well last nigh with it being such a nice evening i opened my dandy i decided to rip out the carpet what a job
Its now down to bare wood and all looks solid with no soft spots so i am now ready for replacing the carpet with lino vinyl this will be easy to keep clean when spending nights on muddy campsites
While i had the carpet out i cleaned all the floor air vents and the vents for the fridge
while i was messing taking the units out i inspected the 240v wiring and not very happy with it so i am going to rewire the full lot

well you certainly sound like you know what you're doing, some pics would be great to show others how it's done if that's ok?

I would love to get the carpet out of ours but it seems stuck solid and it looks like a big job to me.

Please tell me how you got the carpet out.

will sort some pics out

i'd love to see those too as i have a kind of lino and carpet mix but there is a square of something near the door too and the lino and square seems firmly stuck down although the carpet bit comes out

i have a 4/5 with the storage box taken out and the carpet is where that box used to be

i also want to spruce up the sink and cooker unit as it looks a bit old

carl wrote:will sort some pics out

That would be great Carl, i dont mind saying in the open that as a new dandy forum all the info like that would be really appreciated.

mike

helen wrote:I would love to get the carpet out of ours but it seems stuck solid and it looks like a big job to me.

Please tell me how you got the carpet out.

it take a little patience and time as you have to take all the cupboards out
this is not easy as they attach to the inner skin from the outside
i took all the screws out and gently prised it away from the wall when i replace them i will re-fasten them with some small brackets
you could cut round the seats and cupboards but i wanted to put the lino under and in the cupboards

mike wrote:

carl wrote:will sort some pics out

That would be great Carl, i dont mind saying in the open that as a new dandy forum all the info like that would be really appreciated.

mike

my next plan is to add hot water heater (just to make the wife feel at home)

carl wrote:

mike wrote:

carl wrote:will sort some pics out

That would be great Carl, i dont mind saying in the open that as a new dandy forum all the info like that would be really appreciated.

mike

my next plan is to add hot water heater (just to make the wife feel at home)

If you post those details can you head it sorting the suspension dont want Nancy to read it

Isn't that what the kettles for.

We have put a laminate flooring in two of our campers and it looked great and was very easy to keep clean, so long as your ok with a bit more weight cos the flooring is heavier than carpet.
Once the carpet i have got in my destiny now is on it's way out i will be replacing it with the laminate cos it was brill.

Lol and Steve wrote:We have put a laminate flooring in two of our campers and it looked great and was very easy to keep clean, so long as your ok with a bit more weight cos the flooring is heavier than carpet.
Once the carpet i have got in my destiny now is on it's way out i will be replacing it with the laminate cos it was brill.

Laminate is good but i work in the building trade and it is fitted to most of the new builds we do and i just get sick of looking at it

lino or laminate flooring is great as its easy to keep clean,my only slight concern is if moisture should get trapped underneath,where as carpet will breath.The lino in our Dandy goes right under the kitchen,they must just lay it and build kitchen on top.We have a bead of silicone around the edge of the lino probably to keep water out.It great having the pop on carpet overlays as this keeps lino in good condition and also leaves nice feel under foot.Vickoir is the expert at making custom carpet overlays

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good luck carl looking forward to seeing all your handy work

Me too, was the carpet glued down............ well I think I already know the answer to that but what I meant to say was it completely glued over the whole thing