It was pretty quick and easy and now we wish we d done it 3 years ago.
Taking out carpet in rv.
The flooring looks nice and the new baseboard trim looks pretty sharp i think.
If removing carpet from your slide out know going in that your patience will be tested.
Take specific measurements of your rv s floor space.
We have begun our rv renovation.
Before we finally decided we wanted to give the floor some time to air out plus get a chance to look at the area without the rv carpet.
Here s the final tutorial about our rv that was totaled a week after we finished renovations and it s all about how to install rv flooring we will cover how to remove the previous carpet and linoleum choosing the right flooring for a rv preparing to install flooring especially when you find surprises under the old stuff and finally how to install rv flooring.
First steps include ripping up the carpet removing the handles and removing furniture.
I m extremely satisfied with the result of this mod.
Been busy the past few months but we re finally ready to get this project started and couldn t be more excited.
Also account for your rv slide out if present.
Going forward this is going to be much easier to clean and maintain.
Pulling out every strand of carpet can be stressful make sure you focus and push forward and you will get the carpet out.
It s not every day you get to see a naked rv floor.
Carpet padding is usually stapled down to the wood subfloor with staples and sometimes the factory worker installing it uses a lot of staples which was our case.
Ripping out the fifth wheels rv carpet video.
With the carpet and padding out of the rv the subfloor needs to prepped and repaired to make the install of the new vinyl lay out smoothly with no imperfections.
The rv carpet removal.
Russ removed our carpet with a simple utility knife used need nose pliers to pry up the edging staples.
We re back in action.
I m happy to say that we finally replaced our bedroom carpet in just one afternoon all for under 60.
Step 2 peel scrape and remove old surface.
Step 1 measure for the new carpet.
Make sure to be exact taking measurements around each of the cabinets and other built in areas as needed.
Here are some additional tips we learned in order to replace the flooring inside an rv slide out.