Laundry Room Floor Replacement

I went and opened a beehive of a mees this time. Ms Joyces washing machine went on the fritz, and seeing's how it was at least 20+ years old I told her to pick out a new washer and dryer. We went and paid for them and they will be delivered and installed next Monday the 10th.

Now when I went and pulled the old ones out, I found the floor there needed replacing. Mobile Home, with Particle Board Subfloor that had gotten wet sometime or other...Here it is Tuesday before they deliver . I have the bad flooring removed, The bad insulation removed. The Vaper Barrier plastic sheet need reattaching right there and a patch over a couple of holes and what appears to be a cut in it to get to a pipe that burst. They just left it hanging...And of coarse ole Mother nature is throwing a fit. Woke up to all day down pours today, and snow called for tomorrow...Lots of fun. Hopefully I'll get a break or two in the rain to do what I need to do outside...We will see. Post more later.:banghead

Hopefully you can catch a break and get it done. Hang in there.

I am taking deep breaths. I am changing how I'm supporting the wall edges though along the wall opposite the dinning area. Instead of Trying to attach to a floor joist with 3 or 4 2x6's screwing one into the other, I'm going between two joists and use 18ga. joist angers on the ends attaching to 2 existing joists. May not be correct, but I think it will work.

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Those home projects just keep coming

Yep, and at some point, need to quit...

Well, Mother Nature is not cooperating this morning. 30* out side with windchill down to 17* and blowing snow. Discussed the possibility of moving the delivery date back some if this weather don't break by Friday. Will see about getting the cross floor supports done from inside today. Have to check on the paint for the walls, might be able to get that done as well. If it warms up some, I'll go under the house and get that vaper barrier put back like it's supposed to be. Knee not really wanting to cooperate much this morning but will push through this mess and "get 'er done". Not going to be a fun day....

Just do the best you can and move on. My dad liked to say about the house "there's always something that needs doing but you shouldn't be a slave to it".

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Just do the best you can and move on. My dad liked to say about the house "there's always something that needs doing but you shouldn't be a slave to it".

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I wish he would talk to Ms. Joyce...Just sayin', LOL.

Made some headway today on this floor. I got some of the vapor barrier put back up, as well as the insulation done. Tomorrow, Lord willing, I will get the cross supports between the joists put in where they are needed using the hangers, then the floor piece cut and put in place. Also need to put some insulation above the door, the cut some 1/4 inch panel to cover that area. Hoping to paint the whole room by tomorrow evening. by no later than Monday Luminant flooring going down. At least I'm hoping anyway. Then it's clean the front porch off (a 10'x12' deck). I have some boards that need relacing and Ms. Joyce wants the BBQ grill put up there...Hoping sometime soon to go wet a line for a bit and unwind the spring that's getting way too tight....We will see...

Sounds like it’s getting done. You need to make a list of things for Ms. Joyce. Your “honey do” list sounds much larger than hers. :Rofl

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Sounds like it’s getting done. You need to make a list of things for Ms. Joyce. Your “honey do” list sounds much larger than hers. :Rofl

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I wish it would work that way. I had to take her for a Dr. Appt. a day or so ago. She's been having some dizzy spells with near falls. Thought it was vertigo problems. Well, now she's got a dozen more appointments and with these spells she's having, on top of everything else, I have to take her for her appointments. Sure glad I love her...LOL.

Man oh man. I've had one of them days. Started out super stiff everywhere body wise this am. Knee's the worst. I finally got started around 9Am., and ran into trouble straight away getting the floor support braces in. Along the wall dividing the laundry room from the dining room is a non-supporting wall. Well right under that is the drain pipe for the washing machine, with the 2x6 floor joist about 6-inchesw on the other side of that. I fought trying to screw the support hanger in where I couldn't see for about 3 hrs and ready to pull my hair out, I called it a day...

Thought about how I could remedy this problem. My driver bit came with the screws and was one of the short ones. Once I calmed down and composed myself, I looked at lowes on-line and found a Driver bit extension. Hoping its a cure. Will find out after dinner. Hope you all are having a great day...

Back at it today. Slow going for sure. I will say this much, This type of work will tell you exactly how out of shape you are. And yes sir, I'm way out there...My fault, no excuses. Going to have to work on it for sure. NOT going to be done today, I know that. Between that and close to 300lbs on my new knee, HA, HA. I'm Having fun...lol...

Not gonna quit, but take lots of breaks, yes. Just need to let the knee relax for 10-15 minutes, then get some more done. Well, all the support framing , (for where the flooring meets) is in. I'm done for today. Time to raise my leg up and use some Ice on it. It's very swollen. Tomorrow's another day. Thankfully, the washer and dryer comes Next Monday, not tomorrow. I have the Dryer vent to install then the subfloor, then the linoleum to put down. After I go get it at Lowes...More to follow...

Spent a few hours getting up and down but It was worth it, I think. Wood putty at joints need to dry, then sand and touch up. Taking a break while it day's, but need to get dinner cooked, then back to this. Need to paint, then put Lenoleum down and baseboards...All most done...Attachment 501859

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Looking good!

Yup, looking good.

Still needs a lot of work yet, but getting there. Hoping to be finished completely by Sunday evening.

Momma was after me, She wanted the floor done Now. Well, there is a mistake there that can be fixed without taking the floor back uo. I realized the mistake after I screwed the subfloor in place...Can you spot it??? This is a Laundry room. Washer goes in the corner on the right. Dryer in the far corner on the right where the soda and box of screws are...figure it out??? No Dryer vent.....I'll fix it tomorrow.
The couple next door has an infant baby, and being considerate, I don't start till 8AM, and usually quit by 7PM.

Retrofits are always fun. Keeping at is good for you. "A body in Motion" saying is true. When you can't, you can't, but if you just don't feel like it you must in my book. Keep on Truckin' Bud.

BTW, pictures are always great.

Back at it this morning. Had to remove excess scraps back onto back porch so I could work. Storm came through yesterday with 60+ MPhil winds a tornados south and east of us but thank The Lord above, no damage here except some more dead branches fell from this old oak. Cobwebs gone, floor vacuumed. Hole marked for dryer vent. Momma said Oh we had plenty of that blue paint from the front bathroom left, let's use that. I fetched the can, and had less than a cup of paint. So I'll be going to lowes today for that...

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Here's some pic's. Pic's 5, 6, 7are of what was under the floor. Pic's 1,2,3 are the new floor marked where the dryer vent goes and the top half of the slim-fit vent, other half will slide in to top half from bottom and secured with a self tapping screw. Last 4 pic's show the cleaned ceiling. I do not like stucco....Attachment 501999Attachment 502000Attachment 502001Attachment 502002Attachment 502003Attachment 502004Attachment 502005Attachment 502006Attachment 502007Attachment 502008Attachment 502009

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That kind of repair takes a bit of patience but you will know what you've got once it's done. :ThumbsUp

Thank you, John. Here is where I am right now. I have it painted with Kilz, just incase there is some stuff there I'm not seeing. Later this evening It gets coated witha pale yellow as per momma, Missouri Joyces instructions. Tomorrow, like it or not, vinyl goes down, and baseboards. Nothing fancy, just some 1/2" x 4"white pine, that will get some polyethylene put on them...

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Here's some of the Kilz on it. Looks like white paint.Attachment 502020Attachment 502021Attachment 502022Attachment 502024Attachment 502023

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I always like the white. Almost all my house is painted white. It really brightens everything up.

I'm using Kilz to try to keep any mold at bay. That's the white. Kinda using it as a primer coat if you will. A light sorta pale yellow is going on next. Personally, An off white would work better to me, but Ms Joyce picked it, and you gatta keep dem women folks happy, IF'N you want to be happy...Just sayin'.

Up and at it again...the cutting in has begun..Attachment 502031Attachment 502032Attachment 502034Attachment 502033

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First coat done...yee-haaa...Now in about an hour I'll knock out coat two. I showed the corners above the cabinets as who ever painted the dark yellow previously failed to paint the corner and about 6 inches out...Attachment 502035Attachment 502036Attachment 502037Attachment 502038Attachment 502039Attachment 502041Attachment 502040

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Second coat done...now to wait till 8AM to break out the multi tool oscillating cutter to punch hole in floor for vent. Don't want to wake the baby next door and get the parents passed at 3 AM, lol. A bit of coffee, some clean up, then wait...

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You’re up too early to be smelling paint already. Have you even had coffee yet? :Rofl I gotta have my coffee else that paint would be on floor, trimming, ceiling, etc…

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You’re up too early to be smelling paint already. Have you even had coffee yet? :Rofl I gotta have my coffee else that paint would be on floor, trimming, ceiling, etc…

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At the point of starting, I had a couple of swallows...Knee woke me up and couldn't go back to sleep. Felt like someone was stabbing it with a hot ice pick. I took 2 orange flavored Goody powder envelopes swallowed with some coffee, and put paint in a plastic tub and started the cutting in process. Over all Ms Joyce is happy with it... and I did knock the roller pan on the floor yesterday, but it is going to be covered today with the vinyl flooring...In the pick with the roller pan on the 3-step safety ladder, on the right of the ladder you can see where the spill happened on the floor...scroll up, first pic you come to.

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At the point of starting, I had a couple of swallows...Knee woke me up and couldn't go back to sleep. Felt like someone was stabbing it with a hot ice pick. I took 2 orange flavored Goody powder envelopes swallowed with some coffee, and put paint in a plastic tub and started the cutting in process. Over all Ms Joyce is happy with it... and I did knock the roller pan on the floor yesterday, but it is going to be covered today with the vinyl flooring...In the pick with the roller pan on the 3-step safety ladder, on the right of the ladder you can see where the spill happened on the floor...scroll up, first pic you come to.

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Better for any floor under a Washing Machine! The older I get the more "accidents" I create too.

Finally got the vinyl marked for cutting. Has to be cut on inside edge of tape...Attachment 502107

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Took me all day, but minus one board to cover the access hole and recutting a 3-1/2 inch baseboards that split on me when installing, and my part is done. Early tomorrow morning the cover will get cut and installed. Delivery folks called and said between 8am and 1030am...here it is almost done. Painted, and floor installed...Attachment 502136Attachment 502137Attachment 502138Attachment 502139Attachment 502140Attachment 502141Attachment 502142

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Once again my Left knee is twice what it should be, and between it and my Right ankle, I'm not sure which is worse...Ms Joyce is really bothered by the smell of what works best for me, IcyHot. So I wait till she puts her CPAP mask on, and really put it on...

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Well, up at foùr this AM to make sure everything was ready...YeeeHaaw, they are installed...Attachment 502160

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Looks awesome! Congratulations

Looks good and I'm sure feels even better to be done!!!

Thanks folks. Yes, Dave, It feels great to have it done. It feels even better to see Ms Joyce Smile and hear the happiness in her voice too...
It makes me happy knowing they are completely paid for, no payments...