mac51
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We want to pull the carpet in our MH and replace it with laminate. I will remove the existing wood floor that appears to be a tongue and grove type that is glued at the seams since it is unavailable to match. Any one that has added laminate, what kind did you use (floating, glued or nail)? Thickness? We want to extend the floor out in all directions up to where the slide actually stops retracting(note that our slide actually slides in on the carpet, there are no rollers so we plan to keep the carpet from that point and in the slide area itself. I hope I haven't confused anyone. Thank you for any help. Mac
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cdking1
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Mac, I will be waiting for your replies, I am think about this myself. I just looked at new MHs and they had carpet in the cockpit, something, might have been lienoleum, don't know how to spell that,in the kitchen and living area and carpet in the hall and bedroom. It looked real good. I will be waiting, charlie in texas
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steveownby
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Mac,
Don't let the fact that the slide rides in on the carpet limit you. We have the same situation with our front driver's side slide. We replaced all our carpet with "luxury vinyl tile" this last summer. There is a product called "slide slicker" that we put down in 4 spots for the bottom of the slide to ride on when the slide comes in. These are plastic strips about 4" wide and 4' long with a couple of rubber strips on the floor side to create friction so the strip will stay in place. They take about 1 minute to put in place and work like a charm. The bottom of the slide does not make contact with the floor at all.
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I am in the process of redoing the flooring in our rv on a f53 chassis. From just behind the seats forward I put indoor/outdoor c arpet. From there back I am putting allure flooring. They have designs that look like real wood but are vinyl. It is real asy to put down.
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wilanddij
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I put in Allure vinyl flooring about 2 years ago. Went with that because once the pieces are stuck (or snapped - for the newer stuff) together it is waterproof, and it also is a floating floor. Ordinary laminate is not waterproof. The Allure is quite thin, so I added a 1/4" plywood sub-floor to bring it up to level with the carpet. I also use "Slide Slickers" for the LR slide runners, and they work as advertised. Very happy with the way it looks, wears, and cleans up.
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We put down Allure flooring from Home Depot. Removed all the carpeting. Got new carpeting for slide. After 2 years of use we are still very happy with upgrade.
Here is a link to some picture of the install.
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Clay L
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Several years ago we removed all carpet and replaced it with laminate flooring. We used Armstrong's best grade of laminate. We picked it based on some tests that Consumer Reports did that showed it had better wear and scratch resistance than Pergo. Its 3/8 inch thick.
We were surprised to find that a Carpet Time store had much better prices on the best grade than Home Depot or Lowes had on the middle grade which is all they carried. The best grades were special order.
We did the installation of our flooring ourselves. We couldn't find an installer willing to do the job.
It took us about ten day’s altogether (we only worked about 4 hours a day though). It wasn't terribly difficult but did require a lot of cutting and trimming because of all of the corners. There were also some challenges at the front of the slides, around the stairs, and underneath the dinette.
Before we did the installation we did a test by removing a square of carpet and making sure the slides would ride over a piece of T molding, laminate and underlayment.
Some people try to cut the carpet back under the slide, but we cut the carpet in front of the slides leaving enough carpet to be stapled down. I was afraid the slides would catch the carpet when the slide went back out. A Tee molding covers it so it doesn't show.
If you do the job yourself I would recommend a few things to have:
1) table saw, 2) chop saw, 3) good saber saw, 4) Rotozip tool, 5) air slight head brad nailer, 6) air stapler, 7) utility knife and sharp hook blades. 5) A staple puller - looks like a flat blade screwdriver with a V cut into the bent end of the blade. 6) heat gun for a few places where the carpet was glued down (stairwell for example)
There were two grades of the foam underlayment available. We used the best grade - more expensive but thicker and provides a moisture barrier.
We also used a special waterproof joint glue in areas that are prone to getting wet - like in front of the sink, refrigerator, and around the stairwell. (This is used to glue the joints so spilled water can't get in the joints - not to glue the flooring to the subfloor).
We also used silicon caulk to fill the 1/4 gap at the edges in those areas.
The caulk and waterproof glue are both recommended in the instructions from Armstrong.
We vacuum and mop carefully before we bring the slides in to avoid leaving anything on the floor that might scratch it. In spite of that over the years we have had some minor scratching in three or four places. One fairly deep place at the very beginning was due to our cat batting a couple of paper clips under the slide while we were working on the project.
I stapled door sweep strips behind the base boards in front of the slides because of that.
Even with the scratches it looks much better that the carpet did after only a three or four years. In addition it is so much easier to keep clean.
Clay (WA5NMR), Lee (Wife), Katie (cat).
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mac51
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Thanks for the good info. Clay L >does the sealant/glue at the joints apply and clean up easy?. This is what we were looking for and the drawback and experience results. We would like to keep moreof the wood look just extending it towards the entrance and further out from the kitchen area and more at the walk area. Will continue watching for more options and comments. Mac
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mac51 wrote:Thanks for the good info. Clay L >does the sealant/glue at the joints apply and clean up easy?. This is what we were looking for and the drawback and experience results. We would like to keep moreof the wood look just extending it towards the entrance and further out from the kitchen area and more at the walk area. Will continue watching for more options and comments. Mac
It is a water clean up glue. I used a wet paper towel to wipe it up followed by a dry paper towel wipe. I got the glue at a Lowes or Home Depot in the laminate flooring area - don't remember which.
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We replaced our carpet with a good heavy duty vinyl flooring we found at home depot about a year ago. Holds up really well and makes cleaning a lot easier. It was a heavy duty peel and stick but we also used additional glue as well on the floor before we placed each square. It's held up in the heat and cold, nothing has popped up as of yet.
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