Replacing carpet with ceramic tile
I have a 2007 Itasca Horizon 40FD with what I think is a standard flooring, ceramic tile in the entrance, kitchen and bath, and carpet under the driver/passenger seats, the aisle area in the living room, slide floors, and bedroom area. The living room area has opposing slides with parts of the kitchen and couch and dining areas. I am OK with the carpet in the bedroom and actual slide floors but would like to replace the carpet in the middle of the coach with the same ceramic tile as the kitchen/bath has. I did see pictures of another coach that is for sale with full tile in the living area.
The potential issues. The slides are flat floor and where they move across the tile surface they are on rollers, where it moves across the carpet it's a long linear plastic/nylon slider. The carpet in the mid floor wraps under the slide like a ramp and in the tile area the tile abruptly ends with a metal sloping ramp similar to the carpet ramp.
Questions. Has anyone made a similar change and what was the slide roller issues you had? I expect to have some difficulty locating an exact replacement for the tile but a good tiler can blend in the pattern. Where the slides have the bar not rollers, will they work satisfactorily moving across the tile? I would hate to have to pull the slides to accomplish this. Any other comments and help is appreciated.
The potential issues. The slides are flat floor and where they move across the tile surface they are on rollers, where it moves across the carpet it's a long linear plastic/nylon slider. The carpet in the mid floor wraps under the slide like a ramp and in the tile area the tile abruptly ends with a metal sloping ramp similar to the carpet ramp.
Questions. Has anyone made a similar change and what was the slide roller issues you had? I expect to have some difficulty locating an exact replacement for the tile but a good tiler can blend in the pattern. Where the slides have the bar not rollers, will they work satisfactorily moving across the tile? I would hate to have to pull the slides to accomplish this. Any other comments and help is appreciated.
