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Floor and sofa renovation

October 27, 2011, 06:57:13 pm

Doris and I have a  36 ft. U270, for those of you that have had this type of remodel done we would like to get your best estimate as to the cost,we are looking at redoing the sofa, putting in new laminate flooring from the front of the coach,including the stairs,  and new carpet in the bedroom. Let me know what you think.

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Reply #1 – October 27, 2011, 07:24:22 pm

Bill, we paid about $500 in labor to have our sofa re-upholstered. I removed it, and Ginny bought the fabric she wanted. As for the floor, I'm sure a man of your many talents could do that yourself (maybe with some help from a fellow Foretravel owner who lives close by), if you feel up to  fooling with it.

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Reply #2 – October 27, 2011, 08:10:45 pm

Thank's for the offer Steve, with my back in the shape it is in I just don't feel like it, I am not supposed to lift anything over 5 pounds or bend over for long periods of time, the final diagnosis on the back is a synovial cyst between L4 and L5, I have one more set of shots to see if it will help,if not the are talking about trying to drain the cyst, but this may not work
, in that case it under the knife to remove it.

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Reply #3 – October 27, 2011, 08:25:48 pm

Well, good luck with it, Bill. If you ever need anything, give me a call. If I can help, I will.

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Reply #4 – October 27, 2011, 08:50:26 pm

We had our sofa reupholstered for about $600 in Benson, AZ.  Same as the Hills , we bought the fabric, uninstalled the sofa and delivered & picked it up.

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Reply #5 – October 27, 2011, 09:01:05 pm

The cost is going to be in the labor, not the material you use ON the floor. A huge part of the labor is getting the old stuff out.  We found a "luxury vinyl" tile that had the appearance of the heavier ceramic tile, bought it locally and took it to Foretravel for installation.  It is the same product that Brett Wolfe used in his coach, and I LOVED it.  I can't remember how much that install was in itself ... we had carpet installed in the bedroom during the same time AND had the furniture recovered ... all at FOT.  We were VERY glad we did not try to find some local guy to do the job.  They were able to complete the job faster, because they know exactly how everything comes apart. They still had the patterns for recovering the sofa and chairs in our '93 U225. They repaired subflooring that some previous nitwit installer had removed. And the finished product was PERFECT.  PERFECT.  If you call David Flanagan, he can give you a very accurate estimate. 

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Reply #6 – October 27, 2011, 10:45:41 pm

I just finished a laminate floor in our coach today.  Materials cost was well under $300, purchased at Lowe's at normal price less 5%.  I used a good pad, glued the panels to each other, and nailed to the sub-floor in some locations.  I spent probably 18 hours, including removing chair and recliner, removing old carpet, pad, and tack strips, caulking and 1/4 round trim, and all installation.  A lot of the extra time was for lining the pattern on the panels, and wedging my shoulders into the 18-inch walkways in the bedroom.  The floor we chose looks like tile, and it looks great.

We left the carpet under the driver's and passenger's chairs, and on the little angle from the wheel well in the bedroom.  Our bath already had tile.  I tiled the sides of the stairwell, and left the treads wood.  The only installation issue was lining up the faux grout lines at 13-inch intervals.  A wood-look floor would have been a simpler installation (no pattern to match), and would have reduced waste (and cost) by about 15 percent.  We looked for wood-look, but could not find one that complemented the cabinetry.

(Make that cost $400.  I forgot I was given a couple of damaged boxes for free, and was able to use them.)

oldMattB

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Reply #7 – November 08, 2011, 06:30:04 am

Hello bill, I am looking to do the same thing with my 99, out with the carpet in the front and bath, and one sofa. I am leaning toward a vinyl tile like Carol did. I have laminate in the sticks and bricks I just don't know how it will do with all the humidity changes the MH goes through. Also I am going to leave the wood floor in the kitchen I think as others have said getting it up is a big job (stapled and glued). One place you might look into with work as slow as it is, I would bet some of these residential flooring installers would take on the floor job once the furnature is out of the way.
BTW thanks for the tip on getting the cables out of the coach got 2 to the left front compartment, and a 26" LED Tv in the front. Good luck with your back.

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Reply #8 – November 08, 2011, 08:36:26 am

I have Pergo flooring in the living room.  It is easy to clean, non-scratching, and has shown no effects of use in the coach.

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Reply #9 – November 08, 2011, 11:00:06 am

One of the reasons I went with tile in the '93 was that the previous owner had installed Pergo-type wood laminate in a dark walnut color, and it was just TOO MUCH.  With the wood paneling on the walls and rather dark furniture, it was really closing in on me.  I wanted to lighten the interior and open things up.  When we (Foretravel) removed the laminate, we discovered that the previous installer had also removed much of the proper underlayment and sound dampening material.  I LOVED the tile.  Could not have been easier to maintain. Installing on a diagonal pattern also gives the feeling of a larger area, which was just what I wanted.  Just my FWIW ....

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Reply #10 – November 08, 2011, 12:13:38 pm

Bruce, to remove the wood flooring is a bit of a pain but what I did was get a heavy (5ft long) pry bar and ram it under the wood. It came up ok but some places toof a bit of the plywood with it. There is a thin metal sheet layer under the wood to protect from any moisture from below. Took about 2 hrs to get it all up then I just filled cracks etc with epoxy added tile cement before tiling it. If I remember correctly I had the old floor up and new ply sub floor down in about 5 hrs. Next day I tiled it and not one grout crack in 2 yrs and many thousands of miles on Mexican roads.
I still do not understand why MHome manufactures incl FOT just put hardwood for a couple of feet by kitchen cabinets. To me it looks bad. Our chairs in the dining area do not move on the tiles when driving. We also use nice hand made Mexican Rugs to keep it warm looking
John

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