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| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.35.193.222  Rating: N/A |
So I have ripped out all the old carpet and pad looking at the plywood floor. PO had put 1 1/2 insulation foam board down on floor walls and ceiling, no wonder Kevin couldn't hear the engine when test driving it for me. Anyway I'm torn between carpet, wood floating floors with carpet runners or maybe even both. Wood is easier to keep clean, Carpet has the hidden dirt and the German Shepard doesn't slip all over, any thoughts on this? | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 316 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 50.39.221.113  Rating: N/A |
Good idea Sam if you use laminate be sure to leave room enough on edges for shrink and swell, we didn't and got some swell. Also I used tile and really like it. Larry | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 351 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 75.208.102.253  Rating: N/A |
Tile and Lament Pergo The Depot 40.00 a box floats on foam. Run it diagonal and you don't see the seams much. Carpets a pain to put in and you always have to clean. the others just wipe up or sweep up Done. Chromie | ||
| Donald P H (Eagle19952)
Registered Member Username: Eagle19952 Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 75.224.101.189 Rating: N/A |
Carpet and self stick/squares of lino tile...tired of it just rip and replace, it's cheap enuough to do that. | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1538 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 97.212.130.252  Rating: N/A |
We placed .125 cork sheets (for sound barrier) over existing 1.5 inch Marine Plywood floor..then 1/4" hardwood Parquet...carpet runners( not affixed) from front to back for walkway only. Dogs have saddle blanket carpets here and there...easy to shake, brush and wash. ABSOLUTELY no carpet for us...way too much hassle to keep clean with animals, sand etc.etc. BTW, same at home.  FWIW RCB | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 317 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 50.39.221.113 Rating: N/A |
I agree with you RC We had carpet on our five month trip with twenty pugs. When we got home the carpet was out near the next day. The Mississippi mud would not even shampoo out. Used the tile on some show trips and worked great not slick for dogs and wipe and run. We went from the second step to bedroom. | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 1160 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.33.60.241 Rating: N/A |
Engineered wood and tile would be my choice good luck | ||
| H3-40 (Ace)
Registered Member Username: Ace Post Number: 1236 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 173.6.98.47  Rating: N/A |
All you guys that are negative with carpet, let me say, its your fault, not the carpet. Its you that chose the wrong carpet for the application. You don't see a thick plush carpet in a doctors waiting room so why would you put it where all the traffic from outside hits it first. Also you don't see plush carpet in a dog kennel so how can you expect carpet to hold up against 20 (TWENTY) dogs regardless of their size. Bottom line is, carpet will work just as good as hard surface IF you spend the money for the RIGHT product. Something you WON'T find at your bargain or surplus houses. Ours has been in the bus for about 6 or 7 years with a large hair shedding dog and it still likes as good today as day one. And to add, we don't baby it! So before you dis carpet in general, think about what YOU bought and how much it was. It DOES make a difference! | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 119 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
I'd like to expand on what clifford said a little, there is a major difference between engineered wood and laminate flooring,, engineered wood floors are layers of actual wood with the grains crossmatched simular to plywood where many kinds of laminate floors are pressed sawdust or particle board with a vinyle covering, if you choose the laminate variety be careful of any areas that might come into contact with water, water isn't friendly to pressed wood and will cause it to swell, engineered flooring is much more tolerant of water. Ace is right about carpeting, as in anything else you get what you pay for, a cheap product is just that, a cheap product. With the small areas in a bus to work with the square footage isn't so great as to cause a major disruptions in the flow of money lol, it'll flow quite nicely as it is so get a good product and enjoy it for many years. | ||
| Mike Everard (Meverard)
Registered Member Username: Meverard Post Number: 23 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 98.210.8.135  Rating: N/A |
I agree with Ace as far as the quality of the carpet. However, most people have animals, and the places we take our buses are very dusty and dirty. So much for the great outdoors. I like a wood or tile floor because it doesn't trap all of those materials, and it is much easier to clean. I don't have any carpet in my house and that is the way I like it. If someone loves, and maintains, their carpet in the bus, then that is what they are going to suggest. Please remember that no one has the supreme answer on this subject. It is all a matter of what you want. Good Luck, Mike | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 318 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 50.39.221.113 Rating: N/A |
Yes Ace twenty they are our friends and family. One or all have traveled hundred k miles, due to dog showing. Love em wouldn't have any other way. By the way the CHEAP carpet was from PO. Larry | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 611 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 75.91.199.111  Rating: N/A |
Ahhh, Geez, just use sawdust, blow it out every few days and replace. Or, use gravel, How about a bed of hot coals in the cold Northern climes? It'll keep your toes toasty warm, and you won't need socks or slippers! Think inside the box.... a floor made of Fuller's Earth.... that was the first commercially available Kitty litter, marketed as "Kitty Litter" by Ed Lowe in 1948. | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 122 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
Sawdust is good and if you enjoy old dances you can do the old soft shoe in your living room and enjoy a higher quality of life. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 814 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15  Rating: N/A |
Get a Hemp Carpet, that way you can always smoke it when it's worn out.... sawdust will make you cough too much..! .....or so I've been told.... | ||
| Roy Mealer (Road_dawg)
Registered Member Username: Road_dawg Post Number: 4 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.178.195.93 Rating: N/A |
If you go with the floating floor that requires a foam underlayment, think about using #30 lb. felt instead, does a good job for a lot less $$$ | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.35.193.222 Rating: N/A |
Oregon is the Capital of Hemp Carpeting, we have just had 91,000 Hemp carpets confiscated about 35 miles from here. The local Sheriff is one of my customers, I wonder if I could get a good deal from him in recycling them. Just saying that or Peanut shells.... | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.35.193.222 Rating: N/A |
Roy are you talking Felt as in the material or roofing felt. Thinking might do both, carpet on the sides and a wood walk way down the middle, kitchen & bathroom tile and carpet in the bedroom. | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 319 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 50.39.221.113 Rating: N/A |
Sam If you get to LaGrande come by I could show you the tile I layed down, not pro but works pretty good. Give me a call, number in profile Larry | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 47 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.35.193.222 Rating: N/A |
Larry.. Deal I almost called you up Sunday to take a look but went over rattlesnake to Home Depot to get ideas | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 353 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 75.210.71.237 Rating: N/A |
"went over rattlesnake" Must be a Oregon saying, Ummmmmm Chromie | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 320 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 50.39.221.113 Rating: N/A |
Yes Chromy Rattlesnake is a grade going into the Grand Rhonde river, deeeeep canyon narrow road and sharp curves. Crossing the river and same going out. Road is Oregon Hwy 3 from Enterprise< OR to Lewiston, ID thru Clarkston, Wn, about 100 total miles. I drove it quite a bit going to the U of Idaho. Won't be home this weekend, but am home most any other time. Do give me a call. Road is lots of fun to drive fast by a kid with big brass ones and no sense. Looking forward to meeting you Larry | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 48 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 72.35.193.222 Rating: N/A |
45 hairpin turns from 4000' to about 700' then back up the otherside, part of the Hells Canyon area | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 817 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15 Rating: N/A |
Piece of cake for a 4905 ... right?  | ||
| Gus Causbie (Gusc)
Registered Member Username: Gusc Post Number: 1340 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 173.202.14.54  Rating: N/A |
We like carpet with runners. Definitely don't like hard slick floors. | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 614 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 75.91.199.111 Rating: N/A |
I use to love playing on Rattlesnake grade.... 110,000 pounds of logs or maybe a D9 on an RGN, Shiny 290, 4X4 two stick, Jakes, and a Rosary... even though I was raised a Mormon... I wanted all the good vibes I could get! I don't care if it rains or freezes, 'long as I got my plastic Jesus, Sittin' on the dashboard of my car! | ||
| Fooey (Foohorse)
Registered Member Username: Foohorse Post Number: 586 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 166.143.98.191  Rating: N/A |
Larry twenty Pugs? GLORIOUS!!! please post or send me a picture. | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 359 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 75.247.248.195 Rating: N/A |
So Sam what did you decide. Will it be tile , Carpet, Wood, or Rattlesnake skins? Just wondering about your flooring. You were heading to HD or are you still there. Chromie | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 53 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 69.88.245.34 Rating: N/A |
What about carpet on the sides with a wooden walkway in the front area, tile in the kitchen bathroom and carpet in the bedroom. With a Mahogoney wains coat on the walls with a hidden pull out table. Sam | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 1455 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 76.4.118.153  Rating: N/A |
what about mirrors on the ceiling too?? I will go along with you so for and I think it will look good. gomer | ||
| Sam Summers (Greyghost)
Registered Member Username: Greyghost Post Number: 55 Registered: 4-2011 Posted From: 69.88.245.34 Rating: N/A |
Was looking at ceiling mirrors but brass pole didn't fit in. Sam | ||
| Jim Wilkerson (Wagwar)
Registered Member Username: Wagwar Post Number: 161 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 69.150.233.21 Rating: N/A |
I just tore out all of the carpet, cheap laminate and granite tile from stem to stern. Replaced all of it with Armstrong locking laminate. It is so much better than the tile and carpet. I also replaced the tile in the entry way steps with commmercial rubber stair tread and tile. It looks great and I would highly recommend it! The easiest floor and entry to clean that I have ever seen. You can see pics at: www.mightybus.wordpress.com I also insulated the back wall of the bedroom above the noise maker with 2" mineral wool insulation. Others advised against it, but it was a big success and has made a HUGE difference in the comfort of the bedroom even on a hot summer day rolling down the road. Regards, |