Replacing Carpet with ??

[John McGilvary Participant Miami, FL, United States]

I took my RV to a dealer in Fort Lauderdale, after we had some water from the grey tank flood our floor.

We were discussing replacing the carper with some solid kind of floor, tile stuff, wood plank, vinyl or ??

The guy said he would not do it, because the carpet padding provides sound and thermal (to a point) insulation.

Now, I have heard of many people replacing flooring, but have never run across these complaints.

Thoughts?

[Trip and Lisa Participant 49765]

That’s strange.I still remember delivering brand new Outbacks down south after Katrina and they all had hardwood,or hardwood looking floors.

[John McGilvary Participant Miami, FL, United States]

Yes, lots of vehicles do.

I just wonder if a mod/upgrade includes some sort of insulation added to deaden the road noise.

This dealer said that one customer called from the road and said the noise was incredible.

I seem to think he just dd not want to do the job.

 

[Ray Keymaster 2660 Spit Rd, Campbell River, BC V9W 6E3, Canada]

I replaced our slide floor and a few other spots with a product called Infinity Woven Vinyl, its used a lot for boats. It has a cushioned backing so much like carpet reduces noise.

http://www.loveyourrv.com/review-of-infinity-lwv-flooring-for-the-rv/

RVHH Chief Cook and Bottle Washer - LoveYourRV.com

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen a lot of diy rv makeovers with vinyl plank flooring like the one mentioned here
Our carpet is stained pretty badly from all of our diy projects so we’ve considered this. I’ll keep an eye out for you! Good luck!

[Barry Carney Participant Bloomington IL]

We replaced a part carpet and Vinyl floor with some cork click together flooring.  I was an easy install and worked well in our trailer.  The only issue we had was the slide-out cam in over it and rubbed it in a couple of places.  Some cardboard on the floor when we would bring the slide in protected the cork.  It was a warmer floor than vinyl and softer.

The most work was removing all of the staples from the carpet, we installed the Cork over the old vinyl.

[Anonymous]

Barry Carney wrote:

We replaced a part carpet and Vinyl floor with some cork click together flooring. I was an easy install and worked well in our trailer. The only issue we had was the slide-out cam in over it and rubbed it in a couple of places. Some cardboard on the floor when we would bring the slide in protected the cork. It was a warmer floor than vinyl and softer. The most work was removing all of the staples from the carpet, we installed the Cork over the old vinyl.

 

Barry- Cork floors had never crossed my mind, they sound like a much warmer option! Great tip on bringing the slides in with cardboard as well!

[John McGilvary Participant Miami, FL, United States]

Can I rightly assume the cork was peel/stick?

OK, so, remove the old carpet, put down the cork? And then, before bringing in slide, have to put down cardboard? Does it not slide in under the slide, or do you hold it in place until slide is in?

[Barry Carney Participant Bloomington IL]

The cork flooring was floating click together panels.  It was about 1/4 in thick and was below the slide as it came in.  We did put some 1/4 round down around the edge to clean up the look, and we nailed it down on the Slide side of the floor so that it would be secure at that side.  The rest of the sides were left to float with expansion and contraction.  The cork flooring was rated for camp locations and could be put down on a basement concrete floor.

The slide rocked a little as it came in and just rubbed on the cork in a couple of spots where we laid down pop cartons opened up flat to protect the cork.  The cartons just laid on the floor when the slide came in.

 

 

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