2005 36 TK3 Re-floor

[stanleyz]

Just finished. Stole most of the idea from "mortons on the move". If you want to steal from them its is on you tube. She does a good job explaining what they did and she is a lot better looking than me. Check it out. Two small problems, the edge on the slide out is white. We painted it brown but the paint didn't take on the plastic so it looks a bit crappy. Still deciding what to do. Also that slide put a lot of weight on the carpet as it slid in. I was afraid it would scratch the new floor and it did. I cut a couple pieces of carpet about a foot square and stick them under the corners of the slide as it comes in. That seems to have solved the problem. While we were rolling wife made new window trearments and we removed that wallpaper border that ran around the room,

[Notanlines]

Stanley, you 'da man! I mean she 'da man! Ah, you know what I mean....it looks great. And I don't think the border EVER looked good on ANY of these units.

[porthole]

Sure does look nice !

[MTK46]

First rate job ;)

[LarryFlew]

Your local Lowes, Menards or Home Depot have paint specifically for plastic. It holds very well and weathers only OK if you would use it on outdoor plastic furniture.

[Joezilla948]

Just finished. Stole most of the idea from "mortons on the move". If you want to steal from them its is on you tube. She does a good job explaining what they did and she is a lot better looking than me. Check it out. Two small problems, the edge on the slide out is white. We painted it brown but the paint didn't take on the plastic so it looks a bit crappy. Still deciding what to do. Also that slide put a lot of weight on the carpet as it slid in. I was afraid it would scratch the new floor and it did. I cut a couple pieces of carpet about a foot square and stick them under the corners of the slide as it comes in. That seems to have solved the problem. While we were rolling wife made new window trearments and we removed that wallpaper border that ran around the room,

Ummmmm.............why not replace the original tile behind the peninsula? That would make it all match.

I like the looks of that new tile though.

Joe

[oldbird]

Very nice, I'm afraid to show the picture to my wife ;).

[wingnut60]

Stanley,
Been thinking about this change....nice job.

[Cummins12V98]

I would like to see how you finished the slide out edges. Could you post a closer pic of an outside corner.

Thanks!

[porkchop]

I did a similar project several years ago in a 2014. I used ceramic tile and left the carpet in the door side slide. Cut a strip of the old carpet to use as runners for the rollers.

Bill

[stanleyz]

I would like to see how you finished the slide out edges. Could you post a closer pic of an outside corner.

Thanks!

Sorry I didn't see this. I'll take you a pic and post it. If you look up Mortonsonthemove they have a youtube video on it and I kind of copied them. The edge of the door side slide was the first piece laid. Used glue and left about two inches or so hanging over the edge so when it closed there was coverage over the floor. Then went from there to the rest of the slide out.

[porthole]

Looks great. How long did it take?

[stanleyz]

I would like to see how you finished the slide out edges. Could you post a closer pic of an outside corner.

Thanks!

The first piece I laid was the outer edge of the slide. I over lapped the edge by about 3 inches so it would cover the plastic edge when the slide is out. Just cut the ends like the carpet was cut. I glued these pieces. Then I worked in to the slide out wall completing that first. I laid the floor from the edge of the plastic and then when done covered the plastic with a border of trim. When it was all done everything leveled up pretty well. There is a little indent just in from the edge of the slide. When the carpet was there that indent was filled with a board so the carpet actually had a little hump there. I just laid across it as I worked my way in from the slide edge. It worked out OK. I'm not explaining it to my satisfaction but if you will watch the Mortonsonthemove you tube it will explain everything.

Somebody asked me how long it took. I'm 76 so my work days are getting shorter by the year. I would say i could have done it in a day and a half or one long day. I think we spread it out over three or four days and a couple rounds of golf. Stuff is easy to cut, just score it with a cutter and bend. Hope this helps someone.

[Cummins12V98]

Thanks for the pics!!!

[stanleyz]

In the interest of full disclosure I had to come back and make a follow up post, We expected the door side slide could be a problem scratching the wood floor. We under estimated the problem, My trailer is a 05. The inside of the door slide has a hard plastic on it that I guess is designed to allow it to slide on carpet. It does not slide well on the wood, scratches the heck out of it.

So far I have been using a couple of squares under the hard plastic slide material. Dropping it under the slide as it comes in. That works some but there are still a bunch of light scratches in the middle. Today I tried removing the hard plastic piece. Bad idea. Don't try that the slide will not ramp up in to the RV. I'm still working on correcting that bad decision.

We are now thinking a piece of runner with a nice soft nap that we can lay under the full length of the slide as it comes in. Length is 12 feet or so. A 6 foot runner cut down the middle should do the job and protect the wood, a better answer would be to install some rollers but that would probably require building some kind of ramp.. Any way if you do this expect this issue.

[Cummins12V98]

Rubber backed carpet tiles would be a good choice.

[porthole]

As nice as that floor is, having to deal with some runners when bringing the slide in will be worth it.

[Cummins12V98]

My only issue is the unfinished edge of the slide out flooring.

[stanleyz]

Really, it is a 15 year old camper. That little unfinished edge is way down on my list.

[porthole]

Stanleyz

Now that you’ve enjoyed it for a couple of months, was it worth the effort?

From the pictures it sure looks great.
And I’m not showing it to my wife !

Have you considered expanding into the bed and bath?



Really, it is a 15 year old camper. That little unfinished edge is way down on my list.

[stanleyz]

Except for the little scratch from the slide it is fine. Best part is we got rid of that old carpet smell and much cleaner feeling. Im thinking about doing the up stairs. The flooring is supposed to be water proof but Im hesitant to put it in wet areas. Still thinking on it.

[stanleyz]

It has been a year. Thought I would update and bump this. We are very happy with the flooring. We used the 5er about 5 months during the year. The carpet pads worked very well and there are no new scratches. I did the area at the bedroom end or the bar last week. Blends in and looks fine. If I look very hard I can see some scuffs on the floor. But they are hard to see unless you really look for them. Here are pictures from today. Oh yeah one more thing. The heat register by the couch was counter sunk to keep it from being mangled by the slide. Much better than carpet. I have the flooring and will get to the bedroom this fall, maybe.

[Stripit]

Really like the look, great job.

[Notanlines]

Ya done good, fella! And thanks for the update.

[wingnut60]

Stan,
You do great work...nice job. But you are really hurting the RV industry by not getting a new model to work on. Just think of all the fun you are missing out on by buying a new DRV and having to fix all the glitches.
Joe

[OneReallyOldGuy]

That looks awesome. Two questions, how much weight did it add to your coach and how do you keep your furniture from sliding around while traveling?
Phil

[ScottandLori]

Looks great, we replaced the floor in our 2005, I was not sure what to do with the section where the door side slider meets the main section of the RV, after removing that pine lumber that was under the carpet. Our flooring also came to the edge of the slider.

[stanleyz]

I don't know about the weight. The flooring is heavy but so was the nasty carpet we took out. As heavy as these trailers are a hundred pounds or so is not much impact. Now as to furniture sliding the recliners (after market) hold well when pushed against the wall. Table and chairs do tend to travel a bit. I just added some felt tips to the legs and will see how that works. Rubber, which I had on the recliners for a while works perfect but then it was difficult to move the recliners in and out from the wall. Right now I have rubber on the back and felt on the front. That is working well