Replacing carpet with hardwood
Does seating sofa, breakfast booth, cockpit seats, bed have to be removed to replace carpet with wood?
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We installed engineered wood in our previous MH, 36' Cross Country. I followed some of Ernie's posts about starting point, start at the entry steps, gluing etc. The end result was very nice and we really liked the look of the wood, the color complimented our cabinetry etc. We used Bruce engineered flooring.
I removed the dinette, we went back with a table and two chairs, unbolted the sofa and just moved it out of the way as needed, from the slide to the main floor. We unbolted the driver and passenger seats, took up the quarter round base board, removed the door casings and doors and pulled up all the old flooring, carpet vinyl etc. We also removed the toilet and replaced it while it was out. We also installed wood on the slide, not sure I'd do that again. We unscrewed a couple of small magazine racks and cupboards that were mounted to the floor, easier than cutting around them.
The biggest problem we encountered was working space. With 2 of us in there it was hard to have enough working room. The gluing can get messy and the cutting requires about 9000 trips in and out of the door and down the steps. It's hard to really get in a rhythm due to the size of the floor. Lay about 3 pieces and go out and cut the next piece and on and on, a lot easier in a big room in the house. You also can't glue a very large area.
We did every inch of the floor, bathroom, kitchen, living room and bedroom. We took our time, we would quit when it started getting tedious and start again the next day. We were in no hurry and did it in our spare time so it drug out for a little over a week.
The one big mistake we made was to put travertine in the little toilet room. I made travertine baseboards and glued it all down. It looked great, but it was like walking on ice in the morning. We ended up putting a little throw rug on it so you didn't freeze your feet.
All in all it was quite a bit of work, I swore I wouldn't do it again, but, that was then and this is now!! We are kind of kicking it around on our current MH. We'll see.
I removed the dinette, we went back with a table and two chairs, unbolted the sofa and just moved it out of the way as needed, from the slide to the main floor. We unbolted the driver and passenger seats, took up the quarter round base board, removed the door casings and doors and pulled up all the old flooring, carpet vinyl etc. We also removed the toilet and replaced it while it was out. We also installed wood on the slide, not sure I'd do that again. We unscrewed a couple of small magazine racks and cupboards that were mounted to the floor, easier than cutting around them.
The biggest problem we encountered was working space. With 2 of us in there it was hard to have enough working room. The gluing can get messy and the cutting requires about 9000 trips in and out of the door and down the steps. It's hard to really get in a rhythm due to the size of the floor. Lay about 3 pieces and go out and cut the next piece and on and on, a lot easier in a big room in the house. You also can't glue a very large area.
We did every inch of the floor, bathroom, kitchen, living room and bedroom. We took our time, we would quit when it started getting tedious and start again the next day. We were in no hurry and did it in our spare time so it drug out for a little over a week.
The one big mistake we made was to put travertine in the little toilet room. I made travertine baseboards and glued it all down. It looked great, but it was like walking on ice in the morning. We ended up putting a little throw rug on it so you didn't freeze your feet.
All in all it was quite a bit of work, I swore I wouldn't do it again, but, that was then and this is now!! We are kind of kicking it around on our current MH. We'll see.
