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"Springy" subfloor and tile
Thank you for reading my post.
I want to know if I should pull-up the entire sub-floor of my guest bathroom. My house is a 1982 tri-level (kit?). 50 foot x 25 foot. Most floor & ceiling joist are 24" OC. The joist run the width of the house. The guest bathroom (full bath) had a tile floor on a mortar bed, that I removed. The sub-floor that's under this tile floor is 1/2" plywood with some sag on the outer ends and very springy between joists. Is this normal after removing a mud-tile? I ran a "stud-finder" along the floor, and found that the joists are NOT 24" OC and more like 16"OC it a hit-and-miss pattern... (guest bath is in center of the 3rd floor/ Master bath is on opposite wall of guest bath.) Is this ALSO normal? ~BUT~ my question IS .... Should I set my circular-saw at just under 1/2 inch, and THEN replace the entire floor.... or should I just add exterior-grade plywood over the exisisting sub-floor? For more information... the "basement" (1st floor) Den, 1/2 bath and office are 8 foot ceiling, but the basement hallway is 7 foot. (Bunch of duct-work, plumbing. ect.) Thanks, Dave |