Upgrading the Flooring

Ken, we previously had a 2002 Winnebago Journey that had a lot of carpet and some ceramic tile in the galley and bath area. We replaced all the carpet with wood-look vinyl plank flooring and it really made an improvement and updated the look. We had it done by a professional RV shop since there was a big living room slide involved.

Our current rig has a lot more ceramic tile throughout the coach and a lot less carpet. However, the carpet looks tired so we are just replacing the carpet with new, higher quality carpet.

There are a lot of flooring options these days. The options in vinyl flooring seem endless. There is also laminate flooring.

We replaced all the carpet in ours this past winter after finding a leak in the back closet. We did the removal work...all of the furniture, bed and old carpet/padding and had a professional installer put in FLOR carpet squares throughout. We LOVE it! And the best thing is, if we spill something or one of the carpet tiles gets damaged, all we have to do is replace that one tile...not the entire wall to wall carpet....or worse yet, live with the stain or damage. Overall, it took is 4 weekends, working on it on and off. I suspect if you were to dedicate an entire weekend, you could accomplish the job in that time period.

We also decided to leave out several pieces of furniture and replace the jack-knife sofa with a futon-style. We never used the dinette set and the old sofa was worn. We also took out the recliner and really like the extra space we created by doing so.

A lot of people use Vinyl plank which comes in all shapes, colors, and sizes.

Ken, I feel the same as you! I have a excellent unit that I've had good luck with and don't want to trade it in! The wife and I are going to have all the floors redone and 2 new TV's put in. Were letting a RV Shop in Woodland, WA. do the job for us we were quoted $2,800.00 for that job to be done.

J-Rooster wrote:
Ken, I feel the same as you! I have a excellent unit that I've had good luck with and don't want to trade it in! The wife and I are going to have all the floors redone and 2 new TV's put in. Were letting a RV Shop in Woodland, WA. do the job for us we were quoted $2,800.00 for that job to be done.

We have upgraded our TVs to new flat panel LED with a local TV shop here in town, they fit nice and sure look a lot better. Previous owner (a friend of mine) had already installed a Winegard Directv tracking dish. Everything else but flooring looks good. I guess the tube type backup camera monitor could look a little more modern.

but our unit drives and handles nicely, we do not owe that much on it and when we purchased it from the local dealer, had him throw in a new automatic electric awning, so we have a few upgrades.

I am going to check with a couple of flooring guys to see if it is something they could tackle, or need to search out a RV flooring specialist.

engineered wood- adhered with urethane adhesive is a great product

The previous owner replaced the carpet (and anything other flooring that may have been original) with floating cork wood-look flooring. Looks great! Love it! They did the work themselves, and I don't think there was anything too tricky, except for mitering the shoe molding for some of the odd angles.

Wayne