A few weeks ago, I made a video tour of the interior of my van, which you can watch here:
I mentioned in the video that I would be redoing the flooring at some point. A few weeks ago I began the process and wanted to do a quick photo update to show the progress.
[The old flooring:]
The old tiles seemed to easily pull up, so I assumed it would be a quick removal of the old before installing the new, but I was oh so very wrong…
[The new flooring I chose is a dark wood grain by TrafficMaster Allure called Rosewood Ebony that was recommended as a durable and easy to install flooring on an Airstream restoration website I stumbled upon:]
The old tiles in the van were sticky and brittle, making removal an exhausting chore. I often had to take my scraping tool and hammer it underneath the tile to even be able use pliers to pull a piece up. Because they were so brittle, the tiles broke apart and as a result, not one of the tiles came up as a whole piece. Because of the time it took for removal, I wasn’t able to lay the new floor as quickly as I’d hoped and took several painstaking hours of work before I made any noticeable progress.
Unfortunately, the boxes of new wood laminate are only available in allotments of 24/sq feet. I’d hoped one box would be enough to cover the area I was working with, because I knew that two boxes would be far too much, but alas, it was not. I got all the way to the back of the van by the refrigerator and reached in the box for another plank only to find that I had used the last one.
Since the flooring I’d chosen was special order only, I’ve had to wait another two weeks for the next box to arrive. In the mean time, I’ve had the exposed plywood covered with wax paper and a rug so it wouldn’t be a complete eyesore. The new box of flooring arrived yesterday and I’m hoping to spend Sunday afternoon completing the task. Since the old flooring is all gone now, it’ll hopefully move quickly. Once I’ve finished, I’ll post some photos of the finished result.
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