Chinook RV

maxusa wrote: August 3rd, 2017, 7:11 pm When we decided to pull the carpet out, we did not realize that it was under everything! The manufacturer obviously laid the carpet throughout (except in the bathroom) before mounting any of the furniture and woodwork.

I know this is from quite a while ago but I had to note that, oh yes, it IS under the entire bathroom (can see under shower from, ahem, carpeted tire locker on 21-er).

FatBuoy wrote: May 27th, 2020, 9:44 am I'm definitely going to put the wood floor carpet replacement in my project queue. And like this thread references, I've been curious about the removal of the furniture. I guess it doesn't seem necessary, although I think I would rather have it clean going under the furniture than molding. Maybe just have it go under a bit, so that you don't have to pull it from under the tank, heater, etc? Would that work? For those who have just cut it out, how do you ensure proper fitment of the access door under the couch? It seems that the wood would be thicker than the carpet, and not align with the fasteners any more. And I guess there's no molding there, either, correct?

Does anyone have a photo of the transition from wood to carpet as you enter the driver area?

I am one who did not remove the furniture when putting in our vinyl plank floor. I did remove the molding around the walls and the doors from the under-seat boxes (I have a club lounge layout) and the door and side panels under the jackknife sofa. I cut the carpet back to the water tank under the sofa, and about 1/2 inch into the cabinets. My floor panels are about 1/4 inch thick, which pretty much matched the thickness of the mashed down carpet, so the doors fit fine when mounted on the new floor.

I left the carpet pad, which in my unit was a really nice rubber pad, almost like neoprene (wetsuit material). The pad provides a nice cushiony feel even for the solid floor, which feels nice in bare feet, compared to a harder floor backing. I wanted to preserve my rear step light, which I think is really cool, so I re-used the step threshold from the carpet. It was scratched up brown, so I stripped the paint and became a natural aluminum trim. I used some additional aluminum trim to cover the transition to the front cab, and to cover the seams around the rear step and the walls.

The rear step was messy because it is a curved fiberglass box, but I cut some floor panels and glued them to the step walls and covered the seams with wood molding. Here are some pictures including some of the transitions and cutouts for the sofa legs, etc.

Here are the rest of the floor photos:

That looks fantastic. Very nice job. I may pick your brain a bit more in a few months when I decide to tackle it. Wanna come over?

I would love to see the 32 inch tv conversion possibly with photos!