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lovedavdubs Samba Member
Joined: April 30, 2004 Posts: 1597 Location: New York, NY.
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Andrew A. Libby wrote: |
you actually DON'T have wood. |
Shhhh _________________ 82 Air-cooled Westy (Lola)...My other vehicle is a subway. |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: |
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psych-illogical wrote: |
crukab wrote: |
Yea, I got WOOD !!!!!!!
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So,what year's the splittie in the background? |
Thats my '65 Bus, started life as a panel, converted to a camper.
It has a sad history, the guy that sold it to me in '98 would'nt give it to his son, who wanted to "Dead head" it & tour. About 3 years latter, his kid and a freind killed a Dartmouth Prof. couple in there home. The kid is doing 25 years in N.H. State Prison.......... _________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15144 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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yeah it's fall firewood time.. moves from the pile in the back to the covered part of the deck..
heres my baja last fall doing trailer queen duty.. she's a working girl.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=269984
I also move a 4x8 (approx 1fc) trailer of wood with my 1980 Turbo Diesel vanagon camper (will try to get photo of that.. ) |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yepper, that time is here, wood is good.............
_________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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Mad-Max Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Puerto Rico
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westylife Samba Member
Joined: October 28, 2007 Posts: 409 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Who's got wood? |
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tsombrero1 wrote: |
I do!
Cost under $50, one box of Pergo is just enough to cover the floor of a Westy. It did require some table saw finessing.
This stuff is TOUGH. My power staple gun can barely penetrate the surface... I think it would be difficult to scratch. Add a nice throw-rug and some anti-slip stuff and you're golden!
Sure beats the gray rubber stuff that was in there before. With the underlayment the new floor is about 1/16" thicker. There are no issues with any of the cabinets or anything, except that I was sloppy and forgot which screws go where... |
This is the sub floor that came out of my van. pics from the other post. the floor was 1/4 thick and the laminate that I picked up is 1/4. do I need a sub floor? did you use one? Also my sub floor went under the kitchen, rear heater and seat. I cant tell but does your laminate go under the kitchen / seat? Right now I have everything out (kitchen /seat).
And what is the hole in the floor for? Thanks for the help.
_________________ 1983.5 Westfalia Bostig RG1 |
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82WestyMan Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2006 Posts: 1098 Location: Western OR
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Laminate flooring / 'snap-lock' type so no glue / looks like tile / the threashold is a piece of hickory (baseball bat wood)
love it... looks great, easy to clean, is made for commercial applications and comes with a 10 yr 'mall environment' guarantee
[/img] _________________ "The floggings will continue until morale improves"
"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell" - Harry S. Truman
82 Westfalia - w/ a Raby 'Camper Special' engine |
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Van-go108 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2006 Posts: 2995 Location: Southwestern, NM
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Sorry for the old pics.
I really should take some new shots. _________________ "Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."
1973 Thing
1957 Continental Mark II Click to view image |
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McVanagon Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2007 Posts: 1684 Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Beaters are great!
_________________ '69 Mike
'85 GL
'87 Wolfsburg Hardtop |
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backcountrymedic Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2006 Posts: 583 Location: Monterey, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Van-go108 wrote: |
Sorry for the old pics.
I really should take some new shots. |
Yeah, right. Get with the modern times and all that... Sheesh!!! Nice frickin' wood!
Westylife-
That hole looks like it's for mounting a rear-facing jump seat.
-Jared _________________ No need to bear the weight of your worries, you let them all fall away...
Sector 9 longboard
Kona Kikapu Deluxe MTB
Novarra Big Buzz
Electra Cruiser
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Raggamuffin Samba Member
Joined: July 18, 2006 Posts: 789 Location: GA
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Mad-Max wrote: |
ive got wood took me 2 days because i think someone here said it took one box...well it took 2 for a non westy, so i had to go back to homedepot.
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Thanks for the non-Westy pointer. I'm planning on getting wood over the winter in my '84...although that whole, "...if you have wood for more than 4 hours, contact your Doctor...", thing kinda scares me! |
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MootPoint Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2006 Posts: 862 Location: ABQ, NM
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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tsombrero sez:
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"With the underlayment the new floor is about 1/16" thicker." |
What did you use for the "underlayment?" Or does it come with the product?
I saw a ton of this stuff, in several different non-woods, at Costco the other day. _________________ 1984 Westy with tencentlife power! |
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captainpartytime Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2005 Posts: 715 Location: Mission Viejo, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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I kept the subfloor (two small pieces of wood) under the fridge/water tank cabinet to keep the height the same to match the bolt holes. I did not use any subfloor for the cabin area, instead I used two layers of soundproofing material and two layers of sound deadening foam that normally get installed under laminate flooring. I also removed that metal tab that is welded into the floor. I think it is a mounting point for a cabinet that goes there in a different edition vanagon...maybe European model
_________________ -Kerry
1982 turbo diesel Westfalia |
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MootPoint Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2006 Posts: 862 Location: ABQ, NM
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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And again,
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two layers of soundproofing material and two layers of sound deadening foam |
I've read a bunch about the soundproofing on the body, but what didja use under the floor? And I'm still interested in learning more about the overall "under-layment" of the non-wood from the plastic and Formica trees.
Thanks, as always. _________________ 1984 Westy with tencentlife power! |
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allsierra123 Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2006 Posts: 1462 Location: Tecate, Baja California MX
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Here are my wood floors.
I used plywood as a subfloor. _________________ 95 GMC Yukon 6.5 TD 2 Door Tow pig/ Daily driver.
91 Vanagon GL. 1.9TD Conversion Sold
81 Vw rabbit 1.6 Diesel. Sold |
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tsombrero1 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2006 Posts: 288 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Dang, nice diagonal action.
Someone asked about underlayment-- For a subfloor I first used some normal hardwood floor underlayment from HD (plastic sheet with a little foam on one side about 1/16") but later replaced it with some raammat stuff I had left over ("ensolite"). I think a couple layers of that would be ideal if it fits. I'm not convinced it makes that much of a difference really... placebo affect you know. _________________ Tennessee Sombrero
1988 Westy, Syncro-nated
2003 Aprilia Caponord (now with Jif)
Atari 2600
1970 Earthbound Humanoid |
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allsierra123 Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2006 Posts: 1462 Location: Tecate, Baja California MX
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I tried it with no underlayment the first time. It was kind of spongey. So the wife wanted me to do something else with it. So I pulled it back out and put down the 1/4" plywood. Then I glued the laminate to that. Rock solid now. _________________ 95 GMC Yukon 6.5 TD 2 Door Tow pig/ Daily driver.
91 Vanagon GL. 1.9TD Conversion Sold
81 Vw rabbit 1.6 Diesel. Sold |
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captainpartytime Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2005 Posts: 715 Location: Mission Viejo, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Once again, I used two layers of soundproofing and two layers of foam underlayment under the laminate flooring. This turned out to be close to the same thickness of the 1/4" or 3/8" subfloor that I removed under carpet. _________________ -Kerry
1982 turbo diesel Westfalia |
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wavanagon Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2007 Posts: 400 Location: Everett, WA
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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allsierra123 wrote: |
Here are my wood floors.
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hey allsierra, how did you mount that middle seat? do you not have tracks? that seems pretty dangerous.
if that was just a test fit, disregard. _________________ 1988 Vanagon GL - For Sale
1987 Westfalia
2008 Audi A4 2.0T
http://wavanagon.googlepages.com
Dirty from working on your Vanagon? Buy soap from my wife!
http://www.teatreesoap.com |
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allsierra123 Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2006 Posts: 1462 Location: Tecate, Baja California MX
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: |
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There are tracks. Just hard to see them from the pick I shortened it so they didnt stick out past the seat itself.And I just used longer bolts and went though the plywood. Im not sure how unsafe it is there is the same amount of bolt holding it to the floor. _________________ 95 GMC Yukon 6.5 TD 2 Door Tow pig/ Daily driver.
91 Vanagon GL. 1.9TD Conversion Sold
81 Vw rabbit 1.6 Diesel. Sold |
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