Time for New Floors, Anyone with Pics of New Wood Floors

[timmac]

Its time for me to rip out the carpet and vinyl and replace flooring with water proof laminate wood flooring, would like to see pics of your new flooring to give me ideas..

I have cherry wood cabinets and walls, just cant figure the best color to go with.


:C

[erniee]

engineered wood works well

[olfarmer]

I prefer carpet in the bedroom and living room, the vinyl or laminate in the kitchen is nice. Carpet is warmer and quieter in my opinion, but you do have to take off your shoes etc. to keep it clean.

[angler]

I haven't noticed the noise difference. In a 2002 motorhome a lot of other noises are more prevalent:) In my case I used carpet in the front cab area anyway. They had a sound barrier under the carpet up there as well.

[timmac]

discovery4us wrote:
Does the laminate make it noisier while traveling? Seems like carpet would help deaden road noise. I like the looks of laminate but we camp in cold weather and the carpet is nice on my bare feet.

I am going with 7.5 mm thick laminate with thin rubber attached to the bottom of laminate, its suppose to help with sound and warmth, not the thin Allure vinyl strips many put down..

[discovery4us]

Does the laminate make it noisier while traveling? Seems like carpet would help deaden road noise. I like the looks of laminate but we camp in cold weather and the carpet is nice on my bare feet.

[timmac]

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Carpet is NOT the enemy. Sometimes carpet makes sense. Hardwood/vinyl pretending to be hardwood in the bedroom is NOT for me. Carpet is warm. Hardwood/Vinyl is cold. Where and when you travel should be a consideration.

I am leaving carpet in the bedroom, couch/dining slideout and the front driver/passenger area of motorhome, the carpet in the living room area just gets to dirty from my active type camping.

[Wanderlost]

We replaced most of the carpet in our 2004 Itasca Sunrise and were very happy with the results. Photos are in this thread:

2004 Itasca Sunrise Slight Remodel

[mike_brez]

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Carpet is NOT the enemy. Sometimes carpet makes sense. Hardwood/vinyl pretending to be hardwood in the bedroom is NOT for me. Carpet is warm. Hardwood/Vinyl is cold. Where and when you travel should be a consideration.

X2
I have personally put down 1000s of sq feet of laminate
To me it it is garbage. Looks pretty in a picture though
I’ll take carpet in the bedroom and living area and tile in kit and bath.

[Bill_Satellite]

Carpet is NOT the enemy. Sometimes carpet makes sense. Hardwood/vinyl pretending to be hardwood in the bedroom is NOT for me. Carpet is warm. Hardwood/Vinyl is cold. Where and when you travel should be a consideration.

[timmac]

ScottG wrote:
Does the slide leave a heavy mark in the current carpet? If so then it may also hit the vinyl.

Yes it does leave a mark but not heavy, the carpet/pad is about 3 to 4 times thicker than the laminate flooring I am going to put down, I guess when I remove the carpet I will test with a piece of laminate to see what it does.

[angler]

Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring. Removed the glued down tiles and all carpeting. Replaced bedroom and front cab area with new carpeting. The vinyl is thinner than the carpeting so no real issues. I did not do the slideout carpeting. or under the slideout.

[1995brave]

Here is the link from when I did mine. No slide outs. Not sure if the photos will show up it was from Photo Bucket.
Laminate Floor

[ScottG]

Does the slide leave a heavy mark in the current carpet? If so then it may also hit the vinyl.

[timmac]

I also heard slidouts can scratch the laminate flooring, the laminate I am looking at is thinner than the carpet/pad, would this be a issue.