New member wanting some ideas for TT

All the things you mentioned are fairly easy projects, especially if you are handy. As for the floor, even a nice vinyl is good. This may not be an issue for you, but if you go with a laminate floor, you are going to add the thickness of the floor material plus the thickness of the mat material. This might come into play if you do not remove cabinets. When we put laminate in our kitchen at home, the difference was almost 3/4 inch, which does not sound like much, but now the counter height feels weird. In a RV, where the counter height is already shorter, you might get that feeling as well. But I have OCD and things like that bug the******out of me! Where as vinyl is only 1/8 inch thickness plus glue.

campigloo wrote:
Laminate looks really good. In some of my apartments, I have started to use resilient tile. Wood patterns available and come in 6" x 36" strips. It has a glue edge on one end and one side. Lay it down, cut it with a razor knife, pull the protective paper off the glue edge and your done. 100% water proof, no backing needed, substrate does not have to be perfect and wears well. Since it is basically a PVC product, there is no warpage, shrinkage or joints to separate. And added bonus, it's cheap.

More than a few folks have had problems with vinyl glue-edge in their RV's. You can do a search for "Allure" to see what the problems are. IMO, it has to do with the temperature swings inside the RV while parked and sealed.

A caution about laminates, too. Some are not sealed on the reverse surface and this can lead to a lot of problems when humidity and/or water are present. Even some of the common laminates and higher-end flooring products have no sealing in the joint. If you think that water is going to be on the surface, it's best not to use these. I've found that I can actually shower, shave, or do the dishes without a whole lot of water on the floor, YMMV. ;)

I just saw this on this same forum. It is very cozy and outdoorsy.

Log Cabin RV

Laminate looks really good. In some of my apartments, I have started to use resilient tile. Wood patterns available and come in 6" x 36" strips. It has a glue edge on one end and one side. Lay it down, cut it with a razor knife, pull the protective paper off the glue edge and your done. 100% water proof, no backing needed, substrate does not have to be perfect and wears well. Since it is basically a PVC product, there is no warpage, shrinkage or joints to separate. And added bonus, it's cheap.

64thunderbolt wrote:

westend wrote:
Yes, you can replace the flooring without pulling out the cabinets and such. Most RV's have the flooring installed across the entire floor and the built-ins are added after. You can replace the flooring with a different vinyl, add carpet, or use a variety of laminate or wood finished flooring products.

I used a laminate:

Good job. Did you do it yourself?

Thanks, yes, I did it myself. The pictured laminate is a click-edge product, sold at Lumber Liquidators. It is really nothing special in the world of laminates, vinyl finished surface, composite wood core, and had attached cushion back. I added another underlayment layer underneath for added cushion, insulation, and humidity control.
FWIW, I have Pergo brand laminate in my house and it is now year 20 or so with that. It still looks good.

westend wrote:
Yes, you can replace the flooring without pulling out the cabinets and such. Most RV's have the flooring installed across the entire floor and the built-ins are added after. You can replace the flooring with a different vinyl, add carpet, or use a variety of laminate or wood finished flooring products.

I used a laminate:

Good job. Did you do it yourself?

Yes, you can replace the flooring without pulling out the cabinets and such. Most RV's have the flooring installed across the entire floor and the built-ins are added after. You can replace the flooring with a different vinyl, add carpet, or use a variety of laminate or wood finished flooring products.

I used a laminate:

Are there things that would make you more comfortable? Instead of re-doing the couch, would 2 recliners be more comfortable. Many people do this. We also saw pics of one where they took the dinnette booth out and turned the seats with the backs against the outside wall, kind of like 1 big sofa/seating area. This gave them more floor space and opened things up to make it seem much bigger. They had installed a laminate flooring that looked like a wood floor. It was very nice.