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TheIceKing · 12-29-2016, 12:10 PM

So I need to replace the carpet in the cockpit and main living area (not slides at this point) and would like to replace it with a vinyl plank flooring. Is it best to use a floating floor or a glued floor?

RamiDav · 12-29-2016, 01:08 PM

We have a gentleman on this forum that does RV flooring in Weatherford Tx

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...andrepair/info

Ernie is said to be the best and stays back logged for months .

Ernie chimes in often and is good about sharing his knowledge so you should
get in touch with him or search the forum

Ray

RileyCaton · 12-30-2016, 06:58 AM

We have replaced the carpet with vinyl in our cockpit/living/dining area and the bedroom of our 2006 Diplomat 40PDQ, except on the floor-level slide-out. The material we used is a stick-on vinyl planking and we have seen floating flooring as well.

We are very happy with the material that we used, which was purchased at Lowes. When the floor level slide-out started to scratch the flooring it was easy to pull up a couple planks and put in new ones. We resolved the scratching by placing a sheet of 1/16" slippery vinyl on the floor where the slide-out makes contact when it is pulled in. It is rolled up and stored away when we are parked.

I did the installation myself and was required to install plywood after removing the carpet to bring the surface level with the tile in the kitchen area. I had to do the same in the bedroom to match the level of the tile in the bathroom.

TheIceKing · 12-30-2016, 08:20 AM

Thanks all for the posts and information. I plan to do the work myself and are very handy, just unsure of how the two slides are impacted when they are operated. I will need to look at this closely so that we do not end up with floor damage to the new floor. Seems like a fairly simple and straight forward task, as I have installed many floating, vinyl, and wood floors in the past. thanks.

TheIceKing · 02-27-2017, 09:15 AM

This task was much easier the originally thought. Had some minor sub-floor to to be repalced which I did with PVC board, glued some plastic coroplast on top of the sub-floor to raise the floor a bit, and laid the Start Core flooring. Laying the floor was super simple, once the chairs were removed. However with the coroplast, I need to be very careful when moving the slide back is as the slide has a tendency to catch the front edge of the flooring, until it rises up. I think I have a solution for this that I will work on this week, But awesome looking floor.