Flooring - suggestions please?

Post by **jagsman** » 06 Mar 2007, 22:45

Hello all,

still working on sorting the vandalism/break in damage...need some advice on potential flooring options as the carpet is knackered in the back.

Want to go for something "easy clean" as we have two kids under 5 and also want to go for fairly cheap and easy to install if possible...

Any thoughts please?

Cheers!

http://www.bananabus.co.uk

Post by **hembo666** » 06 Mar 2007, 22:47

we just picked up a vinyl flooring remenant from carpet right for ours £15
we need wipe clean for the usually muddy hound

Post by **Dubstar** » 06 Mar 2007, 22:59

A sheet of 8mm or 18mm MFC in the fake wood effect of your choice. Available from kitchen companys, of the likes of B&Q. Cheap, fairly hard wearing and if it's cold on your feet, put a rug on it. Mine at the moment has a sheet of what looks like 18mm chipboard with carpet on top, but when that dies it'll be 18mm MFC for me. I mentioned the 8mm board just in case it has to go under the edges of units etc.

Post by **Bendyknees** » 07 Mar 2007, 01:12

Ive got jus normal lino stylie flooring. Found a carpet in the back of a defender 110 and cut it to shape. Easy to remove an wash/beat wit tennis racket

An if it gets really cold,or have company i unroll the ole sheepskin rug

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 07 Mar 2007, 10:03

We have a green astro-turf stylee door mat for our 2 urchins to wipe their feet on outside the bus and a £20 offcut of faux beech lino/vinyl for the floor covering itself.

We had carpets at first

Ian.

Post by **HarryMann** » 07 Mar 2007, 10:24

Wiki on camper flooring

Post by **plurker** » 07 Mar 2007, 12:51

I've got this, wipe clean for spills / mud and burn resistant in case of spilling cooking oil, cigs etc...

From http://www.jaymart.net

Post by **jagsman** » 07 Mar 2007, 15:43

Looks nice plurker, pricey? Is there a different roll size, surely you didn't buy 20 odd metres of it?

Post by **plurker** » 07 Mar 2007, 15:50

jagsman wrote:Looks nice plurker, pricey? Is there a different roll size, surely you didn't buy 20 odd metres of it?

no, you can buy by the metre. the roll was 2m wide, and i got i tihnk 3 m length, so 6sq m.
i paid iirc £20 for enough to do the whole floor and some bits up the sides of seats etc. The cost was the delivery - think that was about £30, more than the stuff anyway! if you could pick it up that's be good. It's just much harder wearing than lino, and imho it looks nicer than laminate floor.

Post by **kathyshack** » 07 Mar 2007, 16:27

i have that in my bathroom

Post by **Flibbertigibbet** » 07 Mar 2007, 18:04

I still have the original flotex stylee carpet in my van and works fine for me and I have a mucky mup of a son

Post by **hembo666** » 07 Mar 2007, 19:19

i looked at flotex for ours, you seen the price of that stuff nowdays

Post by **jagsman** » 07 Mar 2007, 19:39

Thanks for the thoughts folks...will have allok on a few websites and see what's what...

Post by **madmyk** » 10 Mar 2007, 00:04

Eh up!

I use vinyl carpet protector over a carpeted floor, works great, cheap and remove it in summer/no-mud conditions. Bought 2 rolls, extra bits goes between front seats then no worries moving around van

Myk.

Post by **Tex Ritter** » 10 Mar 2007, 10:53

I've got a speckled look vinyl over 8mm plywood base. Very solid and hard wearing. Carried a wood burning stove from S of F and it didn't even leave a dent in the floor....mind you, we had to use the stove top as our table for 3 weeks...can't resist a bargain

Tex R