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Thank you for your opinion! We don't have a ranch so it sounds like you know more than us. I do know ranchers want to do everything on horseback and/or atv and I can say my wife ropes and has used this gate latch horseback. However we are def. not working ranchers by any stretch!

@@julietdoty6502 no harm meant. Cowboys say what's on their minds. Diplomacy not our best strengths

bryantroll Hi. It has held up very well. No issues. Looks the same as day I installed it. We use the rv too. Good luck!

Juliet Doty thank you, that’s great to hear. Just really don’t want any buckling or separation and my RV sees hot and cold temps. Do you know what flooring you used? Was it floating or secured down? Also did you use trim at the edge of the slide under the sofa?

bryantroll It was floating, 1/4” tung and grove, water resistant- purchased from a flooring store not the big box hardware store. No glue was used, only silicone type caulk on the outer perimeter. I shot a few finish nails on smaller boards to ensure they were secure. I think I used an 1/8” gap on outer perimeter. Have had no issues with buckling or lifting and have had the RV in the Rockies.

Good luck to you. Please let me know how it turns out.

debi Risley Hi Debi, Yes, the factory vinyl is under the entire coach. During manufacturing, the vinyl was the first item to be installed over the subfloor. - Chris

Quarter round is a trim piece similar to base shoe which would be used in front of a baseboard.

Hello - I will answer your why question first. The slide on these rvs are designed to ride over the carpet. To fully remove the carpet, you would have to remove the slide which would involve removing trim around the slide and building a cradle for the slide to come out onto (in my opinion a very time consuming task). So the z strip is a solution for this. It keeps the remaining carpet out of site and keeps the carpet held down so the slide can move back and forth over it. It has been over a year since the install (slide and floor working great) so I might be off on my dimensions - I recommend making the z stip 1.5" by 1/8" by 1.5" (as viewed from the side) and run it the length of the entire slide under the couch. The vertical leg of the z is 90 degrees. One 1.5" portion of the z holds the carpet down out of site and the other 1.5" portion will be under your new flooring. I forget the gauge of steel I used but ensure it is thick enough so it is rigid. Secure with low profile wood screws every 6 inches or so. I bought the flooring from a flooring store. It is 1/4" by I think 6 inches and water resistant. After a year, I am very happy with it.

I just found this video. Great job on the install. We just purchased a used Navion with the same floorplan and plan to do the floor as well. I really like how you used the Z strip to capture the carpet. When installing the new flooring over the z strip, did you have to secure the floor down to the strip (adhesive or screws) or does it float over the strip? Again, awesome job!

Darren Smith Thank you for the response. I just ran a beed of black caulk over the wood floor butting up against the z channel. I did not glue the floor but do remember shooting a few small boards with a trim nail gun(not many). The floor is caulked anywhere it butts up to cabinetry. The floor has held up well and we have not had any lifting.

Juliet Doty Right on! Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!

Thank you!

Thank you for your reply. I agree with you. I ran out of material right at the door to the bathroom so I thought that would be a good place to stop. The way I ran the boards would be easy to continue. We thought of doing a marnoleum floor in the bathroom as it is more waterproof near the shower area. To do the job right, I would remove the toilet and toiletet flange. I would then install the new flooring with a new toilet flange on top. I do not think I will tackle this job because I feel the way it is now has the least amount of possibility of water getting underneath the flooring. Our biggest concern on this project was to get rid of the dirt trapping carpet and put something down that looked better.

Yes - next time will do that. Thank you.