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turbojimmy
Explorer
Feb 09, 2015

New Floor - what to do with table mounts?

I'm sure I'm over-thinking this, as I tend to do.

I settled on Pergo Max in Ironmill Maple to replace my 30-year-old, orange (sort of) carpet. It has enough variety in it to go with the existing paneling and the upholstery while also allowing me to redecorate later if I want. I had been leaning toward the Allure, but the non-adhering adhesive thing concerned me. The Pergo Max is a bit more expensive, but has a built-in pad and snaps together without adhesive.

I'm not trying to match the butcher block counter, but I don't necessarily want the floor to clash either. The paneling on the wall is dark (and dated, I know).





There is a table that I can install in front of the couch at chow time. It has 2 pedestal mounts in the floor.

The holes are sort of covered by these carpeted "plugs":




If I were put the mounts down through the new floor, they'd be almost flush, but stick out visually because they're aluminum.


So do I recess the mounts in the floor and fashion "plugs" out of the laminate floor pieces? Or just mount them flush with the floor and put carpet or something over it? I'm going to put area rugs in there anyway.

Any other ideas?

Moderator edit to re-size pictures to forum limit of 640px maximum width.

9 Replies

  • turbojimmy's avatar
    turbojimmy
    Explorer
    Feb 11, 2015
    Thanks all. I consulted with my 14-year-old son who has helped me resurrect this thing. He likes the idea of ditching the table for now. I'll store the parts somewhere in case I want to put it back.

    It would be easy to re-install. Those mounts go the whole way through the floor - I can see the ground when I remove them so I can cut them out from underneath should I want to.

  • lj_cox's avatar
    lj_cox
    Explorer
    Feb 11, 2015
    DrewE wrote:
    You can always stash the original table and hardware in storage somewhere and relatively easily go back to it if the folding table proves too anachronistic or something...


    If you don't use the table often, I think DrewE has the right of it. It looks like the sockets are raised just a bit off the subfloor, so I don't think you would want to leave them in place when you redo the flooring. If they are flush, no problem. In any case, after you pull the carpet, I'd take a piece of butcher's paper and lay it down over the sockets and against the couch. Mark both sockets and the ends of the couch or other fixed object. Now you have a template to replace the sockets if you change your mind. Then store sockets, legs, table, and paper all together.
  • DrewE's avatar
    DrewE
    Explorer II
    Feb 10, 2015
    turbojimmy wrote:
    TakingThe5th wrote:
    Wondering if a folding table might work for you. Not sure what size table you currently have or where you stow it but this might be a more flexible solution being able to put the table anywhere.

    Edited - Or maybe put some folding legs on your current table?


    It's a big, heavy table that we stow in a closet. The legs stow under the couch. A folding table might be a better option given how little we use the existing one. I've been a stickler for keeping things original, but if it's not useful or inefficient then maybe it needs to go. It would be cleaner to install the floor over the existing mounts and put a more modern folding table in the closet instead.

    Thanks for the food for thought....


    You can always stash the original table and hardware in storage somewhere and relatively easily go back to it if the folding table proves too anachronistic or something. The only requirement would be to carefully measure where the centers of the holes in the floor are relative to some fixed points. To put the sockets in, you'd just have to locate these centers (plus or minus a half inch or less, probably), drill a hole, and use e.g. a router with a template following bit to cut the laminate flooring to match. (If you aren't familiar with it, this bit is basically a straight bit with a bearing on the end; the bearing rides the template, or in this case the hole in the subfloor, and the cutter cuts the material above to match.)
  • turbojimmy's avatar
    turbojimmy
    Explorer
    Feb 10, 2015
    TakingThe5th wrote:
    Wondering if a folding table might work for you. Not sure what size table you currently have or where you stow it but this might be a more flexible solution being able to put the table anywhere.

    Edited - Or maybe put some folding legs on your current table?


    It's a big, heavy table that we stow in a closet. The legs stow under the couch. A folding table might be a better option given how little we use the existing one. I've been a stickler for keeping things original, but if it's not useful or inefficient then maybe it needs to go. It would be cleaner to install the floor over the existing mounts and put a more modern folding table in the closet instead.

    Thanks for the food for thought....
  • TakingThe5th's avatar
    TakingThe5th
    Explorer
    Feb 10, 2015
    Wondering if a folding table might work for you. Not sure what size table you currently have or where you stow it but this might be a more flexible solution being able to put the table anywhere.

    Edited - Or maybe put some folding legs on your current table?
  • turbojimmy's avatar
    turbojimmy
    Explorer
    Feb 10, 2015
    Greydennyhawk wrote:
    Spray paint the metal mountings prior to installation w/ rust o leum product.
    Touch up the screws later, after installation.


    Yes, that might be the easiest thing to do. Rustoleum has a wide variety of colors now. Thanks for the suggestion.
  • turbojimmy's avatar
    turbojimmy
    Explorer
    Feb 10, 2015
    Artum Snowbird wrote:
    If you have a vertical wall on the wall side from floor to table height, the very best thing to so is to put in a dream dinette.

    This does away with posts completely and is very stable and solid.

    Dream Dinette images

    I had a two post dinette in the previous camper and put in this and it was super.

    Oh no, I reread your post, and it says a couch.. oops.


    Thanks, but yes it does have a couch. I like it because the "lounge" is more functional than a permanent dinette for my purposes.



    The table goes in front of the couch.
  • Greydennyhawk's avatar
    Greydennyhawk
    Explorer
    Feb 09, 2015
    Spray paint the metal mountings prior to installation w/ rust o leum product.
    Touch up the screws later, after installation.
  • Artum_Snowbird's avatar
    Artum_Snowbird
    Explorer
    Feb 09, 2015
    If you have a vertical wall on the wall side from floor to table height, the very best thing to so is to put in a dream dinette.

    This does away with posts completely and is very stable and solid.

    Dream Dinette images

    I had a two post dinette in the previous camper and put in this and it was super.

    Oh no, I reread your post, and it says a couch.. oops.

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