Cobra350, I just finished tearing out the carpet and putting down laminate flooring throughout mine. I have an 05 expedition 38N. The raised slide works well, no problems whatsoever. The flush slide was a different story. After putting all of the floor down and being finished, I went to pull the slide in and whamo, the flush slide did not come in. It hit the floor. So I had to go back through and run a circular saw set at 45deg and bevel the edge. After I did this I had to go back through and massage it with the sander a little more. After some owrk I got it to work fine. Now however whne I open that slide it leaves a black mark on the floor from the slide on the back end of the slide. It comes up pretty easy, but the streak has to be cleaned everytime we open the slide. I woul dpost some pictures of the finished product, but don't know how. Overall it turned out great and is much easier to keep clean than the carpet.
This thought has passed our minds often as the carpet gets so dirty so quickly. Sometimes I wonder why they even bother putting it in. Especially in the front half of the rig.
I am curiuos to see pics and hear about issues. I have a dinnette slide and need to see if there are any issues pulling up the carpet along the edge where it goes under the slide...
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Jerry B wrote: Anyone have any complaints with feet on cold floors with the non-carpet flooring?
I'd like to know this one too...
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When I started my carpet replacement. I had to cut all the carpet around the area that I was putting down the tile. Including the bathroom area. I elected not to do the bedroom, just because of not so much traffic there. I removed the dinette and the recliner. Took the mounting base out of the floor. And then with a box cutter and some guts, I started cutting the carpet in front of the cabinets. Made my way don the hall to the bedroom. There I cut across the aisle, as later I installed a oak trim divider to the floor. After all the carpet was out. I made sure all the staples and any floor imperfections were all clear. Painted the floor area with Armstrong floor primer for stick on tile. Then made a center line in the hallway and started sticking. Several hours later and it is done. I take my time and im very picky about detail. I also trimed it out in oak on the edges with quarter round and also I customized my entrance upto the steps. I will post some pictures later. The hard part of the job was getting all the carpet out under the hall walls and the cabinets. I would say the easy part was cutting the tile. The tile is a 25 year grade made by Armstrong. As the above poster commented on the cold floor. A rug is a great option. Overall, I would say it is the best thing I have done to my MH.
The only place I had to make carpet cuts was under the flush slide and across the bedroom door. I didn't laminate the bedroom. To cut under the flush slide I extended the slide to a point that it was almost completely extended. This left the slide at an angle allowing me to cut underneath the lip. Leave the carpet in the slide portion under the couch/dinette. My has a finished edge so I made sure my cut was going to be under that finished edge.
I removed all furniture including the drivers and passengers seats. The i started putting down the laminante. I laid it at a 45deg angle wich matched perfect for the contour of the dash area. Once all of the laminante was down I made put down transition strips at the bedroom and the bathroom. (bathroom is tile)Then I enclosed the stairwell with laminante as well. At the top I used gold metal edging to trim it out and all of the joints in the stair well I used 3/4 round stained the same as all the other trim. I also used the same gold edging and trimmed around the brake/accelerator pedels. Once that was done I crawled under the coach and drilled up through the mounting holes for the drivers/copilot chairs. Once the seats were in I went back under and bolted them in.
NOTE: I used an extra layer of foam matting under my floor. The floor had foam matting, and I put down an extra layer. This really helped in making the coach quiet from road noise and actually gives it a spongy/soft feeling when walking.
I will try and figure the picture thing out and post some pictures. I think it turned out pretty nice. Like I stated earlier, I had some problems under the flush slide because the slide hit the floor not allowing the slide to come in, but with a saw and sander I was able to fix this problem.
As for cold floors, we don't notice it at all, we have a couple of area rugs down and we don't go bare footed. This is MUCH easier to keep clean with the two very large canine kids we travel with.
I have used self stick tiles to replace the carpet in our last three motor homes. The tile in our present rig has been down for the last three years. It has shown no problems even after being stored unheated or cooled in temps from -10 to 105. Area rugs are the way to go for the cold footed.
When we installed laminate flooring in our motor home I cut the carpet in front of the slides so that it could be stapled down. It was then covered with a Tee transition molding.
I was afraid that when the slide was put out that it might catch the carpet on the way out and bunch it up so I used a lot of staples.
I used a multi-purpose transition molding for the linoleum to laminate transition at the bathroom door and at the carpet to laminate transition in the cab area.
On the front of the slides I used baseboard molding with door sweep strips sandwiched between the molding and the slide front. That keeps Damncat from batting paper clips under the slide.
We did the job about two years ago and we are very happy with ease of cleaning it. We have a throw rug in front of the steps and a runner in front of the sink that can be washed.
We don't go barefoot in the coach in the winter so don't know if the floor is colder or not.
Clay (WA5NMR), Lee,(Wife) Codi, Brandi (Shelties) and Damncat (damn cat)
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