Floor and Blinds

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Floor and Blinds

January 28, 2013, 09:21:45 pm

Has anyone used something besides MCD shades (diffrent company same type of shade)? Also thinking about 3/8 solid wood flooring in the living and kitchen, glue it down or nail it down? Porcelain tile in the bath area. Time for the carpet to go as well as the old day night shades.

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Reply #1 – January 28, 2013, 10:52:23 pm

Our front windshield blinds and our door blind are Hunter Douglas Lite-Rise blinds. They are really nice.

The rest of our blinds are the day-night shades that came with the coach -- only cleaner as today we took them all down and washed them. Tomorrow Jim will re-string all of them. What a job!

I don't quite understand the attraction to MCD -- they just look like the old-fashioned roller shades to us.

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Reply #2 – January 28, 2013, 11:02:30 pm

Just had an MCD shade installed on the windshield that we are really going to like I think. I agree on the others. If they had more options on fabric it would help the looks. Their door sun pull up shade is nice. We kept the day night on the other windows except the bedroom where we wanted the darkening one. It does look like a roller shade because that's just what it is. A dark fabric would have looked much better.

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Reply #3 – January 28, 2013, 11:11:34 pm

I used http://www.automotionshade.com/English/Index.aspx a few years back. They provide all the shades for MCI

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Reply #4 – January 29, 2013, 06:47:24 am

I put in a partial wood floor and would do the full floor if I did not have a slide. MCD shades are the best option if you want day and night if only night you can use most room darkening ones.

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Reply #5 – January 29, 2013, 07:50:17 am

Use engineered wood. It has a layer of real wood and layers of plywood which keeps it dimensionally stable. Use urethane adhesive with the proper notch trowel. Go slow, you will love the results. Lots of exotic woods out there, also.

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Reply #6 – January 29, 2013, 07:55:34 am

Cork flooring can be a good option too. Pest resistant, natural insulator, and many good looking color choices.

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Reply #7 – January 29, 2013, 09:57:29 am

Quote from: erniee – January 29, 2013, 07:50:17 am

Use engineered wood. It has a layer of real wood and layers of plywood which keeps it dimensionally stable. Use urethane adhesive with the proper notch trowel. Go slow, you will love the results. Lots of exotic woods out there, also.

I don't know....after spending too many hours removing vinyl graphics adhesive outside coach, I'd want to be real sure I was going to want whatever floor is installed forever before putting it down with urethane. Imagine having to scrape that up some day!

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Reply #8 – January 29, 2013, 10:02:55 am

I wonder if you could use silicone to install it.

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Reply #9 – January 29, 2013, 10:28:04 am

A very thin layer though of silicone, but it will hold.
John H

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Reply #10 – January 29, 2013, 01:59:25 pm

Thinking about solid bamboo tiger wood, it's real tuff stuff.

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Reply #11 – January 29, 2013, 06:00:54 pm

Having the ceramic flooring installed and finding the COLD feet, makes me rethink that maybe the cork flooring would be a winner. Need more info as to durability etc.

DW had the Bambo flooring installed in the Stick & Bricks while I was getting a new Samsung refrig. Seems fine, I have zero experience with it, does look fine.
Dave M

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Reply #12 – January 29, 2013, 06:12:25 pm

When I get around to it I will be installing the Eurocork brand of cork flooring. I have seen the product and like it. Warm on the feet and sft. Very durable.
JohnH

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Reply #13 – January 29, 2013, 09:43:27 pm

We had David install a ceramic tile floor that looks very much like weathered white washed oak plank. Matches very well to the new carpet - we have a slide that needs carpet to glide on. Also put the same tile in the entry extending just past the driver/passenger seats. It is cool in the winter but worry free.

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Reply #14 – January 29, 2013, 09:45:33 pm

Quote from: 2Escapees – January 29, 2013, 09:43:27 pm

We had David install a ceramic tile floor that looks very much like weathered white washed oak plank.

I had noticed the floor in a previous post of yours and thought it was wood. Really sharp looking

Michelle

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Reply #15 – January 29, 2013, 09:57:43 pm

Thanks Michelle. FYI we got it locally thru East Texas Carpets on University in Nac and it took less than a week to get it. Material cost was $19/s.f. but it did help lock up our membership in the $1000/day club at FOT.

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Reply #16 – January 29, 2013, 10:01:32 pm

Quote from: 2Escapees – January 29, 2013, 09:57:43 pm

Thanks Michelle. FYI we got it locally thru East Texas Carpets on University in Nac

We are fans of East Texas Carpets as well. We bought our replacement carpet through them in 2010 and were very pleased with the price and the service.

-M

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Reply #17 – January 29, 2013, 10:49:19 pm

Quote from: 2Escapees – January 29, 2013, 09:43:27 pm

We had David install a ceramic tile floor that looks very much like weathered white washed oak plank.

I took brief tour of the salon of the coach a couple of weeks ago. The floor was in and they were working on the cabinetry for the refrigerator. Most of the floor was covered with cloths for protection. We hope that a beautiful upgrade such as yours is in our future.

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Reply #18 – January 29, 2013, 11:14:30 pm

We used East TX carpets too for carpet and wood flooring.

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Reply #19 – January 30, 2013, 07:16:26 am

Quote from: Dave M – January 29, 2013, 06:00:54 pm

Having the ceramic flooring installed and finding the COLD feet, makes me rethink that maybe the cork flooring would be a winner. Need more info as to durability etc.

DW had the Bambo flooring installed in the Stick & Bricks while I was getting a new Samsung refrig. Seems fine, I have zero experience with it, does look fine.
Dave M

Dave, Brenda and I were at Stamford Univ last year and toured the chapel. There was original cork flooring all over the place. Looks like it has held up well after decades of heavy traffic.

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Reply #20 – January 30, 2013, 09:24:10 am

erniee, Thanks for the info, I had visited Dave & Nancy Abel while at Custer State Park, they have the cork floor and I liked what I saw, now for choices who & where etc, etc.
Besides it would lighten up my hot rod Foretravel

There has to be 400 lb of ceramic from bath forward and eliminate the slide issue too.
Thanks
Dave M

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Reply #21 – January 30, 2013, 02:59:07 pm

Here's a link to fofum discussion on Cork Flooring:

Flooring

Good Luck, Dave A

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Reply #22 – January 30, 2013, 05:37:49 pm

Dave, we were talking with David Flannaga at FOT about cork and he said their cork required at least two coast of kinda smelly sealer. Did your cork require sealers after installation?

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Reply #23 – January 30, 2013, 06:12:53 pm

Howdy Kent,
No sealers required..The product came ready to install.. Nancy just damp mops with a Swiffer.. It really is easy to maintain. Its been two years since we installed, and, as you know we fulltime, the floor still looks great. When we first installed, that was one of my concerns, if the floor would stand up to heavy use. Especially, from all the sand, dirt, etc. from camping in the SouthWest.
Have you found a color that you like?

Good Luck, Dave a

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Reply #24 – January 30, 2013, 08:53:13 pm

Quote from: Dave M – January 29, 2013, 06:00:54 pm

Having the ceramic flooring installed and finding the COLD feet, makes me rethink that maybe the cork flooring would be a winner. Need more info as to durability etc.

Can a heat source be installed under tile or some other hard flooring? New homes seem to be going this route as the heat rises and it's so nice on the bare piggies.

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