Make sure to be exact taking measurements around each of the cabinets and other built in areas as needed.
Taking out carpet in rv.
I m happy to say that we finally replaced our bedroom carpet in just one afternoon all for under 60.
Ripping out the fifth wheels rv carpet video.
The rv carpet removal.
If you re thinking about replacing the carpet in your rv or even in your house with carpet tiles read on.
We have begun our rv renovation.
It was pretty quick and easy and now we wish we d done it 3 years ago.
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.
It s not every day you get to see a naked rv floor.
If removing carpet from your slide out know going in that your patience will be tested.
Step 1 measure for the new carpet.
Been busy the past few months but we re finally ready to get this project started and couldn t be more excited.
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.
I m extremely satisfied with the result of this mod.
Step 2 peel scrape and remove old surface.
Take specific measurements of your rv s floor space.
Going forward this is going to be much easier to clean and maintain.
We re back in action.
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.
Russ removed our carpet with a simple utility knife used need nose pliers to pry up the edging staples.
Pulling out every strand of carpet can be stressful make sure you focus and push forward and you will get the carpet out.
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.
The flooring looks nice and the new baseboard trim looks pretty sharp i think.
Here are some additional tips we learned in order to replace the flooring inside an rv slide out.