New flooring
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:39 pm
Decided that i was fed up with the grubby carpet in the back of the bongo, (three dogs and muddy footprints) so last weekend i took the bed box out ,that i made last year and the home made kitchen unit out and stripped the carpet out.
Before i started this little project i did a bit of research and read up on the excellent fact sheet on flooring by madmile , that gave me the bit of knowledge that i needed to start the flooring.
I already had a load of plywood sheets (30 inch by 40inches) but only 7mm (i think) and they cost me 50pence a sheet .
Made some cardboard templates and cut the sheets to size, I doubled up on the plywood to give me a stronger floor using strong glue and screws and overlapping joints to make a strong floor.(I used 6 sheets of ply costing me £3, bit of a bargain)
BDC I found out is a dab hand at using the jigsaw (better than me , Ive no patience )
Using tabs of plywood to join two sheets together and also to make the floor solid.
I sanded any joints that were a bit proud, and then taped over the joints using duck tape.
Before laying the floor I placed some laminate wood flooring underlay down first, then the plywood floor, then another layer of the underlay on top of the plywood, before fitting the linoleum on top of that.(lino and underlay from B&Q cost £67)
Nice cushioned floor and easy to clean.(no pic of the lino yet, it got too dark )
You can see ive left one of the runners in place, it has two bolts fitted, these fix my bedbox to the floor.
As you can see i also made a hatch over the fuel tank cover (just in case) you can also see the floor tapers to the rear door.
Before i started this little project i did a bit of research and read up on the excellent fact sheet on flooring by madmile , that gave me the bit of knowledge that i needed to start the flooring.
I already had a load of plywood sheets (30 inch by 40inches) but only 7mm (i think) and they cost me 50pence a sheet .
Made some cardboard templates and cut the sheets to size, I doubled up on the plywood to give me a stronger floor using strong glue and screws and overlapping joints to make a strong floor.(I used 6 sheets of ply costing me £3, bit of a bargain)
BDC I found out is a dab hand at using the jigsaw (better than me , Ive no patience )
Using tabs of plywood to join two sheets together and also to make the floor solid.
I sanded any joints that were a bit proud, and then taped over the joints using duck tape.
Before laying the floor I placed some laminate wood flooring underlay down first, then the plywood floor, then another layer of the underlay on top of the plywood, before fitting the linoleum on top of that.(lino and underlay from B&Q cost £67)
Nice cushioned floor and easy to clean.(no pic of the lino yet, it got too dark )
You can see ive left one of the runners in place, it has two bolts fitted, these fix my bedbox to the floor.
As you can see i also made a hatch over the fuel tank cover (just in case) you can also see the floor tapers to the rear door.