Forum Discussion

bobphoenix's avatar
bobphoenix
Explorer
Apr 01, 2013

Flooring upgrade...

When I bought the Coachmen, the first objection I had was the original flooring that was buckled and shrunken at the edges. But the salesman said "hey, if your kind of handy it won't take much to replace it...

Funny enough, he was right...!

I pulled up the old vinyl and there was a nice clean, flat sub-floor and after pulling up the cheap corner bead... the old floor nearly jump out of the coach by itself...

The Home Depot has vinyl "plank" flooring, by Allure the is self adhearing and "floats"... It's a breaze to install and the amount needed to replace the old vinyl is inexpensive... And, oh the look and feel of new flooring!!!

Class A
  • surf_bum's avatar
    surf_bum
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    Looks great! How did you do the edge boarders and the door step? I'm getting ready to install pergo, trying to get an idea what other people are doing.
  • Garand1's avatar
    Garand1
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    Looks great........My wife and I are thinking of replaceing most of the carpet in our 96 Bounder
  • bobphoenix's avatar
    bobphoenix
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    surf bum wrote:
    Looks great! How did you do the edge boarders and the door step? I'm getting ready to install pergo, trying to get an idea what other people are doing.

    Haven't done the front yet... (still carpet... and the step s already non-skid rubber...

    The edging is the original, I was careful about pulling up the old corner bead... As for putting it back... I sleaned all the old nail holes and I used a brad nailer from Harbour Freight... ($29.99 with long finish nails. short brads and staples included...)

    But, I think I'm going to replace the all the OEM with a better grade of corner mold when I do the Dinette...
  • erniee's avatar
    erniee
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    you can use stair nose rubber or wood. If you use stair nose metal, select silver. The gold stuff wears off to silver
  • bobphoenix's avatar
    bobphoenix
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    bobphoenix wrote:
    surf bum wrote:
    Looks great! How did you do the edge boarders and the door step? I'm getting ready to install pergo, trying to get an idea what other people are doing.

    Haven't done the front yet... (still carpet... and the step s already non-skid rubber...

    The edging is the original, I was careful about pulling up the old corner bead... As for putting it back... I sleaned all the old nail holes and I used a brad nailer from Harbour Freight... ($29.99 with long finish nails. short brads and staples included...)

    But, I think I'm going to replace the all the OEM with a better grade of corner mold when I do the Dinette...


    Surf Bum,
    I looked at Pergo today when I went to get more vinyl plank... it's really thick stuff... (about tree times thicker than any type of vinyl flooring...

    Normally that's not much of a problem until you try to transition into spaces where you are not going to replace the flooring in... then you'll be faced with a pretty big transition...

    The Pergo is nearly a full 3/8 inch thick and the vinyl products are only 3/16 inches...
  • erniee's avatar
    erniee
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2013
    You have a couple options: you can use a rubber or vinyl transition that will go from 3/8 with a lip that you can insert the 33/8 material in and that slopes to zero. Or a flat metal or T moulding.
  • crasster's avatar
    crasster
    Explorer II
    Apr 02, 2013
    I put liquid nails under mine (a tiny layer) because I was worried it would become "unsticky". Did you get a solid stick?
  • Doc_Eagle's avatar
    Doc_Eagle
    Explorer
    Apr 14, 2013
    That looks great! We like the Allure as well, tried a peel and stick, not so good. buckelled and peeled up. Next project to replace the replacement. Got to love older coaches.
  • Glor-E-B's avatar
    Glor-E-B
    Explorer
    May 13, 2013
    Looked at Allur products last week at Home Depot. I liked the overlapped tab adhesive vinyl type but there are only two color choices. Allure also offers a clic lok product approximate same thickness.It is a floating floor, no adhesives. Has anyone used this yet in a class A? clamis on the package to be waterproof. comes in various wood prints as well as stone & marble. Thoughts?

About Motorhome Group

38,705 PostsLatest Activity: Jan 14, 2025