly, not sure how I'll be able to nail to
them.

Time to start poking around.

Thanks Joe.

Greg
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