{"id":4551,"date":"2020-07-23T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/?page_id=4551"},"modified":"2020-07-23T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:57:11","slug":"plank-flooring-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/technical-details\/plank-flooring-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Plank Flooring project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were tired of the 10 year old carpet in our Bighorn 5th Wheel.\u00a0 We are spending the summer on land at my son&#8217;s new home, and he has &#8220;every tool known to man&#8221; (Judith&#8217;s words), so this was the place to do it.\u00a0 Michael had installed plank flooring in the dining room of his house, and had found a local place with very good pricing.<\/p>\n<p>We pulled up all of the old carpet and sheet flooring from the main living area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4539 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210824-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since Michael had experience, he showed us how to get started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4543 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200715_210816-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project went really quite well, but we pondered &#8220;how do we handle the transition from the main floor to the slides?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4548 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200717_204014-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael suggested some sort of a rubber flap to cover the gap between the main floor and the floor of the slide.\u00a0 We kicked around some ideas and struck on the thought of using vinyl-rubber shoe base molding.\u00a0 We trimmed the shoe base to an appropriate width with a utility knife.\u00a0 We would cover the transition from the flooring to the shoe base with a vinyl\u00a0 flooring transition that snaps into an aluminum channel.\u00a0 We put down the channel, then put down Liquid Nails, placed the shoe base onto the glue, then stapled it in place for added stability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4537 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_150319-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4542 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_114106-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we snapped the vinyl trim into place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4545 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_115516-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We think the end result turned out pretty well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200720_131135-Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4546 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200720_131135-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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