We are finally ready to install the flooring in our 2014 Jayco Eagle RV. We decided to go with vinyl plank from Shaw. This as the Matrix in Dockside Hickory.
We went lengthwise to, but I saw in a Winnebago article that if you’re going to drive a lot with the RV you should go wide so there’s more space for a room between the planks. I think that was the main reason too late for us. We did it the wrong way, but we’re not driving with ours.
Floor looks great. Thank you for the tips: staggering, methods, and tricks. I'm hemming and hawing between peel and stick and tongue and groove. Not finding the nonstick of peel and stick flooring a joy ride. Any feedback would be great.
Have you had problems with the vinyl planks popping up during travel? Also do have problem with the slide scratching the vinyl when you bring the slide in? What do you do to prevent scratching?
Sorry for the late reply. We didn't have any issues with popping apart, but only used it once before selling it. I don't see it being a problem though, they snap together nicely! Most slides have a rub rail to prevent scratches and they are adjustable.
How did you get your flooring up under the edge of the slide and keep the slide from scratchinging the new floor as it slid in? I promise I watched to the end and even watmhed the other videos in the playlist. Thanks. I sure hope ours comesout half as gorgeous as yours!
Thanks for the support! Each slide is a little different. This one the flooring stops right at the edge of the slide. I let the transition strip overlap to cover the edge of each section, the main floor and the slide. Most slides have a rub strip and the slide is adjustable to keep it from scratching. Alot of new campers have vinyl on the floor and slides, so it's not a lot of difference between them. We went to some RV show rooms and saw how they did the new ones. Hope this helps, thanks again.
Great Video. Can you talk about the expansion allowance? Is that a small amt you leave on the very ends where the LVP abuts to cabintry? I have a small Class B and wanting to replace the carpet and vinyl tiles with LVP (just in the kitchen/galley) with carpet on either side. thanks.
@slow_restoration Hi, I wanted to reach out to you because I wanted to replace my flooring in my RV. I have a 2014 Jayco 🙂 which I absolutely love. You did this video 2 years ago and wanted to know how the flooring is handling the expansion and contraction due to heat and cold. I have seen and watch videos that tongue and groove is not a good choice. Although, I did reach out to another TH-camr, indicating that perhaps the flooring was not properly installed. After the 2 years, what are your thoughts of the the flooring? Would you install it again? How is the floor handling the hot and/or cold? Any advise would be much much appreciated. Thank you so much. Happy Camper, Rick
No problems that I know of. I did sell it but haven't had any complaints from the new owner. This flooring is more secure than tongue and groove, it's an interlocking tongue that is hard to pull apart unless you lift the piece up at an angle. I would install this again without a question.
It was already there from the factory. It's a foil backed insulation. We considered removing it, but decided we wanted the benefits of it being there. It was just on the slide.
Will click together laminate flooring pop up with temp changes from hot to cold? Did you use regular flooring for home kitchens, or is there special RV flooring?
How did you prevent the furniture from sliding around on the new flooring. Did you have to install some type of anchor points so you could use tie-downs?
It was already there on the slide, for insulation when the slide is out. The slide doesn't really get walked on like the floor, so it doesn't more around like the rest of the floor would as you walk on it.
We went lengthwise to, but I saw in a Winnebago article that if you’re going to drive a lot with the RV you should go wide so there’s more space for a room between the planks. I think that was the main reason too late for us. We did it the wrong way, but we’re not driving with ours.
Great job. I'm planning my project, and your tips really help as well.
Excellent video. Great job. Looks great.
Thank you very much!
Flooring looks great by the way!
Coming along great!
Another great video Danny
Appreciate that
Floor looks great. Thank you for the tips: staggering, methods, and tricks. I'm hemming and hawing between peel and stick and tongue and groove. Not finding the nonstick of peel and stick flooring a joy ride. Any feedback would be great.
Thank you!
Would anyone recommend gluing the planks down additionally for longevity purposes?
Floors look amazing!! Did you take into account the added weight from the LVP? How did it effect your towing capacity?
I've wondered about how to get it under the slide up to the edge of the lip. Also exactly how did you finish out the edge on the slide?
Also would like more on the slide edge, my slide is a table and coach as well but what kind of edge to you install???
Have you had problems with the vinyl planks popping up during travel? Also do have problem with the slide scratching the vinyl when you bring the slide in? What do you do to prevent scratching?
Sorry for the late reply. We didn't have any issues with popping apart, but only used it once before selling it. I don't see it being a problem though, they snap together nicely! Most slides have a rub rail to prevent scratches and they are adjustable.
How did you get your flooring up under the edge of the slide and keep the slide from scratchinging the new floor as it slid in? I promise I watched to the end and even watmhed the other videos in the playlist. Thanks. I sure hope ours comesout half as gorgeous as yours!
Thanks for the support! Each slide is a little different. This one the flooring stops right at the edge of the slide. I let the transition strip overlap to cover the edge of each section, the main floor and the slide. Most slides have a rub strip and the slide is adjustable to keep it from scratching. Alot of new campers have vinyl on the floor and slides, so it's not a lot of difference between them. We went to some RV show rooms and saw how they did the new ones. Hope this helps, thanks again.
Awesome, that answered my question too!
Who can do this to our rv since we’re both so old, we’ll need an installer?
My handyman did mine.
What brand is the flooring , where did you get it?
Looks great!! I want LVP for my camper rebuild. Do you need to remove linoleum first or could we put it down over it?
Thanks, I would remove the old. Every bit of weight matters in a camper.
Great Video. Can you talk about the expansion allowance? Is that a small amt you leave on the very ends where the LVP abuts to cabintry? I have a small Class B and wanting to replace the carpet and vinyl tiles with LVP (just in the kitchen/galley) with carpet on either side. thanks.
@slow_restoration Hi, I wanted to reach out to you because I wanted to replace my flooring in my RV. I have a 2014 Jayco 🙂 which I absolutely love. You did this video 2 years ago and wanted to know how the flooring is handling the expansion and contraction due to heat and cold. I have seen and watch videos that tongue and groove is not a good choice. Although, I did reach out to another TH-camr, indicating that perhaps the flooring was not properly installed. After the 2 years, what are your thoughts of the the flooring? Would you install it again? How is the floor handling the hot and/or cold? Any advise would be much much appreciated. Thank you so much.
Happy Camper,
Rick
No problems that I know of. I did sell it but haven't had any complaints from the new owner. This flooring is more secure than tongue and groove, it's an interlocking tongue that is hard to pull apart unless you lift the piece up at an angle. I would install this again without a question.
Why did you use an extra underlayment under the new flooring. I noticed this by the slide out, but not on the main-floor?
It was already there from the factory. It's a foil backed insulation. We considered removing it, but decided we wanted the benefits of it being there. It was just on the slide.
@@slow_restorationgood to know!
Should I leave the carpet or insulate?
Did you have an issue with the heat and cold causing gaps or any other issues with floor expanding and contracting?
I didn't. If you do, it's a fairly easy fix. This stuff locks together pretty solidly.
Will click together laminate flooring pop up with temp changes from hot to cold? Did you use regular flooring for home kitchens, or is there special RV flooring?
Just regular flooring. Definitely use a quality flooring, I didn't have any issues.
If the floor needs to expand and contract, watch how you pin the registers, so joints don't open.
Not so much a problem in the center of the floor as long as it can move on either end. Thanks
Hello, do you possibly have a link to purchase the floor trim you used? Thank you!
No, sorry. It came from Home Depo.
Looks great. Nice work. Have you had any trouble with the flooring due to it being a floating floor?
Thanks, I haven't, but I don't own it anymore.
What color is that?
I love that polystyrene base trim. Where did you buy it?
They have it at Home Depot in the trim section - it's PVC, super easy to cut and install
How did you prevent the furniture from sliding around on the new flooring. Did you have to install some type of anchor points so you could use tie-downs?
Will the slide scratch the floor when it closes
If it's adjusted correctly it shouldn't, some are this way from the factory.
You don’t glue them down at all?
I did not, floating should have less buckling and be able to adjust to the temperature swings a camper experiences.
I watched the end
Where did you buy the baseboard?
Lowes or Home Depo, not sure now.
Do you nail any of the pieces?
Not unless you can't get them to interlock. It's best to have them floating.
All my cabinets are installed over the carpet.
Noticed you put underpayment on the slide but not the floor. Why is that?
It was already there on the slide, for insulation when the slide is out. The slide doesn't really get walked on like the floor, so it doesn't more around like the rest of the floor would as you walk on it.
I’m not good with cutting angles and spaces like you did in the transition and hallway. I wish you would have showed it.
Get a jam saw lol
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