Who's got a wood floor?

[SurfaceRust]

Installed this today
Cost $35 for the wood and calk from HD

[WestfaliaMike]

[joetiger]

[shagginwagon83]

[WestfaliaMike]

Did mine...

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[photogdave]

Disappointed with the title change. Clearly this thread is about more than floors.
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[montanasurfer]

[westydriver]

Real happy with this Coretec Flooring. Did a beer test and it didn't stain or anything and was dry by morning with no marks. Easy to apply and scratch resistant.

[elizer]

I think Vinyl is the way to go. We just had armstrong vct natural creation flooring installed in our store and turned out great. Requires adhesive but it is really durable. We run pallet jacks and uboats over it all day long and thousands of shopping carts. The picture shows the flooring to be lighter than it is because of our led lighting. I have a box of samples I can ship out if you pay for the flat rate.

We did the aisle in a slate grey type color. This is what I will probably put in when I do the floor so It matches my grey interior. I wish the pictures showed the true color.

[WestfaliaMike]

Thanks for renewing this post. Just what I was looking for..
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1983 Vanagon Passanger (Parts Vehicle)
2016 Passat TSI

[dougass]

Adding my $0.02... My layers top to bottom:

Vinyl "wood" floor with taped interlocking edges, running front to back under rear bench.
Underlayment for moisture barrier
Durock cement board (hope that it is more resilient to the environment than wood)
1 layer of insulation board, ~1/4inch
Strips of the same insulation in the low spots on the metal floor secured with aluminum tape

first photo - after durock installed
second photo - vinyl installed, trim not yet finished (green underlayment poking out the edge)

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[krawler37]

I put this in yesterday, it's vinyl and laid in on top of carpet. Easily done and cleans great, looks awesome too.

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[avernon82]

I got wood!

[professorplumb]

I've had wood (actually laminate, don't tell anyone) floors for a couple years now, and had laid them over the factory reconstituted foam mats. It was easy to install that way, but pushed the floor up high enough that my under-the-bench-seat "kickplate" wouldn't screw in through the normal holes in the seat frame.

I got some underlayment from Home Depot and some of this stuff from the local pool shop. Cut the padding into strips and filled the "valleys" in the corrugated floor, put the underlayment over it, and laid the floor back into place. It's all floating, held in place by the kickplate and by a piece of angle bracket at the slider edge. It was a little frustrating getting everything to stay in place without adhesive, but it's much quieter now, and feels easier on my knees and feet while puttering around in there (though that last one may be confirmation bias.)

Bonus pic of the Lightning McQueen seat cover that my mom and sister made for me!

[chrisfreemanca]

[timichango]

So much nice wood!

Shortly after we got our van back in 2012, we used it to haul a load of crap from our garage to the local dump in Vancouver. While we were dropping our junk into the big junk bay, another fellow pulled up and started unloading some pergo flooring, and getting ready to dump it. Needless to say, we snagged it off of him before he could junk it. Took it home, cut it all to length, and installed it. Been our flooring ever since, through a bunch of adventures and seasons, and it still looks great, and cleans up easy.

We just laid it down over the carpet (which I assume is OEM – matches the grey interior, with a rubber backing), which sits on top of the van's rubber traction flooring and extra seat rails. Figured the carpet makes a nice underlayment, and gives a bit more sound insulation.

We didn't bother with adding any edging to hold it down — it's a snug enough fit all around that it doesn't really move much, and if it does start to scooch out towards the door a bit, a swift kick has always put it right.
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[MattyBUS]

Heres my new wood floor! Here is how i did it: one box of almost any flooring is enough because they are usually 25 to 35 sq ft per box. I used real hardwood and did not skimp on quality because its such a small space.

First i took everything out of the van and worked on typical rust areas. Then laid a simple vapor barrier (your factory rubber sounds fine). I chose not to use a subfloor for weight and it wasnt needed anyhow. Just lay the panels perpendicular to the body ribs for best support. I did not secure the floor other than by installing the cabinets over the floor. For the lip at the sliding door it was much higher than original carpet so i had to fabricate aluminum trim peice from 2 lengths of aluminum angle bolted together in Z pattern. I drilled self tappers through the base of the Z into the pre existing holes where original trim plate was. Looks great. Also adding some trim at the transition to the cab.

[chrisfreemanca]

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[Borg]

That is pretty sweet. I will do something along those lines when I restart work on my van in a few weeks. (Trying to get my wooden sailboat back in the water before I pay another months rent on a slip while she sits in my shop.) I went with British Racing Green so putting the old blue/grey panels back just won't cut it.
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