Carpet or not?

My original carpets are in storage and over the years I have had a variety of runners. At the moment I'm using some colourful mats from ikea, £4 each I think.
One thing you have to remember is that you have your daughter and a dog. You don't want to spend all your time yelling at them to keep the carpets clean. You've bought it as a family motorhome to enjoy, don't think that would work in a muddy field with child and dog.
 
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I have fitted carpets running below the furniture and into all the internal areas so they have to stay ...

So in the high traffic areas I have fitted custom cut Dirt Trapper mats from:

Official Dirt Trapper Mat(R) | Dirtcatcher Mats(R)

These are held in place by press studs and at the end of each trip I take them out and machine wash them.
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We have fitted carpets but have just followed a thread from Facebook showing how to cut them out and replace with vinyl, that would be handy but I suspect cold in the winter months so I wouldn't like that but I would like something easier to clean rather than get g the hoover out and unable to use that on non ehu.
I'm interested in the press studs how does that work on a non removable carpet please?
 
silverweed said:
I have placed secondary mats on top of the carpet but how do you stop them moving around. I only have to walk over them once one they have rucked up
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I asked the same question in a carpet shop and they said nothing works so we have used some self tappers to screw down the corners to the floor.
 
Before we bought Helga the Hymer, which is a fair age, we had rented several motorhomes and two of them had the wooden? floor. I can fully understand for a rental and the ease of cleaning etc, but the feeling of the van being more commercial and less comfortable was quite surprising.
We noticed so much we purchased two rugs for the rental van just for the duration of our holiday and it did appear to make a big difference.
We also have a substantial Springer Spaniel who could get no purchase on the plastic floor panels, so was quite uncomfortable on some of the tighter corners until we got the small carpet sections.
The Hymer has built in carpets but I'm sure for a vehicle originally built in 1992, they will not be the original ones and we will just replace them when they get beyond recovery.
Having the carpets just adds to our comfort and we take our shoes off at the door if using the side door.
The Dyson is an excellent piece of kit but so very expensive for 7 minutes of boost hoovering.

Slainte, Growlie and Littlepony
 
I kept the original carpets down summer and winter but they were a pain because they were loose fit so dirt managed to get around the edge on the floor, we had to remove the carpet and wash the floor still so when they became stained I fitted carpet tiles, it took a long time but they fit every little nook and cranny and are very easy to clean, and you cannot see the joins unless you are looking for them, we have a couple of runners on top in the walkways
 
We took the motorhomes original carpets and stored them , then we have a fully fitted carpet every 3 years
 
Admin said:
The first thing I did when I got my Duetto was to remove the carpets and store them. But now I am getting the Hymer I am wondering if I should leave them in.

Do you have carpets?
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We use the original Carthago fitted carpets in winter, just that bit more snug, and take them out for our longer continental trips when we know we will be wilding on a beach etc. Much easier to brush sand and dust off a hard surface.
Dave
 
You could put down the clear non slip plastic bathroom type mating over it which is easy to clean,i have it in mine with a rug at kitchen sink to keep me totsies warm.
 
our van has 8 trapdoors to storage spaces uncomfortable to walk on bare footed but didn't want to roll back a big carpet every time i wanted access to the storage so i went for carpet tiles heavy grade with a rubber backing each tile is half a sq mtr so able to fit easily enough bought two boxes of e bay brown 8m2 32 tiles lot of cuts but got 6 full ones left over to replace any damaged ones, had them before and they can be power washed if showing sins of wear and tear come up like new,
 
***** said:
Sounds a good idea!
Does the rubber from under the tiles come away and stick to the floor, like some carpet underlays will do?
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No, I have lifted the tiles in a few areas to clean and also looked for dropped screws no evidence of sticking, there is no adhesive on the tiles I cut them so so that they are fitted around all the units. The tiles have been laid on the original vinyl so it is easy to remove them to do a good spring clean.
 
runnach said:
I installed same with previous Dethleffs. Would consider same for current N&B and, concur with your above comments. Our local Costco supply tile, cheap as chips. See clip below, not exactly same, but similar.

[video=youtube;QVmUmn5TN_E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmUmn5TN_E[/video]
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Bought my tiles from Costco also, as you say cheap as chips.
 
Ffion said:
We have fitted carpets but have just followed a thread from Facebook showing how to cut them out and replace with vinyl, that would be handy but I suspect cold in the winter months so I wouldn't like that but I would like something easier to clean rather than get g the hoover out and unable to use that on non ehu.
I'm interested in the press studs how does that work on a non removable carpet please?
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The stud fittings are simply screwed through the fitted carpet into the wooden flooring beneath.

The stud top fittings for the mats are crimp fitted through them.

The tricky bit is getting them correctly aligned. I used a large sheet of paper laid on the floor and cut to shape, then placed the mat on top, punctured the mat in the required positions for the stud tops, then marked the paper through the holes. Then I used an awl to make pilot holes through the carpet and fitted the screws.

Then I removed the paper, fitted the floor stud fittings one at at time. Finally I crimped the stud tops to the mats through the holes made earlier.

It sounds more complicated than it is, but the end result is mats that are held in position permanently.
 
My motorhome had a vinyl flooring. caravan I acquired the same but with removable carpets.. My own thoughts removable carpets are great in terms of a deep clean and add the psychological value of warmth on the colder months they might add insulation ? ...As to wood floor effect or carpeted a lot is down to individual choice. I subscribe pretty much with earlier comments a French summer beachside location wood finish far easier, mid winter I like my carpets.

Pay your money take your choice

Channa
 
I've had same dilemma van looked great in showroom with all the carpets fitted nice light grey colour nearly white but when it came to practically we used van twice with them in now in bag safely stored away until the day I trade van in or sell. Absolutely useless wife spent have her time cleaning them or shouting at me for messing them she bought four wee carpets like the bathroom type but bigger from Costco work a treat she just sticks them in washing machine and they come out like new they also have a rubber type back that stops them sliding all over the place.
 
POI Admin said:
The stud fittings are simply screwed through the fitted carpet into the wooden flooring beneath.

The stud top fittings for the mats are crimp fitted through them.

The tricky bit is getting them correctly aligned. I used a large sheet of paper laid on the floor and cut to shape, then placed the mat on top, punctured the mat in the required positions for the stud tops, then marked the paper through the holes. Then I used an awl to make pilot holes through the carpet and fitted the screws.

Then I removed the paper, fitted the floor stud fittings one at at time. Finally I crimped the stud tops to the mats through the holes made earlier.

It sounds more complicated than it is, but the end result is mats that are held in position permanently.
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The pile of the carpet always make over carpets 'Walk' one way when trood on and of course Stud poppers helps keep them in place, but they are quite fiddly to fit, as you have to screw them down anyway maybe just a screw and penny washer is equally effective, but then you do need you eleccy screwdriver to take out for cleaning.
I took the carpets out of my last van so the next owners could benefit from them :confused: Why?
Left them in this one, so I can benefit from them :idea-007::D
 
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I've never understood why people spend a shed load of money to have something nice and then either remove or cover parts so that someone else further down the line gets to enjoy them. You paid for it, you enjoy it.
 
Fazerloz said:
I've never understood why people spend a shed load of money to have something nice and then either remove or cover parts so that someone else further down the line gets to enjoy them. You paid for it, you enjoy it.
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Completely agree, but if it was light coloured carpet I would change them for darker carpet as I want to enjoy the van without seeing all the mud so easily, we do try to remove our shoes before entering the mh, but we soon stop bothering and I don't want to spend all my time cleaning. Who in their right minds puts a cream carpet into a mh thats usually parked in a field or near a sandy beach?
 
I do the same thing *****.. put carpet down in the winter but just have a machine washable rag rug runner most of the time. The vinyl floor is much easier to sweep and wipe over and the long rug gets shaken outside and gets a wash when I get home. I do have mats by the door for wiping feet on the way in.

The original carpets were an awful colour, so they're rolled up in the garage at home. Instead I cut some left over carpet from home into a fully fitted effort and still use that for extra warmth in the winter. I much prefer the vinyl floor though.
 
When we had our MH it had fitted carpets cream in colour but at the door it had a runner, and we always took our shoes off at the door or just inside the door! It was definitely warmer,
 
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