Some time ago, I posted about the seriously messed up floor in my class C. In a nutshell, the carpet was pretty tired out and there were some rather concerning soft-spots.
Behold the horrendous mess.
Initially, I considered carving out the bad areas and just replacing the flooring. Well, without a solid space for the seams to land upon, this sounded like a bad idea. So, I instead dropped down a new layer of 1/4" plywood, which was then glued and nailed to the original flooring. The idea was that this would bond with the original floor and create a renewed subsurface. You know, one that didn't give you the sensation that you might step right through it.
New subfloor going in next to bathroom.
Once that was done, I really needed to decide if I was going to replace the carpeting with new carpet, or go all the way and drop down laminate-hardwoods. We wanted the wood, but I have never done anything remotely similar to this is my life. I was scared. Well, long-story-short, I managed to pull it off, as you can see below!
You can view more of the pics here. All that's left is to find just the right pice of carpet remnant for next to the bed and to replace in the cab.
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2001 Coachmen Leprechaun 314SS (Acquired in July 2008)
tizzyfit1 wrote: EXCELLENT Job! Did the 1/4" subfloor totally eliminate the problem?
That's a damned good question, thanks for asking.
Short answer:
Mostly. Good enough.
Better answer:
The original flooring was only 3/8" (gasp!) thick particle board that was glued down on top of what appeared to be 1" foam-board. I know this because I cut a small 1" sample hole for inspection. As previously mentioned, there were places so gooshy it felt as if you might be able to stomp right through. So how is it now? Even knowing where those spots are, the cocktail of the plywood/padding/hardwoods made these spots almost like new.
If I were to do it again, I would have made a better effort to level the original flooring some more with a compound designed for just such a purpose. I also would have glued down the new 1/4" stuff with a lot more glue. Still, the plan worked well enough for a beat-up, 20-year old RV.
santosdg wrote: Well, I think that you did a beautiful job and I was impressed with the finished product. Now what is the next project going to be? lol
Thanks for the compliment! I seriously was way in over my non-handyman head here, so I'm shocked it turned as well as it did.
What's next? Oh, you HAD to ask
The dash AC doesn't work. This is gonna be expensive.
Both the interior and exterior shrouds for the roof air need to be replaced. No biggie.
Despite not one but two fixes I thought went well, I still get a leak near the shower in a heavy downpour. I'm sick to my stomach just thinking about this one. I'm gonna bring it somewhere to have it pressurized to look for exactly where the leak is. This guessing isn't working anymore.
We want to replace all the wallpaper.
The seats in the cab are fugly; they gotta go.
Now that I have a TV tuner in my laptop, I suddenly care that the antenna is trashed.
Great job. I am considering doing this in our class A Mirada. Scared to start. Questions? Is the heat in the MH setting around now used going to make the floor buckle due to not able to move with the bench, couch bolted through it? How do you cut around the batchroom door way and how did you do the steps. I have two steps and was may leaving them carpet, but yours looks good. Thanks for you help.
Good Job Jorn! I especially like how you ran the flooring up the wall, and down the steps. It's beautiful.
We too got rid of our carpet. We put down vinyl tile. Actually, we didn't do it .. .I wouldn't know where to start! But luckily we have great friends who do this kind of stuff all the time. Check out this complete motorhome remodelthat they did
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chrisguld wrote: Good Job Jorn! I especially like how you ran the flooring up the wall, and down the steps. It's beautiful.
Thanks! I debated wooding-in the step, but everybody who has seen it likes it. It wasn't easy, given that the entire "bucket" that represents the step is made of cold, hard steel. Brad nails don't exactly fire through that stuff!
Quote: We too got rid of our carpet. We put down vinyl tile. Actually, we didn't do it .. .I wouldn't know where to start! But luckily we have great friends who do this kind of stuff all the time. Check out this complete motorhome remodelthat they did
That looks fantastic! It also looks quite familiar. Seriously, I found out how easy laminate-hardwoods are to install. I had the click-together kind. It's prep and the trim that takes time.
Quote: Pictures of our floor project are on our blog here.
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Behold the horrendous mess. 
New subfloor going in next to bathroom.
Seriously, I found out how easy laminate-hardwoods are to install. I had the click-together kind. It's prep and the trim that takes time.
