Floor replacement with slides
How can I remove the carpet under the slides which remains with slide fully extended out?
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- Most coaches are configured with the same installation practice. I usually cut the carpet just close to the edge of the slide. This gives maybe 3-6 inches of carpet under the slide. Sometime, with a pair of channel locks, you can start at the end of the slide and pull the carpet and pad from under there. Remember, this is a horizontal pull and not as effective, but doable, as a verticle pull.
- Ernie, is this the way a Holiday Rambler Endeavor in 2000 would work out?
Or is that one different.
I was thinking of using engineered floor, we don't want any carpet. - LOOK UNDER SLIDE FROM OUTSIDE- YOU WILL SEE rubber seal. pull that down and there is the edge of carpet- use a small pry bar to remove the staples
- I didn't remove mine. I cut as close to the slide as I could and still leave enough to staple it down securely so it wouldn't get caught when the slide was being extended.
The remaining carpet is hidden by baseboard and quarter round trim in most places. In front of the couch I used a flat Tee transition piece made by the laminate manufacturer. - Depends on the type of slide, particular coach. If flat floor slide, you may need to tilt the slide out at the top to get to the carpet under the slide. Some folks go outside and reach in under the slide with a tool to drag carpet out that way.
When I had it done on a Winnebago Journey with flat floor slide, they extended the slide about half way, titled it out at the top and pulled the carpet out that way. - tks, I sort of thought so.
Just wanted to confirm the slide didn't need to be lifted or removed - The carpet only goes in about a few inches on most, when removing the whole carpet should just pull out, you will need to get the staples out with a screw driver by reaching in.
