Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring in RV Start to Finish | Class C RV Renovation | RV with Tito
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- What a transformation! This phase of our RV renovation shows the full installation of new vinyl plank RV flooring in our Class C motorhome.
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With all old RV flooring removed it was time to install new flooring from the cab of our Class C motorhome all the way back through the bathroom to the bedroom. We decided to keep the carpet in the bedroom for now.
WHAT TYPE OF FLOORING DID WE USE?
We chose Stainmaster vinyl plank flooring from Lowes. I bought 9 boxes of flooring at around $45 each. In the end I used six boxes of flooring and returned the rest. Each plank is 6 inches wide by 48 inches long. The interior walls of my RV span 8 feet. The six inch width includes the snap-in portion, so the actual visible width of each plank is just under 6 inches.
FLOORING INSTALLATION
There are very few long walls on my RV. Most have walls, cabinets or slide outs. I chose to start in the living room facing towards the back working my way from left to right towards the slide out.
LAYOUT: I offset each plank by ½ its length (2 ft) and chose planks from across multiple boxes to alternate the plank wood grain design.
CUTTING: Cutting this material is very easy. Using a straight edge, score along the cut line with a utility knife and snap it off.
ASSEMBLY: The vinyl planks snap together from left to right and front to back. I followed the instructions to assemble them. The ends often needed to be hammered into place with a rubber mallet. When done, there is almost no visible seam between planks.
TRIM: I picked up new trim pieces to dress up the edges along the walls. Some were painted to match the wall color. I was able to match the cabinet color so no painting the ones next to the cabinets. In water sensitive areas (bathroom), I put a very small bead of silicon under the trim before driving a few finishing nails in.
STAIR AND CAB TRANSITIONS
I picked up some 90 degree aluminum transition pieces and cut them to size with a Dremmel and hacksaw. Then I nailed them into the flooring to secure them.
CHALLENGES
Cutting custom pieces to fit around the entry stairs and through the bathroom door took a bit of time to get just right. Other than that, there were no real problems. I took my time and planned out each row before laying it down.
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This video helped me out so much!! We are doing the same to our 27ft bumper pull, thank you so much! Helps tremendously!
You're very welcome! So glad to hear it helped you out.
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I love the way you produce your videos, no swinging the camera all the time, explaining without the yak, music there but way in the background. Hadn't heard "Close, but no cigar." in a long time.
Thanks for the feedback.
Nice job. If you did not leave a little expansion room on the side to side for expansion you may get some buckles this summer.
I left a little gap, plus the side with the slide has plenty of room.
The flooring looks great! Had I done all that I would certainly be proud. Your rig is shaping right up. Thanks for making all the videos.
Wow, it looks great! You will have a whole new RV! It is really coming together. Thanks for sharing.....
Looks great! The paint really helps to freshen the look up as well.
OUTSTANDING video! Think you would have been better off, after snapping the center line, working from that center out to the sides. Technique keeps the final edge piece(s) of equal size and in proportion to the layout. The Behr paint has primer "mixed into" its Marquis product, but there is no substitute for a separate high quality primer given the extreme heat and humidity the RV cabin must tolerate.
Great job again. Fun to watch you do reno.
WOW! Looking like a brand new RV. The 3 shots of Expresso in your coffee sure makes the difference in the power hammering I see.
Very well done. You've definitely got a talent for workmanship.
Really nice job Brian. It looks great after you were done and you should be proud of your results.
Plank flooring looks great Brian. Keep up the good work!
Flooring looks amazing - professional job indeed. Looks great.
Great job! I have enjoyed watching your projects!
Last year I redid the floor in our RV much like what you did. It was so worth it. Great video!!
WOW WOW WOW! You are truly amazing! I just appreciate your work so very much. You think your projects through first, then everything is done in sections and the way you keep your surroundings so clean and tidy is amazing to me. I’ve been wanting to replace my kitchen vinyl flooring for a while now but really had know idea how to even start, with watching you cut the planks to fit around doors and caddy situations and you showing the tools to use have helped me understand how these projects are done. You may not even realize how smart and talented you are. Thank you for sharing this RV remodel with us. What a beautiful RV.......
Not sure what to say. You're so kind. I'm really glad you got so much out of this one. Thanks!
Really great job we’re going to install carpet in our RV and you just made up my mind on what kind to use thx
"BRAVO"
After watching sooooooo many videos...
and most of them only show the "Finished" floor...
This video is the BEST of the BEST...
OMGosh... THANK YOU SO MUCH for this Great Video.
that is beautiful! well done!!!! Definitely using your video to redo my own! such great ideas and well thought out! 👍
It looks great! Great job Brian! Thank you!
Great job! It looks beautiful!
This is not what I wanted my fiance to see. Now she says living in an rv is easy since she can change the flooring and paint the walls to whatever she wants. Good job and thanks for the new projects!
Hehe. Sorry about that :)
You did an awesome job! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing, the flooring turn out beautiful. Can’t wait to see when your done with all of the renovations 😎
Glad you liked it. I'm now sure when it will end :)
You have far more patience and skill than I when it comes to those things. Looks great! :)
Well done Tito! I feel ready to tackle ours.
Awesome! That was a great watch and filled me with confidence to do the flooring in my 27ft fifth wheel we just purchased.
The only thing missing was video of Melissa's face when she came in and saw the finished job. Nice work, especially the notched piece in the doorway.
Outstanding job, you make terrific videos! Thanks for sharing, it’s definitely inspiring.
Great job Brian... some amazing tips as always in your videos. Love this cut under the door frame to slip the flooring under. Genius!!!
Thanks. Yeah that cut was a doozy.
Thank you so much. Your video covered everything. Truly the perfect A-Z video on "how to" replace RV flooring and those hard trim areas! You also gave me another great idea with your painting demo. I'm totally inspired!
Great! Glad to help.
Great job!
Your flooring project looks great!!!❤️❤️❤️
I agree it is amazing how flooring can change the entire space. Looks like that flooring type was perfect for an RV install. Nice job as always.
I can't stop admiring it myself. It's like a new rig.
Great job gives a luxurious look
I love the new flooring. It makes the RV look brand new. I love the different contrasts of light tone walls and darker tone floor.
Thanks. Yeah it's comin together.
You are a blessing.Keep up the good work
Good job! We also are in the middle of a class A renovation. And while your flooring came out awesome, we have a huge wall slide out we have to account for for our flooring install. Great job!!
I also have a large 26 foot slide out and i need a new floor. how does the material he used work on that type of application. will the slide out go over the flooring or rip it up??????
Thank you for showing the tough cuts and all the tools you used - awesome job!
You're very welcome. Still loving the new floor after all this time.
My wife just watched your video with me. Great, now I have another project on my Class C Jamboree. You did good work. Bill K.
Thanks Bill. Food luck with the project. Hope there are no surprises for you. 😆
So cool! Nice floor choice. Great video.
Flooring looks great.👍
Looks great. Gives me motivation to do mine.
Oh my God, I was praying for you on that tricky notched plank and it didn’t break. Such an awesome change. I am on my third floor install after 1976 red carpet on brown carpet!!!
Super, super work, Brian! Now you got me thinking...Safe travels, my friend!
Hmmmm...what to do?? :)
Tito, I've been Project Mgr & Superintendent on many large, complex commercial jobs during my career, all trades. I have a deep appreciation and admiration for skilled craftsmen, and you are near the top of the heap for Do Anything Guys. You are a rare beast! Thanks for documenting this so well, will make it much easier when I do the floor in our 5th wheel.
Wow! I'm honored and speechless. Best of luck updating your fifth wheel.
It's nice to see a real project YOU actually paid for. Not another one of those "u-nboxing" or phony "product evaluation" that they got for free and are supposed to believe their honest reporting. If any of them gave a bad report there's isn't a Company out there that would send them anything. Sorry for venting but the other scam is the give free giveaways, give me a break.
Great job Tito nice to see good workmanship/
Thanks for sharing your perspective. Glad you're enjoying the project.
Love it, got to get old carpet out of mine.
Floor looks great!! That vinyl flooring is great stuff... Much better than the thin particle wood flooring with the cheap laminate film over it. That stuff wears bad, and will swell and bubble up if moisture gets in it. My son used this vinyl flooring in his basement, and it is fantastic! Easy to install, wears great, and water proof!!
It seems to be pretty durable stuff. We'll see how it lasts long term.
The flooring looks fantastic. . It gives the RV a fresh new look. I might just do the same to get rid of the old vinyl flooring.
Very nice, I am working with the self-sticking floor planks in my house. and you make it look so easy. :) Good video.
Looks awesome , I did the floor in our old Itasca with lament but will use the vinyl for our Hurricane. Thanks
Nice! Good luck with the Class A project.
Looks Great!! Love it! Completely worth it! Thanks
Yes. It was totally worth it.
Well done I picked up couple pointers too thx
So glad I found your CZcams channel! I am planning to replace the floor in my Class C (after fixing some water damage), removing ALL of the carpet and linoleum. I went to Lowes, and found the flooring you used, in fact I am going to use the same exact color!!
Great. It's a nice color. I got more too and plan to finish it all through the bedroom.
I think it looks fabulous. You are an inspiration. I wish we would replace our flooring in our RV. Great job.
Looking great!!
Nice job and it looks great!
Looks awesome! Great video 👍👍👍🙏
Looks Amazing..
Gives me hope that I can redo my floor.
That looks great! Great job. Can’t wait to see the rest!
Thanks. Still working on it, but will share when I get going.
Wow! What a dramatic difference! Way to go Brian!
Woo hoo! Thanks.
You r a pro. Looks beautiful.
Watched the video this am,it was great.just watched it again with the wife. She absolutely loved it.
Debating between a new Jayco 5th wheel upgrade or keeping our 34' keystone Outback. I'm thinking I have a flooring job in the near future.
Great job!!!!!
Beautiful job. I'm in the middle of tearing out the carpet in my chinook. One and a half days pulling staples out of the padding!
Hi Brian: Thank you. Renovating our Class C and found that Stainmaster, was acquired Ivy Lowe’s. That, Lowe’s still carries a lighter weight flexible plank flooring, but under the Mohawk in Vinyl Plank line (8” x 48”). Your DIY projects offer excellent ideas and immense help!
You're welcome. Thanks for the update on the flooring.
Great job !!! It was a joy watching you work.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Your new floor looks GREAT! You did a very good job. Congratulations on a brand new floor!
Woo hoo! We're very excited about it.
yhanks for showing how to cut the metal transition, i was wondering how to do that and make it look clean and not jagged.
Tito, that's an awesome job, you should be very proud. You made it look so easy(I'm sure it's harder than it looked). I really like that angle finder you used, I've almost bought one several times but I am definantely going to get one now. Thanks for posting.
I don't use it much, but it does come in handy when I need it.
Boy does that look good!
Brian Great Job it looks Fantastic..! You show yrs of experience with the pc of the door cut you did..you nail it..!
Nailed it!! :)
This was beautifully done. I would say you’ve done a little of this before.
Things are so much easier to tear out than replace, I was worried for you. Now I'm just jealous - looks fantastic. Added value 500%!
Haha. I appreciate the concern :) Thanks.
Great Work, I have done most of your upgrades as well, I saw this video watching your 7 best upgrades. We are huge boon-dockers here in Wyoming, we have a Work and play toy hauler. I have done Suspension upgrade to truck with Bill stein shocks, weight distribution hitch, 900 Watts of solar with Two 8D batteries, a transfer switch, 3500 watt inverter. I cant believe we have done so much of the same type of upgrades, The stinky slinky upgrade will be happening as well, the fence post painted black! Hidden underneath BRILLIANT! This video of your floor was awesome, I just started looking into doing it, i was Leary till i watched your video. I will be doing the entire floor now, instead of just the rear half! Awesome, Thanks so much.
Great job and I like the way you showed and discussed how you over came some bumps in the road with the installation. I will be replacing my RV flooring after my repaint of the RV
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your project.
you have a very natural way of presenting in a nonsense way your detail tutorial improvements thanks for sharing
You're welcome. Thank you for the great feedback.
I just want to say thank you for posting this video! It gave me the courage to dive head-first into our flooring repair and replacement. We had some plywood to replace and decided to eliminate the linoleum and carpet for vinyl plank flooring. I didn’t feel confident enough to do it myself until my wife saw your video. Our project turned out wonderful because of your video! Our 2002 Fleetwood Jamboree GT Class C looks so much better. I’d post pics if I could...
That really warms my heart hearing that my video gave you the confidence to take this project on. Now you know and have something to show for it. Great job!
Awesome work Brian! Looks really really nice. Great job
Turned out better than I thought. I love it.
Another fine job! It does really transform the space.
Right!
Great job Tito! Looks awesome ! Thanks for the tips!!
No problem 👍
Best RV floor install video I’ve seen. Thanks!
Wow, thanks!
That turned out great!! Nice video! Appreciate the details!! Gonna check out more of your videos and subscribe!
Thanks! Welcome.
Beautiful job thanks for sharing your talent
Looks great, will be doing that soon.
You did a great job! Thanks for sharing
Nice job Brian. Like how careful you were with your angled cuts. Looks great!
Great video👍I'm getting ready to do mine as well and you answered my questions on how to so the steps 😁👍thanks
Looks great. Watching this has helped me make up my mind on doing this in our RV. Thank you so much.
You're welcome! Good luck with your project.
Looks great. Not to bad to install
Thx for this video. We are doing the same thing in our Class A. The trim around the entry way is brilliant! I was wondering how I was going to accomplish that in ours - now I know!
Great job!!
Great job as usual. The floor looks amazing All the work that you do is so clean, not like some of the others on You Tube that I’ve seen.Great Job 👍🏼
Thanks for the feedback!
looks great
Looks very nice!!
great job. looks fantastic
impressive, I was going to have a pro do this for me after my floor repair but watching your video, I think Im going to give it a go. Thanks a bunch
Glad to show you what's possible. Planning it out is harder than laying the planks. Good luck!
Looks nice!