Water Damage Bathroom Floor Repair - Fixing Hidden Water Damage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2021
- Today we have a Bathroom Floor Water Damage Repair Project. I recently had to fix some hidden water damage near my bathroom shower stall. I decided to bring you guys along so you can learn from my experience and possibly save yourselves a lot of money if you have a hidden water damage problem in your Bathroom floor or walls. This will be a DIY water damage repair process from start to finish. Water leaking from the shower or tub can lead to expensive water damage repairs if you don't know what you are doing and allow some unscrupulous contractor to take advantage of you. That is why I made this video to show you how easy it is to do a DIY hidden water damage repair yourself and save a ton of money. I will explain how to repair hidden floor water damage caused by water leaking around your shower pan. Keep in mind that water leaking from your bath tub or water leaking from your toilet causing floor damage would be the same type of repair. I also explain how to remove the black mold that can be caused by water leaking in the bathroom. Black mold is easy to remove if you know how to do it.
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Thank you so much for sharing this! We just had a very similar thing happen in our bathroom, found it while I was preparing to hang wallpaper. Thanks to your video I was able to fix it and am now just waiting for it to dry so we can sand and finish things up. Thank you!
Thank you, I’m doing everything in my house on my own , I appreciate this so much
Thank you for the great content. A lot of people don't think to repair the original floor, they immediately think to replace everything and like you said end up paying a fortune to pay someone to fix it when it could be a simple fix like this. Good job mate! 👏
nice, i will do this too in my bathroom. have the same problem. thanks so much
Thank you for sharing this
wow! beautiful!
Love this video. Big help 💯💯
This is almost EXACTLY what I have in my bathroom!...thanks for the info...very helpful!...BRAVO!
Same!
Same here
Great video thank you Sir
Thanks for sharing
Thanks. We have a similar situation with the flooring around our tub right now. Gonna give this a try.
It a common problem
.I'm having ceramic tile put one third of the way up the wall and on the floor to prevent this from happening again.
@@robinluich6626 I went ahead and used this technique and it worked well…at least it is working well so far.
Ty so so much
Excellent video!
Thank you sir!
Can you do a video on how to locate and and stop the leak?
What did you use on the subfloor gaps. Thank you in advance for the answer.
We are cementing and thin set after that.
Thanks for the info, but what did you do to prevent the water from causing the same damage to happen again over time?
This is my question as well
@@jenclawson2362 he says at the end he scraped out all the old caulking and reapplied
I have a similar issue. very small amount of old water damage that has been corrected and dried. When putting this bondo type material on the subfloor, will thinset adhere for tile?
Yes, everything should adhere to it. It's just like the Bondo for car body repair but made for more general application.
What type of tiles ?
Is there any way to waterproof (or at least make more water resistant) an area of drywall near the shower? We have an area next to the shower that, due to the way our bathroom is shaped (hard to explain), it regularly gets little splashes and moisture. It not so much due to something not being sealed correctly, but more due to kids taking showers, sometimes they forget to make sure the shower curtain inner liner is all the way covering the area, kids just being kids that get water all over the place, etc. I’d have to monitor every time anyone got in the shower to keep the area totally dry.
I can patch the area and put in new drywall no prob, but I feel like I should do something more to help the drywall not get the moisture.
Any tips?
Thx
I understand what you mean. That is a difficult situation. Most water sealing materials will leave an ugly stain or discoloration so you really don't want to do that. They are not aesthetically pleasing. The only things you can do is paint the area with an oil based paint. Use exterior grade paint for best results. Water based paints are worthless against water, no matter what anyone says. Also if you are patching the drywall use the Green or Blue drywall those are made for wet areas. The only other solution is to use a clear barrier over the area with like a plastic film that can be applied to the area. Like a clear bra for a car, similar idea. So there are a few thoughts you can see which one works best for you.
industry standard is to have a waterboard (durock or such) running out (vertically) to where the tub is framed in, this will keep moisture from eating at the sheetrock. Also most peoples water issues come from older hot/cold/shower valves... if this is the case, repairing the damage is a bit pointless as it will be that way again in quick order.
You can cover your wall at least half way with tiles.
Yes you can waterproof it, you’d just have to change the material. I have 6 kids and I know exactly what you mean. Just moved into a new house and the bathroom is all messed up, so we’re replacing the flooring, tub and toilet anyways and taking this time to go ahead and waterproof the floor and walls. We did the same thing at our old house about 10 years ago
I could see a contractor or handyman making this a Complete Remodel? ( Big Time ) Merry Christmas to you and your Family. for future repair like that you should cut back the dry wall and replace it with no rot green board. or cement board. that will eliminate future mold problems in a wet area.
Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too! You bring up a good point. I was going to use green board, (since I have some spare pieces), but that green board is only 1/2" thick. Since I had to fill in the damaged portion of the wood, I decided to use 3/4" drywall instead to make it less trouble for me having to fill and even out the wood in the back. But normally I would have used the green board.
@@ModernDIYProjects You could have used 1/4 inch fir strips to make the difference in the thickness?
@@bryansmith5980 Good idea. I'll keep that in mind for future use.
How long would it take to replace the floor under the the front 1/2 of the toilet, if it has broken through both both layers of wood? Sheet of linoleum covers floor.
First you need to find out what the problem was that caused this and correct that. Once the correction is made, removing the bad floor back to good strong wood, and adding any bracing if needed. Possibly two weeks going methodically. If you rush through it, you could do it in 1 week. If you hire a contractor, it could take a month.
Your so awesome I wish you can just walk in and do this to a picky owner 😂
Working on mine right now, mold under tiles ripped half out and it got worst, having a bio testing done at $600, plus $4,500 for treatment by water damage contractor and hope the cost won't get to high, they did tell me that if they have to remove tub and tiles it would be about $20k to redo entire bathroom remodel.
I feel your pain. That is why I learned to do stuff myself because the so called "Professionals" charge an arm & a leg and sometimes a kidney. Hope it doesn't go south on ya.
@@ModernDIYProjects I am a do it yourselfer but this was much more than I could do myself, so much mold on about half my floor. Thanks for sharing your video every little tip for the DIY helps.
How were you able to place the cutout piece of plywood so you ended up with the same height as the rest of the floor.
A lot of careful measurement and sanding. Obviously tedious stuff that you never show on a video.
Does something like this cause structural damage? I have this going on in my bathroom and very nervous lol I’m fixing it this weekend
If it is allowed to go long enough, yes it can.
@@ModernDIYProjects oh no!!! Thanks for the reply !
This looks similar to my shower, but you didn’t show how you fixed the leak from the shower.
I suspect that the weep holes are allowing water to get behind my builder-installed tile wall.
My fiberglass shower pan has a “gutter” outside of the shower with tile above it, so I don’t see how the drywall is getting wet.
Any thoughts???
Doug
Can't comment on your situation without seeing it. For me it was faulty caulking. It separated causing a bad seal allowing water to seep in behind it. Scraped out the caulk and reapplied. Then did all the damage repair.
what did you lay over the hole before you used the bondo?
Nothing. You apply the bondo right to the bare wood. The only thing I used was Bleach to kill any mold that was on the wood. The black stuff was an adhesive from the old floor.
@@ModernDIYProjects ok awesome thank you! I’m dealing with this same issue.
How do you test for asbestos when trying to find a leak in the home, asbestos can show up anywhere?
There are many asbestos testing devices on the market buy they are not cheap. Most people if they cannot afford a testing device are very careful if they believe that they have asbestos. Wear masks and wet down the area that you are working on so that the particles cannot become air born. Remember, asbestos is not some demonic beast that will invade your body. It is only dangerous if inhales in large quantities. So one or two asbestos particles will 99% change not hurt you.
Can you show exactly what you re-sealed to stop the water damage from happening again? We have the same problem. We have newly built home and our contrator has no idea how to fix it. Please show what you re-sealed.
All I did was remove the existing caulking and refill with new water proof caulking. The previous caulking had separated allowing water to get behind it. It's not difficult, it just wasn't visible to me until I starter pushing on the caulking and could see water squeezing out. You probably have a similar situation.
This is exactly what my shower wall looks like! However, I’m afraid it’s also all the way around on the lower part of our shower on all three walls.
Then maybe you should rip into it or it will keep getting worse. Just rip off the band aid and get er done!
What my 🚿🛁 bathroom is looking like with children always leaving the curtain wrong when they shower it's time to fix kitchen and bathroom and idk where to even start wonder if it will just be cheaper to get a person
Depends on your skill level and how busy you are. It will be easier to hire someone but I can guarantee it will NOT be cheaper.
great job...are you for hire? Travel long distance for any job? 😬
Thank you!..... That is one of the reasons I created my channel was to help folks far and wide do stuff the easy way. So many other channels like to over complicate simple projects. I try to find the cheap, easy, yet effective way to do things.
Can I patch up the plywood with this putty?? And then can I put the vinyl tile directly on top of the putty?
Yes, you can. This putty can be used as a finished surface. Just primer it when done to seal it up and you're done.
@@ModernDIYProjects This video is so helpful. Could you please confirm what type of primer?
How long wait time for putty to dry up ? Thank you
@@nicoleb2669 If it's the 2 part putty (grey putty + a tube of hardener) it cures in ~20 min.
**keep in mind there are a variety of factors that can directly affect plasticity time. Ambient temperature or thickness of application for example, even something as simple as being a bit too generous with the hardener can affect the time to cure more or less cutting it in half, which has an obnoxious way that always ends in a hard blob stuck to your mixing tray with a whole sword in the stone/putty knife situation to figure out.
@@user-jp4fj7vq8w thank you for your reply
I was told by contractor that my small tiny bathroom (water under / leaked by broken washer ) that he will need a 4-6 hours to dry floor after he removes toilet and old floorings
What was the problem though ? Why was it leaking behind the wall
The caulking had separated from the tile and allowed the water to seep in behind it. Removing the old caulk and recaulking fixed that.
@@ModernDIYProjects thank you I think I’m having the same problem
What putty product did you use?
Nevermind, I see it now! Thanks for video, going to try!
You didnot show how water get behind the wall. I recently see a case of water damage on the subfloor. It turns out that water traveled from shower enclosure to the tub edge. The tub lip is about 1 inch behind the tile. Therefore, water goes behind the wall and dripped sideways to the subfloor.
A temporary fix is to add sealant between the tile and the tub. I feel there is a fundamental flaw in design of the tub lip
I didn't show it but I did explain what happened. It was traveling along the the floor pan lip, under the tile and coming out at the end causing the damage. I cleared out all the caulking and resealed it.
@@luyabell76 No, this is the opposite wall to where the faucet is. The water was getting in behind the caulking on the wall and working it's way out to where the plaster was. The sealer stopped sealing but I couldn't see it until I started squeezing it and saw the water coming out. Water always finds a place to hide and cause damage.
Well what the heck did you put over the hole on the floor? You skipped a whole step.
In my opinion it was better to change the roten wood to make looks better
What if the floor is tiles?
Then you have a bigger problem because you have to chisel those puppies out and replace them. You wont know if you have a rotted substrate under the tiles unless they feel spongy or you break them out.