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In our DRV, we had carpet (not the Louisiana Cut). The slide rollers left tracks on both the carpet and the tile. One time, a Chihuahua got mad while we were gone and tore up the rounded corner of the slide carpet. That was a PITB to fix! We have a carpet cleaner and a SpotBot. I cleaned the carpets once or twice a year and was constantly using the SpotBot. But remember, "accidents" penetrate the carpet and go into the foam underneath.
We have full hickory floors and love them! The Chihuahuas are now driven to the peepee pads we leave down.
I asked Cole for an extra pair of nylon strips. Our "leaving" routine in the morning means getting everything else ready, Chihuahuas in the truck, then very last thing is sweeping the floors with a Shark only on suction. Once that is complete, we tilt the slides in slightly and lay 4 strips down for each side. Two are beneath each side of the refrigerator. We have been extremely pleased with this practice. In fact, it takes less time to prep the NH for travel than it did the DRV.
When in parks with "gravel" that is classified as the size of small pebbles, large sand, and down (again, a geology reference), it is VERY important to clean the floors before bringing the slides in.
Yes, we have had a few scratches. However, with the wood floors, one just puts some touch-up stain (like a Magic Marker) on the scratch, leave for 15 seconds or so, then wipe. It disappears! The hickory floor is already stressed, so any scratches just become part of the "character".
We have not noticed any inside sound attenuation difference between the NH wood floors and the DRV carpet floors.
If you clean the floors before putting the strips down, get rid of those extra large sand size particles, then the nylon strips will keep your slide bottoms from scratching. I would encourage everyone to get an extra pair of nylon strips to have 4 on each main slide.
Just my two cents,
Ron
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