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04-24-2016, 03:24 PM
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Posts: 48
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Same style floor I replaced carpet with in the Behemoth. I have pets and trailer carpets end up stinky casualties of bladder incontinence
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04-24-2016, 04:13 PM
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#1052
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Brighton, CO
Posts: 187
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Originally Posted by McKTX
Wow that is stellar!!! So taylored looking. I would sure like some instructions on how you attached it to your coach. Also it looks like the edges are finished did you just fold it over and sew an edge? Did you make a huge pattern to start with?
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Thanks... I used simple snap fasteners that I bought at Lowes. First I installed them on the fabric itself and then on the coach.
As far as a pattern I rough cut the dimensions for the windshield and then taped it to the coach. I took a sharpie and traced the outside of the gasket around the windshield and then took a ruler to add roughly 1" around the perimeter. I sewed it like a pillow on three sides and then turned it inside out and sewed roughly one inch in to create a space for the reflective insulation. Then I folded over the fabric and finished sewing like you would a pillow.
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Adam
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04-24-2016, 04:34 PM
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#1053
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Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corbeil, Ontario
Posts: 97
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Originally Posted by RV Vagabond
After seeing what happens to vinyl, you decide on more vinyl? Why not real tile? I am thinking about installing carpeting on top of the vinyl my MH came with. I'd like to walk barefoot from the bedroom to the cockpit without getting cold feet.
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The original vinyl lasted 10 years so we had no issue with that. We didn't want the weight of tile plus unless heated I find it cold underfoot. The vinyl makes cleanup easy when people and dog feet come inside. A couple of throw rugs on the vinyl work for us.
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Phil & Heather
& Olaf the boxer
2008 Lexington 283GTS
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04-25-2016, 08:33 AM
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#1054
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 14,885
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RV Vagabond
After seeing what happens to vinyl, you decide on more vinyl? Why not real tile? I am thinking about installing carpeting on top of the vinyl my MH came with. I'd like to walk barefoot from the bedroom to the cockpit without getting cold feet.
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Check out UGG slippers. Keeps the toes roasty/toasty on tile, vinyl and wood, carpet too. Sheepskin slippers are great to drive in as well.
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Gordon and Janet
Tour 42QD/InTech Stacker
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04-26-2016, 09:21 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: N.F. C.T.
Posts: 34
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Another upgrade
I change from blue wall paper tile to tiled backsplash and add an out door fridge.
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04-26-2016, 02:18 PM
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#1056
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Solo Rvers Club
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Fulltime Traveler
Posts: 1,025
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Originally Posted by Gordon Dewald
Check out UGG slippers. Keeps the toes roasty/toasty on tile, vinyl and wood, carpet too. Sheepskin slippers are great to drive in as well.
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I am a barefoot kind of guy and ticked off that RV manufacturers (i.e. Forest River & Winnebago) no longer offer carpeting even as a special request option. So if someone wants carpeting on a new coach, they have to install it later, over the vinyl that they did not want in the first place.
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04-26-2016, 02:33 PM
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#1057
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Moderator Emeritus
Jayco Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Poinciana FL
Posts: 7,781
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RV Vagabond
I am a barefoot kind of guy and ticked off that RV manufacturers (i.e. Forest River & Winnebago) no longer offer carpeting even as a special request option. So if someone wants carpeting on a new coach, they have to install it later, over the vinyl that they did not want in the first place.
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Throw rugs. MUCH easier and cheaper to replace when needed due to either wear or change of taste.
Different strokes, as they say. Our new rig was of particular interest because it had NO carpet.
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"Can't take it with you, not leaving any behind"
2024 Jayco White Hawk 26FK
2024 Ford Expedition
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04-27-2016, 08:25 AM
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#1058
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Southern Lancaster County Pa
Posts: 976
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I once asked a Motorhome Rep 'Why don't they put more vinyl in Motorhomes, especially in the bathroom?'. Carpeting in the bathroom, makes no sense.
He told me that it is more expensive to install vinyl (more labor intensive to make everything fit and look right). With carpet, they can cover a lot of imperfections.
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Gerry & Pat
2000 National Sea Breeze 1340
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04-29-2016, 08:49 PM
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#1059
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 48
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Expanded the capabilities of my new smart lights to where them and the HVAC are all controlled by voice via an Amazon Echo device. Wish I could call it the name of my trailer so it is more personal given I'm talking to my house but control is as simple as 'Alexa, turn on the living room lights,' or 'Alexa, dim nightstand lamp to 30%' or 'Alexa, turn the Air conditioning off'
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04-30-2016, 07:27 AM
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#1060
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Based inEast central Indiana
Posts: 19
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Originally Posted by Nickdalzell1
Expanded the capabilities of my new smart lights to where them and the HVAC are all controlled by voice via an Amazon Echo device. Wish I could call it the name of my trailer so it is more personal given I'm talking to my house but control is as simple as 'Alexa, turn on the living room lights,' or 'Alexa, dim nightstand lamp to 30%' or 'Alexa, turn the Air conditioning off'
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Whoa! Sounds like the Jetsons! If you don't know the reference, you're not old enough! Haha!
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04-30-2016, 08:03 AM
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#1061
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 795
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Looking at doing some smart house upgrades to the sticks and bricks with a MI casa Verde system. Cheap and seems easy to do. Darn kids don't know how to operate light switches anymore😠
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04-30-2016, 11:12 AM
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#1062
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 14,885
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iamblum
Looking at doing some smart house upgrades to the sticks and bricks with a MI casa Verde system. Cheap and seems easy to do. Darn kids don't know how to operate light switches anymore😠
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Certainly not to turn them off, on seems to be a slam dunk!
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Gordon and Janet
Tour 42QD/InTech Stacker
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05-01-2016, 07:02 AM
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#1063
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Coastal Campers
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Marathon, Florida
Posts: 2,909
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iamblum
Looking at doing some smart house upgrades to the sticks and bricks with a MI casa Verde system. Cheap and seems easy to do. Darn kids don't know how to operate light switches anymore😠
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Take their Iphone away and tell them you can't afford the electricity to charge it because they keep leaving the lights on
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2004 Winnebago Vectra 40KD
Shep dog, R.I.P. Kenzie dog Toad 2015 Jeep Wrangler Willys Wheeler
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05-01-2016, 10:17 AM
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#1064
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 795
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Brilliant!!!!!
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