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Kerry Bennington:
We are looking at replacing the entire tile flooring on our 2006 Beaver Monterey.  We know it will be big job but like others posting on to this site, we have no spares on board and the design is long sold out.  We now have several broken tiles and outside of using the accent tile theme, we feel we should replace the tiles, get rid of the front carpet and replace the carpet in the bedroom.  We have heard stories of "watch the additional weight" and "the floor tiles are different heights than carpet" etc. but has anyone actually done this job before and could help us with the process, the time required, etc.  We would probably prefer to have an expert do the work as we live in the home and would want to have as little interruption as possible.  Has anyone had experience with a floating floor?  I have heard there are good people in Bend that do this work but have not spoken to them, but did approach Beaver Coach and got a ball park estimate of $10,000.

Gerald Farris:
Kerry,
You should also talk to Jim Sizemore at RV Outfitters in Bend.  http://www.rvoutfitters.net/  He is a former Beaver factory employee, and he does excellent work.

Gerald

Joel Weiss:
We're scheduled to have the carpet and the tile in the kitchen (but not the bathroom) replaced with Armstrong Alterna luxury vinyl tile in May.  The work will be done by Truline RV in Spokane, the same place that did our fridge replacement last fall.  Their estimate is that the vinyl will weigh less than the ceramic and will be a bit heavier than the carpet so the net will be roughly the same.  We have a few cracked tiles in the kitchen mostly from things falling out of cupboards and, although the carpet is still in remarkable shape, we're tried of having to vacuum and clean it.  A quick Swifter on the vinyl should be a lot faster and easier.

Dave Blystone:
we took the tile and carpet out of our patriot i then cut 1/4 in plywood to bring the tile area level with the rest of the floor i used a leveling compound to fill all the seams and bad spots in the plywood  
 wife picked out a new laminet floor at home depot i think the name was "alure"  it comes in 1 ft by 3 ft sheets  very easy to use and it floats on the floor
i think the whole job took about a week  working part time  not a hard job but you do have to think ahead and plan what your going to do
GOOD LUCK
 DAVE AND EDIE
2001 PATRIOT 33
3126 CAT

Keith Oliver:
Kerry:

At the park we are staying in at the moment, there is a dealer bringing some Coaches and encouraging tours.  We walked through them.  One was a 2005, with all tile floors (not a Beaver) and quite a few tiles were cracked.  There is also a fellow here with a similar coach.  I asked about the floors in his.  He took his coach to Indiana, to its factory, for frame stiffening, and reported that was a common theme in that brand of coach.  Just wondering if tile everywhere is such a good idea.

David:

Our carpet in the front is dirty again, too soon after cleaning, so we were in Home Depot and Lowes this week looking at laminate to put in.  We have good looking hardwood in the galley, so won't disturb it.  
Did you need to unbolt the front seats?  How did you treat the edges, where they meet the carpeted walls? Did you need to add a molding?

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