I tend to shy away from skimcoating OSB or chipboard floors. The moisture in the leveler can make the wood swell sometimes and you wont see it happen until after the leveler has dried. A light primer can solve the swelling problem sometimes but not all the time. Like many others in the comments, I have never put leveler down with a notched trowel. I like to dust the floor and use my 20 inch float trowel backwards holding down on the trowel ridge to sweep the floor and it usualy only takes once to get up tile residue. As always good video Reuben!
Great video! A couple years ago I had to do this over a plywood floor that connected to a concrete floor. One nice thing is that it is not that physical of a task. We had the same type of situation as you where we could Busy ourselves in other areas while floor patch dried. Keep up the good work
Sprinkle a little dry patch on the floor before you scrape and sweep. The dry patch helps with tacky old glue. Glad to see you vacuumed under the walls. And it looks like you are using a larger trowel now. Way to go In the end we would have coated the floor for a 3rd coat after the sanding. Just to get a glass like feel. Also we have to use a vacuum with a hepa filter and a shroud around the buffer. Its awkward at first but it does control the dust in the air. But a good job as always
Usually , we toss a peice of 1/4 " mahogany over chip board with staples ever 4 inches and every 2 inch on seems. Patch all seems 2x and your done. None the less Reuben, this is a great idea. I see your logic.
Wow..never thought.we just throw lil powder down.gets rid most the sticky..then scrap an sweep an float an float.gonna have to try..thanx..great video, an idea..
The old-school way to prep a floor with sticky tile adhesive is to though dry floor patch all over the floor. sweep the patch into the floor next scrap a small area with a carpet spreader then sweep the scraped area and do the whole floor like this. It will get the floor clean and deactivate the tile adhesive. Finish up with a wet coat of floor patch.
shawn moore it sure would, and I would love to do that, however people around here do not like to pay for underlaymentfloor prep is $.35 a foot with the floor patch included, so I do not have to buy the patch and it’s only $.35 rather I put two thick coats or 5 thin coats
@@FloorsbySouthernboys So, are you saying you only get .35¢ per sq. ft. for skim coating the floor whether you put down 1 coat or 5 coats? Or, are you saying you get .35¢ per coat?
@@FloorsbySouthernboys $.35 sq ft for floor prep?? That room is 340 sq ft.....So you only made about $120.00 and still had to come back the next day to do another coat of mud? Did you buy materials out of your pocket? What's the point of being in business for that little money? After you factor in your business expenses you're making less money than a fast food worker. You should be making at least around $500 - 800 a day or $60 - $100 an hour regardless if it's prep or installation. You're a business, not an employee.
will inthearea I hear you, no I did not buy the mud out of my pocket, and yeah definitely didn’t make no money on that prep, but nevertheless it Hass to be done
I just installed vinyl Thursday in a second story apartment and had to remove the old vinyl and it picked up a lot of the g creek and i had skim coat it like 4 times do u recommend this for g creek
I actually install in Phoenix, and i know you did work in tucson. Just curious to see if theres a price difference from here in az to where you are now
David Cates certain things are less and certain things are higher paying ,However I am not making the money that I was in Tucson, the money is definitely better in Arizona
I apperciate the reply. I would love 1 day to maybe pick your brain and learn prices more. Im pretty wet behind the ears still and do nothing but apartment complex units. Im a small company thats employed 4 guys so far all family. But were installing 1200 sq ft of laminte click/glue down plank and 400 linear feet of base a day
not sure i have been working on this job for 5 days prob about 1.5 to 2 hrs not counting the dry time, i have let it dry overnight both times since i have had plenty of other things to do on this job
I only use ardex feather finish for patching. I wonder what the price difference is between this much floating and this many bags of ardex opposed to mereply( mohogany) underlay .
So simple yet genius. Never thought of this method. Will definitely try it
it worked great for this rough floor
I tend to shy away from skimcoating OSB or chipboard floors. The moisture in the leveler can make the wood swell sometimes and you wont see it happen until after the leveler has dried. A light primer can solve the swelling problem sometimes but not all the time. Like many others in the comments, I have never put leveler down with a notched trowel. I like to dust the floor and use my 20 inch float trowel backwards holding down on the trowel ridge to sweep the floor and it usualy only takes once to get up tile residue. As always good video Reuben!
Extreme attention to detail, that's what delivers the best job possible.
Great job, and thank you for explaining every step!
Thank you Nick
Never have I ever seen a notch trowel used for patching. Genius idea ! turned out amazing, I've never got a chipboard that smooth before
Floored Thank you, appreciate it feedback and watching
Great video! A couple years ago I had to do this over a plywood floor that connected to a concrete floor. One nice thing is that it is not that physical of a task. We had the same type of situation as you where we could Busy ourselves in other areas while floor patch dried. Keep up the good work
John Steier Yeah it worked out really well, thank you for watching and for your comment
Wow! This is one of the slickest, and smartest things I’ve seen regarding prep. Great idea, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Sheldon Vance Thank you sir
Sprinkle a little dry patch on the floor before you scrape and sweep. The dry patch helps with tacky old glue. Glad to see you vacuumed under the walls. And it looks like you are using a larger trowel now. Way to go
In the end we would have coated the floor for a 3rd coat after the sanding. Just to get a glass like feel. Also we have to use a vacuum with a hepa filter and a shroud around the buffer. Its awkward at first but it does control the dust in the air. But a good job as always
jerry laport Good advice and thank you
I would of cleaned the floor and put some underlay down
Great tip and thank you sir. Keep them coming! I'm excited to see the progress with FBSB studios.
Jeffrey Peterson Thank you sir, once I get a bit more done I will do a progress video , Thank you
Great job Reuben as always. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Good House Installations Inc. Thank you Anthony
Usually , we toss a peice of 1/4 " mahogany over chip board with staples ever 4 inches and every 2 inch on seems. Patch all seems 2x and your done. None the less Reuben, this is a great idea. I see your logic.
Dusty Stinson I hear you, I would much rather use underlayment myself
I have never seen this technique. Slick as a whistle. Good job if it works.
+James Lucas It works well
Wow..never thought.we just throw lil powder down.gets rid most the sticky..then scrap an sweep an float an float.gonna have to try..thanx..great video, an idea..
Jeremy Gibson Thanks, I hope it helps
Nice job Rueben! I'm lazy and would've put subfloor down! ;)
Doug Baker Me too for sure if they had a wanted to pay for it
Nice job!
What is the name of the product you are using to level the floor
Patch job looks great!
shawn moore Thank you sir
Good job . Would we charge for each coat of patch or would it be just the .35 for prep?
Good video and floor prep I would like to know what kind of grip sand paper did you use?
Rivas Misael I think it was like 30 I can’t remember
I get to try that method tmr can't wait to the difference
Alex Cleroux awesome
The old-school way to prep a floor with sticky tile adhesive is to though dry floor patch all over the floor. sweep the patch into the floor next scrap a small area with a carpet spreader then sweep the scraped area and do the whole floor like this. It will get the floor clean and deactivate the tile adhesive. Finish up with a wet coat of floor patch.
Thank goodness for sanding disk buffers....but looks good ruben
Jerrid Hawkins thanks Jerrid
Would it be easier to just 1/4" subfloor the room and already be installing the vct on the first day?
shawn moore it sure would, and I would love to do that, however people around here do not like to pay for underlaymentfloor prep is $.35 a foot with the floor patch included, so I do not have to buy the patch and it’s only $.35 rather I put two thick coats or 5 thin coats
@@FloorsbySouthernboys So, are you saying you only get .35¢ per sq. ft. for skim coating the floor whether you put down 1 coat or 5 coats? Or, are you saying you get .35¢ per coat?
River Rat $.35 for prep regardless of what it takes to get it right
@@FloorsbySouthernboys $.35 sq ft for floor prep?? That room is 340 sq ft.....So you only made about $120.00 and still had to come back the next day to do another coat of mud? Did you buy materials out of your pocket? What's the point of being in business for that little money? After you factor in your business expenses you're making less money than a fast food worker. You should be making at least around $500 - 800 a day or $60 - $100 an hour regardless if it's prep or installation. You're a business, not an employee.
will inthearea I hear you, no I did not buy the mud out of my pocket, and yeah definitely didn’t make no money on that prep, but nevertheless it Hass to be done
Can this be over a rough plywood subfloor in a trailer house?
mcdporter Yes sir
What is the product called you put on floor?
I would of just layed a thinner plywood right over that existing floor, done deal ready to install
What is the ratio of powder to water? It looks pretty thin.
Follow directions per products
Cheaper to put 1/4 in down. I would go atleast $2@ ft for that kind of process
👍Yes I agree, I specifically did this for the video
Luan plywood not available there?
Stephen Strazza What’s that LOL
How much do u charge for a prep like that ? Its takes a lot of mud and time
Good job by the way
Nick Ortega The floor patch is furnished by the store and I charge $.35 a square foot
I just installed vinyl Thursday in a second story apartment and had to remove the old vinyl and it picked up a lot of the g creek and i had skim coat it like 4 times do u recommend this for g creek
Nick Ortega It would definitely need to be primed, G Crete Is really dusty and hard to get stuff to stick to it
What kind of price would you charge to skim coat the room
.35 sf
I actually install in Phoenix, and i know you did work in tucson. Just curious to see if theres a price difference from here in az to where you are now
David Cates certain things are less and certain things are higher paying ,However I am not making the money that I was in Tucson, the money is definitely better in Arizona
I apperciate the reply. I would love 1 day to maybe pick your brain and learn prices more. Im pretty wet behind the ears still and do nothing but apartment complex units. Im a small company thats employed 4 guys so far all family. But were installing 1200 sq ft of laminte click/glue down plank and 400 linear feet of base a day
David Cates That would be just fine, sounds like you got a good thing going for you so good luck with your business, hope it all works well for you
P.s I'm speaking of the smaller bags of feather finish. What kind of patch are you using , and what size are your bags?
Dusty Stinson 10 pound bags of mapei planiprep sc
How much time did the entire floor prep take you?
not sure i have been working on this job for 5 days prob about 1.5 to 2 hrs not counting the dry time, i have let it dry overnight both times since i have had plenty of other things to do on this job
I only use ardex feather finish for patching. I wonder what the price difference is between this much floating and this many bags of ardex opposed to mereply( mohogany) underlay .
$.35 a square foot +3 1/2 10 pound bags of floor patch, this is definitely cheaper, even though I would have preferred using underlayment
Hey Reuben how many times would you patch the floor
Shannon Ward 2 Is good if you do it this way
Or pour hot water over glue and razor scrape away since glue is water soluble
😁😁Good luck with that
A script is a good tool for narrating videos without running over the same information too many times.
Agreed!
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