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I live in a mobile home, I have some flooring which I am replacing (3/4" plywood laid down on the "joists" or whatever). I am not replacing all of it, but "patches" of it that have become soft over the years and in need of replacement.
The problem is, well maybe I'm lazy, but it takes SO long. Mainly it takes FOREVER to rip the carpeting out of the way, then on each "joist" or whatever to remove the left-over wood fragments and such it takes FOREVER to remove it all. In trying to cut through the left-over wood, it takes FOREVER to do that and not damage the "joist", then removing the fragments take forever, then wherever you stop width-wise it takes forever to cut exactly half off while leaving the other half you're not messing with (because you need the joist for support).
I need a way, without having to buy like $1200 worth of tools (I have circular saws and j`i-g saws already, by the way, stop censoring my words!! what's wrong with j`i-g saw?) to strip all the leftover fragments of wood off in like 5 minutes per joist, not the 45-60 minutes per joist that it's taking me. That is ENTIRELY too much time, WAY WAY WAY too much. I also need a fast way to rip through the carpeting, that also takes forever.
The other thing is you can't get a good position to do anything because you can't step anywhere but on the joists, you have this HUGE area you now can't step on since you've removed the flooring. Due to that, in no time flat it starts just absolutely murdering my back due to the poor posture.
I think you complain WAY, WAY, too much, for ENTIRELY too long; and I hope it doesn't last FOREVER!
You could reduce your belly-aching, wallet emptying, and time consuming rant by hiring someone to do the work for you. With their knowledge AND tools it would probably be done in a day or less.
Seems to me trying to replace damaged sections, if there's a lot of them, is the hard way. Plywood isn't exactly gold; remove the whole subfloor with a prybar (bigger than the one pictured) then replace it. Do it systematically and you'll always have a place to stand.
I just googled "replacing trailer subfloor." You're right, nybbler, it does sound like he's replacing the whole subfloor. I was wondering what the joists had to do with the carpeting. If the joists are in good shape, I'd rip up all of the carpeting, cut out only the bad sections of subfloor and repair those sections, and then I'd lay a new subfloor over the whole thing.
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