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SCM Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2011 Posts: 3118 Location: Bozeman MT
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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That black floor looks cool. Could you post a more wide angle shot of it that shows the whole floor? _________________ '91 Westfalia GL Automatic (GTA "Turbo" Rebuild w/Peloquin) and 2.3L GoWesty Engine |
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lemonspeed Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2011 Posts: 65 Location: Nelson BC
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Used re-claimed cedar from a barn for the storage area and Laminate with builtin underlay for the flooring.
_________________ Instagram : @overland_van
90 Vanagon Carat "domino"
81 Westfalia (sold) "clemintine"
73 Transporter (sold) "chloe"
80 Vanagon (sold) "brownie" |
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atomatom Samba Member
Joined: May 15, 2012 Posts: 1867 Location: in an 84 Westy or Bowen Island, BC
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:16 am Post subject: |
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my cabinets are in the driveway and the floor is bare, ready and waiting.
the old floor is disgusting. i don't want to reuse any of it. there were still puddles of coolant in places!
i have a couple of 8x4 sheets of pretty nice 1/4" birch plywood that were not cheap. i am considering installing one directly, but i am not sure what else is needed between the wood and the floor. some kind of rubber or vibration dampener. i don't have any fatmat on hand, but i do have a very thin plastic/rubber work mat.
i guess like all jobs on the westy, i'll do this three times. _________________ 84 Vanagon Westy, 1.9L, California raised but defected to Canada. |
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tjet Samba Member
Joined: June 10, 2014 Posts: 3533 Location: CA & NM
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Well, here it is! 11 sticks of Allure TrafficMaster. Total cost = $0 Gotta love friends that bought to many boxes of the stuff. He dumped a box off on me. How could I say no?
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I like this. What's under the laminate? Did you need to build up a subfloor? Mine is bare metal |
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Bansheelos Samba Member
Joined: February 27, 2012 Posts: 313 Location: NY/NJ
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zak99B5 Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2014 Posts: 471 Location: Albany, NY
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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The Allure TrafficMaster I put in my van is giving me a little issue. A few seams want to separate.
I had filler strips in the indentations of the floor for the old middle bench and the stiff foam stuff that was underneath the OE carpet, and went right over the top of that.
Pressed it down well numerous times, but as I said a few seams will lift. It's a little hard to press it well like in the house because the floor offers some give.
When you want to separate this stuff, it sticks like crazy. And in my house it's working great in the bathrooms.
The worst spot is the last full row along the driver-side wall. I think I will try to pull that out and redo it.
Looks good when it's all down, though!
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zak99B5 Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2014 Posts: 471 Location: Albany, NY
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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Pulled the last row against the driver's side wall, and replaced with new pieces, cutting better to conform.
I also used a small sledge (through a thick pad) on all the seams.
Now it's tons better. _________________ 1991 Tintop GL Manual tranny, EJ22 |
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kjono09 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 191 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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The floors, one step closer
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Steve M. Samba Member
Joined: July 30, 2013 Posts: 6832 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Be sure to leave a small gap at the ends to allow for expansion when it heats up in the hot sun with windows closed. |
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?Waldo? Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2006 Posts: 9752 Location: Where?
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Wood doesn't really expand/contract due to heat but rather due to moisture content. Real wood expands perpendicular to the grain of the wood (width changes with no change to the length of the board). Engineered flooring with plies going different directions is pretty much dimensionally stable. Laminate flooring with particle board/fiber board backing is typically more dimensionally stable than real wood, but will expand/contract some every direction. |
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 10:52 am Post subject: |
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I guess I do have wood...well, just a little temporary chub
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Rhinoculips Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2005 Posts: 918 Location: Keystone, Colorado
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 6:05 am Post subject: |
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tjet wrote: |
Rhinoculips wrote: |
Well, here it is! 11 sticks of Allure TrafficMaster. Total cost = $0 Gotta love friends that bought to many boxes of the stuff. He dumped a box off on me. How could I say no?
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I like this. What's under the laminate? Did you need to build up a subfloor? Mine is bare metal |
I laid it directly on the stock rubber topped plywood floor that came with the van. If yours is bare metal, then yes you will need to build up a subfloor. _________________ “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Edward Abbey
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OddN Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2010 Posts: 690 Location: Northern Norway
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
I guess I do have wood...well, just a little temporary chub
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Wow, I guess an accident with that kind of load will give a whole new meaning to "Rock and roll" _________________ 1991 VW Multivan syncro 1,9 TD |
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Dave Wood Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 304 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Stumbled across some discount bamboo at the local home depot. Need to fill the gap between the wood and the metal floor still but using the existing metal bullnose trim is kinda cool too. The middle slides out for access to the fifth seat rails
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michaelasnider Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2013 Posts: 369 Location: East Kootenays, Canada
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:52 am Post subject: |
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Put in new vinyl plank flooring over the weekend, very happy with the results. Much easier to sweep out, and the old carpet stank! |
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B.O.B.Wanders Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2014 Posts: 351 Location: Atlanta, GA USA
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Who's got wood? |
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The underlayment board was completely shot, so we pulled the old blue carpet and installed this. We found a box of PERGO on the clearance rack at HD for $10, so it is what it is, but I think it came out nice. "Somerset Jatoba" is the color. 8mm x 5" boards - just had to rip a sliver off of the last board and cut a couple of inches off the length. I used the stock threshold.
I put some thermal insulation in between the ridges and some hard plastic sheeting over that. I would have preferred to lay it length-wise for better stability, but I would have had to remove the rear storage area to make that work and that wasn't happening this time.
The wooden cooler was a gift from my Brother-in-law. It kinda sucks as a cooler, but more than makes up for it in cool factor. _________________ 83.5 WBX 2WD Assuan Brown Westy, B.O.B.
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outcaststudios Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2015 Posts: 1732 Location: Maine
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Who's got wood? |
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jatoba is a type of brazilian hardwood, i just bought an 8quarter piece for some guitars. _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
(rip)couple bugs
(rip)three type III"s
(rip) '81 vanagon
a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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trl_rnr Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2016 Posts: 13 Location: victoria, bc
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Who's got wood? |
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Finally finished with the wood floor! Leftover pine wainscoting, stained in 4 different colours, varathane on top.
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Coldpoutine Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2016 Posts: 3 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Who's got wood? |
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Okay I'm so doing this when hubbo goes out of town for work. We just got our van and it came with carpeting (fairly new) and rubber matting, blech. We have spare flooring in basement from a recent reno. It's not the best material for a van, probably too soft but it's free and better than a rug.
What should I use for subflooring? The previous owners have done a series of reno's to bring him back to his former glory and I see cut outs near the rubber flooring.
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Coldpoutine Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2016 Posts: 3 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:19 am Post subject: Edging |
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newfisher wrote: |
Heres mine following the blacked/tinted theme I have going. Its a plastic snap together flooring from Home Depot Allure is the brand.
Tossed in a sew fine charcoal 9 piece kit while I was at it.
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Dumb question, because I'm going to try to do this with hubbo out of town and want to avoid too many power tools, did you have to screw that edging into the tin? Or just the sub-floor? Or just glue it down?
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