Cost Install New Flooring

[rschad]

I removed the carpet and vinyl from the living area, cockpitand bath and the steps but not the slide itself or the bedroom of my 37' fleetwood bounder and replaced with vinyl planking. I used double sided tape to give it extra security. In a house it just floats. It looks great and my cost was 700 Canadian. I replaced the Capet on the doghouse with new low pile carpet, like indoor outdoor. Use the old carpet for patterns. I glued the vertical areas of stairs and the doghouse with 3m 90 spray adhesive.
Looks great and you can replace planks if needed.

[Jerrilynn]

As always this forum is awesome. Each response has been valuable. I am almost persuaded to install myself. Almost.
Thank you for the link to Lowe’s, Click lock vinyl. Very nice!
Just signed the contract on our new-to-us RV. Waiting for results of inspection.

[Jerrilynn]

Originally Posted by rschad

I removed the carpet and vinyl from the living area, cockpitand bath and the steps but not the slide itself or the bedroom of my 37' fleetwood bounder and replaced with vinyl planking. I used double sided tape to give it extra security. In a house it just floats. It looks great and my cost was 700 Canadian. I replaced the Capet on the doghouse with new low pile carpet, like indoor outdoor. Use the old carpet for patterns. I glued the vertical areas of stairs and the doghouse with 3m 90 spray adhesive.
Looks great and you can replace planks if needed.

Do you have pictures? Would love to see them.

[Jerrilynn]

Originally Posted by Forkyfork

A follow up to my previous post above. I did this sheet vinyl in my house. While I recommend click lock vinyl planks in a MH. If you really want sheet this one looks really nice.

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Beautiful!

[windsorbill]

Originally Posted by CountryFit

i have been researching and looking around. i incline with click lock vinyl planks. one thing stops me thus far - the color of vinyl is so limited and always dull, vs nice looking laminate and engineered wood.

still pending...

We did engineered wood. 4 slides and no scratches at all. It's not for everyone, but we like it.

[CountryFit]

Originally Posted by windsorbill

We did engineered wood. 4 slides and no scratches at all. It's not for everyone, but we like it.Attachment 198679

awesome! the color of flooring matches cabinets perfectly .

[Ernie Ekberg]

you can add wood to the slides

[BCam]

Originally Posted by windsorbill

We did engineered wood. 4 slides and no scratches at all. It's not for everyone, but we like it.Attachment 198679

A lot depends on the mechanics of your slides. Mine have a full length strip under the leading edge with a curved, hard plastic insert that slides on the floor. One speck of gravel or sand and it will scratch any hard surface floor. With a Border Collie and a wheelchair, and the fact we mostly camp in rustic areas, sand and gravel is going to make it into our motorhome no matter how careful we are and, I confess, we are far from fastidious.

Although I'm a woodworker and would have loved engineered hardwood floors in our house, we installed luxury vinyl planking for the same reasons as above.

Based on esthetics, engineered hardwood wins hands-down, but one needs to take into account their lifestyle and the nature of their motorhome, especially older rigs that may be more susceptible to developing leaks here and there, particularly at the lower corners of the slide-out openings. Be aware that even the newer, so-called waterproof or water resistant laminates are only good for 24 to 48 hours of exposure to water. Engineered hardwood will absorb moisture as well. Only vinyl and carpeting will stand up to longer term exposure.

Engineered hardwood does have an advantage in that scratches are more easily repaired if they do occur.

[windsorbill]

Originally Posted by BCam

A lot depends on the mechanics of your slides. Mine have a full length strip under the leading edge with a curved, hard plastic insert that slides on the floor. One speck of gravel or sand and it will scratch any hard surface floor. With a Border Collie and a wheelchair, and the fact we mostly camp in rustic areas, sand and gravel is going to make it into our motorhome no matter how careful we are and, I confess, we are far from fastidious.

Although I'm a woodworker and would have loved engineered hardwood floors in our house, we installed luxury vinyl planking for the same reasons as above.

Based on esthetics, engineered hardwood wins hands-down, but one needs to take into account their lifestyle and the nature of their motorhome, especially older rigs that may be more susceptible to developing leaks here and there, particularly at the lower corners of the slide-out openings. Be aware that even the newer, so-called waterproof or water resistant laminates are only good for 24 to 48 hours of exposure to water. Engineered hardwood will absorb moisture as well. Only vinyl and carpeting will stand up to longer term exposure.

Engineered hardwood does have an advantage in that scratches are more easily repaired if they do occur.

You're absolutely right. We thought about the scratching issues for over a year. Every situation is different and everyone has different constraints.

I know if we still had the 2 Labrador retriever dogs, engineered wood would not have made the final list. They would have destroyed it it short order. (I think we would have put down plywood) LOL.

[Wbonsell]

Originally Posted by JohnArch

Question on the LVT and engineered wood - are these "floating" floors? I would like to replace the carpeted area in my coach including the walls in the entry stairwell. How would you attach these floors vertically or do I just use adhesive.
I would prefer not to use ceramic tile.

Definitely glued down and not floated. We had LVT installed in our coach over a year ago. Left carpeting in bedroom, drivers area and living room slide. Steps and main floor were LVT'd. Took about 12 hours of total labor including demo. Very satisfied but a couple of the planks have scratches from the slide. Easy to just remove the damaged plank and reinstall a new one. Just need a heat gun to loosen the glue.

[JohnArch]

Wbonsell - good to know - thanks. I will be replacing the frontend carpet with LVT very soon.

[rbguinn]

We spent less than 1/2 your quote & more like under $2000.
We shopped at Lowe's to buy a real oak wood surface buying Mohawk #143310. We brought enough to floor from our bedroom in a 37' diesel pusher to the cockpit leaving a small amount of carpet for me-the driver 198 sq ft+ scrape. We found the best floor person in our town of 800k to lay the floor & paid him $450. He did an amazing job. I'm a woodworker by hobby so I bought unfinished oak molding, applied a matching stain (Minwax- Golden Oak #210b) after cutting the miters (45s) & to length, then applied two coats of polyurethane (S&W). Installed the molding predrilling, fastening with wire brads- setting, filling, then poly touch up.
I disassembled the the things needed removal from the coach floor area to re-floor & did the re-assembly. I had purchases the glue the installer directed, a rubber based brown. We used mineral spirits to remove any glue that got on the surface of the flooring. We did this upgrade 1-14-16 & used our coach on two major long trips. The Mohawk flooring shows no sign of wear & we are happy campers.
This is a worthy project upgrade. Good luck!!😊😊

[CountryFit]

Originally Posted by Ernie Ekberg

you can add wood to the slides

very nice. i have these photos saved that i like to do on mine. not sure if you did this

but i couldn't find this color/quality on lvt.

[Rp35j]

We just finished putting down the Allure product. It is a 6 x 36 vinyl plank. I would suggest this product . Check it out before you make your choice.