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Just discovered a spongy area by the base of the toilet in the half bath. Figure it must be dry rot under the linoleum. Fixing dry rot is one of my things, so figure I will cut out a piece of linoleum, dig out the punky stuff, drench the area with penetrating epoxy and then fill back in with epoxy filler.
Most areas where I have done this, appearance hasn’t mattered. My problem with epoxy filler -whether it is Bondo epoxy or the special blend for wood repair – is that the stuff is very difficult to get a smooth, level surface. The stuff wants to cling to the plastic spreader and create little Dairy Queen curliques. Lots of elbow grease with Stanley Surform and sandpaper to get things leveled out.
This area is probably a square foot or more. I got up close and personal with a lot of spiders in the crawl space and it looks like the bottom of the 2×6’s are still sound (some water staining but no rot).
So my question after this long build-up: If I leave the epoxy just a little shy of the desired floor height, what is a good product that I can surface the area with that is easy to work to a flat, smooth surface and will be good for a bathroom floor under linoleum.
Any good tips or tricks for dealing with dry rot in a 2×6 subfloor would be appreciated.
Since I do windows, but don’t do carpets or linoleum, I will be hiring out the laying of that, but I won’t be around when it happens. What is the standard procedure: should I leave the toilet out when I finish or put it back and let the linoleum installer take it out again. (The reason I ask is that a friend who manages apartments says that regardless of what he tells the linoleum installers, they always leave things just the way they find it. If the toilet is out when they find it, they leave it that way and he has to get a plumber to put install it, if it’s in, they put it back in.) Since I am too deaf to negotiate over the phone myself, I have to have the hiring done by someone else, so thus my question here.
thanks, Casey
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Just discovered a spongy area by the base of the toilet in the half bath. Figure it must be dry rot under the linoleum. Fixing dry rot is one of my things, so figure I will cut out a piece of linoleum, dig out the punky stuff, drench the area with penetrating epoxy and then fill back in with epoxy filler.
Most areas where I have done this, appearance hasn't mattered. My problem with epoxy filler -whether it is Bondo epoxy or the special blend for wood repair - is that the stuff is very difficult to get a smooth, level surface. The stuff wants to cling to the plastic spreader and create little Dairy Queen curliques. Lots of elbow grease with Stanley Surform and sandpaper to get things leveled out.
This area is probably a square foot or more. I got up close and personal with a lot of spiders in the crawl space and it looks like the bottom of the 2x6's are still sound (some water staining but no rot).
So my question after this long build-up: If I leave the epoxy just a little shy of the desired floor height, what is a good product that I can surface the area with that is easy to work to a flat, smooth surface and will be good for a bathroom floor under linoleum.
Any good tips or tricks for dealing with dry rot in a 2x6 subfloor would be appreciated.
Since I do windows, but don't do carpets or linoleum, I will be hiring out the laying of that, but I won't be around when it happens. What is the standard procedure: should I leave the toilet out when I finish or put it back and let the linoleum installer take it out again. (The reason I ask is that a friend who manages apartments says that regardless of what he tells the linoleum installers, they always leave things just the way they find it. If the toilet is out when they find it, they leave it that way and he has to get a plumber to put install it, if it's in, they put it back in.) Since I am too deaf to negotiate over the phone myself, I have to have the hiring done by someone else, so thus my question here.
thanks, Casey