Getting ready for the winter installed carpet kit n my 850Found a pretty good match to the small sections northwood installed at home depot, bought a large enough piece to get 2 pieces of carpet. Did the paper thing by taping a bunch of pieces of painters paper for a template, tracing on the carpet with a sharpie and cutting out. Kids are pumped and ready for a 3 week tour;)One question, the bottom of the carpet is pretty rough and concerned it will scratch or discolor the linolium. Should I put something under the carpet? Ideas? Thanks in advance.Also added 3 usb ports, one by the dinette under the fridge, one in the top bunk and one in the cabover night standReplaced fantastic van vent with dual pane vent coverWinter here we come :)

Carpet looks nice. Try shelf/drawer liner to give it more grip and help protect the flooring.

i would be worried about it scratching the linoleum as well. ikea sells the best grip pad that i've found and it also happens to be the cheapest. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60300345/ if you don't have one in your area there's other options online but i'd definitely use something similar. along with that double pane vent cover you could get one of these http://www.amazon.com/Camco-45192-Sunshield-Insulator-Reflective/dp/B0024E6QX0 we use one and it's great.

Perhaps add additional insulation as a next step to make it more winter worthy...When I improved my TC, I liberally installed extra reflectex type insulation in all the areas not visibly seen. I lined all the insides of the exterior wall in closets, cubbies, areas behind the drawers, etc. as well as the inside of exterior accessed storage places like the battery. I still have yet to get a large sheet of it for under the mattress. I also added 2" rigid within the underside exposed floor cavity.

I like the carpet kit, we have the same color carpet in ours. I don't know well it would hold up to our kids and dogs though!

CAJW wrote:Carpet looks nice. Try shelf/drawer liner to give it more grip and help protect the flooring.That drawer liner that everyone buys to put their glasses and dishes on works great and also keeps the carpet from laying directly on the surface, which will keep it alittle warmer.

Winter Mods: Carpet Kit in My Wolf Creek and misc others

Mello_Mike
Explorer
Nov 13, 2015
The mods look great, Nolan. I've been thinking about a winter carpet kit myself. We did some winter camping last week. The floor gets mighty cold in the winter.
Scott16
Explorer
Nov 12, 2015
anutami wrote:
Thanks for all the tips!
Went to Ikea and got the rug underlayment to protect the floor only $12.00

Left the edge long to protect the side walls a cabinets

Nice job on the Carpet Kit in your Wolf Creek!!
Scott
jmcgsd
Explorer
Nov 11, 2015
I had carpet in my Lance 981. Biggest waste of money that I spent on that camper! IMHO carpet and RVs of any kind don't play well together. After all we're using the RV to get into the out of doors!

Well maybe if I had a 40' Prevost that was a portable saloon for football games I'd feel differently, who knows?
kerry4951
Explorer
Nov 11, 2015
anutami wrote:
Thanks for all the tips!
Went to Ikea and got the rug underlayment to protect the floor only $12.00

Left the edge long to protect the side walls a cabinets

Now you are in good shape. That was the best 12 bucks you spent.
run100
Explorer
Nov 11, 2015
We also installed removeable carpet -- bought a big roll at Costco, so there's enough to carpet the camper a 2 or 3 times, including the dinette. Every now and then I pull the carpet, wash the floors and vacuum the carpet. When it gets too ragged, I'll toss and replace.
anutami
Explorer III
Nov 11, 2015
Thanks for all the tips!
Went to Ikea and got the rug underlayment to protect the floor only $12.00

Left the edge long to protect the side walls a cabinets
anutami
Explorer III
Nov 11, 2015
TangoFox wrote:
Can you explain how you did the USB ports, part numbers?

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Followed Mello Mikes Lead on this one ;)

Went with blue sea systems ports. Glad I did, they seem to be very sturdy.
Wardster
Explorer
Nov 11, 2015
Looks like this one

http://www.powerwerx.com/oem-connectors/panel-mount-dual-usb-socket-device-charger.html
TangoFox
Explorer
Nov 10, 2015
Can you explain how you did the USB ports, part numbers?
ridingwithvicto
Explorer
Nov 10, 2015
We also got a cheap piece of carpet to match the factory carpeted areas in our Lance. We use it for insulation when we go on a winter trip. Makes the floor a lot warmer and you can throw rugs on top to keep it from getting dirty.