A manufactured house is a house that is built at a factory. Usually these types of homes are delivered in sections and set up on foundations at the delivery site. The manufactured home is not the same as a mobile home or a double wide. Many are constructed with studs, sheetrock and finishes similar or identical to stick built homes. There are some differences. In most manufactured homes, the vinyl flooring in kitchens and baths are not glued down. This makes replacing that flooring quite easy. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Remove the existing flooring by removing quarter round trim and cutting the vinyl with a utility knife as close to the wall edge as possible. Use a putty knife to pull the quarter round trim off. Some walls are mounted on top of the vinyl flooring during the home construction, so you may not be able to reach all of the floor. Carpet is installed later, so you simply release the edges from the tack strips, cut and remove the flooring, and foam in sections.
2. Pull up all staples that have been used to hold the flooring in place. Manufactured home construction workers use power staplers and frequently there will be hundreds of stables in foam or along edges of the floor. Use pliers, hammer, pry bar and a screwdriver to remove these. You may also have metal threshold strips to unscrew or pry up.
3. Install underlayment or roofing felt--depending on the type of new floor being installed. Follow the flooring manufacturers' recommendations for the optimum performance of their floor type. If you are adding tile, you will probably need to add an underlayment to increase the rigidity of the subfloor. You may also want to use an underlayment to improve the smoothness of vinyl floor areas. Use roofers felt for engineered floor installation.
4. Install new carpet padding with a new carpet installation. It is OK to reuse the tack strips that may already be in the rooms but old carpet padding, particularly builder grade padding, is not of good quality and will affect the wear and feel of the new carpet.
5. Install new thresholds anywhere you transition from one type of flooring material to another. New vinyl floors should be glued down over a level and smooth underlayment surface.
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