Uneven flooring in bathroom best approach

Redoing the flooring in a bathroom where the toilet is separate from the rest. The main part had carpet that I've ripped out and the toilet room had linoleum. As you can see there seems to be about a 1/4" sheet of plywood under the old linoleum. Is it better to try to rip this all out and start from scratch or get matching sheeting to bring the rest of the floor up to match? The toilet room is just shy of 14 sq ft and the rest is about 30 sq ft. I will be doing LVP throughout so it needs to be level either way. Im not sure if pulling this all up will uncover a situation like that it was mostly glued to the floor and require more work and leveling compound to fix. My worry with putting down more sheeting is that there is already a good amount of squeaky spots that appear to have attempted to have been been addressed with screws previously, but clearly didn't work. I will do my best to try to address those spots before putting anything down, but I worry if it isn't sufficient, putting more sheeting down would be a nightmare to try to fix it again. I also don't know where any of the plumbing is under the subfloor. If I put more sheeting down to raise the rest to match, would glue be sufficient or glue and screw required? Anyone able to provide advice on which is typically better in the long run before I make a mess of things? submitted by /u/habajaba69 [link] [comments]

May 2, 2025 - 23:16

Redoing the flooring in a bathroom where the toilet is separate from the rest. The main part had carpet that I've ripped out and the toilet room had linoleum. As you can see there seems to be about a 1/4" sheet of plywood under the old linoleum. Is it better to try to rip this all out and start from scratch or get matching sheeting to bring the rest of the floor up to match? The toilet room is just shy of 14 sq ft and the rest is about 30 sq ft. I will be doing LVP throughout so it needs to be level either way. Im not sure if pulling this all up will uncover a situation like that it was mostly glued to the floor and require more work and leveling compound to fix. My worry with putting down more sheeting is that there is already a good amount of squeaky spots that appear to have attempted to have been been addressed with screws previously, but clearly didn't work. I will do my best to try to address those spots before putting anything down, but I worry if it isn't sufficient, putting more sheeting down would be a nightmare to try to fix it again. I also don't know where any of the plumbing is under the subfloor. If I put more sheeting down to raise the rest to match, would glue be sufficient or glue and screw required? Anyone able to provide advice on which is typically better in the long run before I make a mess of things?

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