Replaced cabin carpet with wood

[Riptide III]

I finally did it. We could not stand how dirty and smelly the carpet would get. Not a terribly hard job. The worst part is pulling the old carpet. After that it was about 40 hours of labor. I did not want to sand and fill the uneven floor. Instead, I glued down 3/8" marine plywood and screwed it with 1" flat head #10 1" screws. The flooring is 5mm vinyl plank glued down. Then I put carpet on the perimeter witch will probably get replaced next year with a plain linoleum. I still need to trim the perimeter(baseboard) and install some type of bull nose on the stairs. I also added lights to the stairs as originally there was only on and it was ugly. I am very happy with the floor. There is texture so it isn't slippery. For som reason the color looks lighter in the pictures than it actually is.

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[rbryn]

Wow... nice job!

 

[shannenski]

what type of flooring did you use?

 

[Riptide III]

what type of flooring did you use?

The flooring is 5mm vinyl plank. I bought it at lumber liquidators. It is manufactured by a company called tranquility. It is glued down for my application but doesn't need to be. You can buy similar stuff at Home Depot, however, it is about 1/2 the thickness.