I didn't mean to ignore you tally, somehow I missed an email from the board that you had re-posted.
Okay, good news is that the floor under the tub isn't wet (apparently).
I'm confused though, you went to the basement, found the floor joists (ceiling of the basement) under the bathroom were 24" on center but only 2"x4"'s? are you sure about that? because now i'm really concerned. lets hope that was a typo or you were referring to the blocking between the (hopefully) at least 2x8"s or possibly 2x10" floor joists.
The floor joists running 90-degrees to the tub edge is okay, but when you patch the floor up to the edge of the tub, you'll have a problem "marrying" that edge under the tub by putting a flat 2x4 under the sub-floor overlapping the old edge and the hole, drilling from top of the sub-floor thru it and into the 2x4 on the 4" side, then placing the sub-floor patch over the hole, and drilling screws thru it onto the "lip" edge of that 2x4" we just discussed installing.
make sure your seams going the direction of the floor joists are right on the centers of those joists (leaving 1/2 covered by the old "good" floor) and screw in both sides of that seam using a staggered pattern.
I'm kind of caught up about the idea of 2x4 joists laid flat...that would mean your joists are only 1-1/2 (2" side of dimmentional lumber) high.
Get back to me on this one...A.S.A.P. I think i'll be having nightmares. Is this a manufactured home? |
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