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Flooring

Yahoo Message Number: 34966
In our 99 Allure, we are considering changing out our entry/living room carpet to a laminate or the new vinyl plank material. Right now we are leaning towards the vinyl plank material. We plan to keep the tile in the kitchen, hall and bathroom. Also, we will keep the carpet in the bedroom.
Does anyone have experience with a wood laminate or the new vinyl plank material in an RV?
We are also experiencing a water leak with our Splendide washer/dryer. My wife uses it almost daily when we're on the road. At the last service, they tightened the hoses and replaced the door seal/diaphragm. Still leaking. Any suggestions on other places to investigate? Or does anyone have a new washer/dryer that they have pulled out of a coach?

We are currently parked at Camp CC, enjoying the rain.

Tom & Joyce Newman, 99 Allure 30288, 07 Jeep GCL

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Yahoo Message Number: 34981
Quote from: tpn115@\.\.\.
In our 99 Allure, we are considering changing out our entry/living
room carpet to a laminate or the new vinyl plank material. Right now we are leaning towards the vinyl plank material.

Hi Tom and Joyce,

We have always had a problem with grease from truck stops getting on our shoes and then on the carpet. When we recently remodeled our house bathroom, there was enough flooring left over to do the front entry of our coach. Product is called "Konecto". Link is http://www.konectousa.com/ . Price is about $4.50 Sq. Ft. Free floating floor and easy to lay. 6" wide strips by 4' long with shiplap joints. Recommended for wet locations.
We had to build the floor up 3/8" with cdx plywood to get it to come out even with the carpet. Tricky part was around the pedals and steering shaft. Made a template out of cardboard and cut plywwod to fit.

Ron Gates

Port Orchard WA

2000 Intrigue #10936

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Yahoo Message Number: 34997
-Dear Tom & Joyce,

We also had a Splendide leak after 6 good years of washing and drying.
Thanks to the CC group (i.e. Tom & Sherry, Chuck, Bob, and Everett)the problem is now corrected.

For us it turned out to be something as minute as a little lint getting in the threads of the trap cover on the bottom right of the machine....But go to message #32479 and follow the posts that were generated. You'll find more info there.

Good luck and happy washing and drying.

Jeff Fine

2002 Intrigue 11433

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Yahoo Message Number: 35092
Ron is right. It's impossible to avoid getting diesel fuel on your shoes at truck stops. I've also noticed that my shoes get the same way at Lazy Days in Tampa from all the diesel pushers driving around dripping oil and scrubbing tires.
I've found an easy solution. I slip on a pair of shoe covers when I go out to pump fuel, then my co-pilot meets me at the door with the trash can when I start back in.
I'm switching to this supplier now: http://www.palmflex.com/shoe_covers/shubee_shoe_covers.htm
Go to the bottom of the page and get the ones that are water proof.

George Harper
04 Allure
31093

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Yahoo Message Number: 35115
We have an even cheaper solution -- we have a basket that is kept behind the drivers seat when travelling and put under the dash on the drivers side when camped -- ALL shoes go into the basket when you come in the door (they are also handy to put back on when you get ready to go out the door). No dirt, mud, grass, oil, etc., on the carpet. Our coach has tile from the dash to just aft of the pilot and co-pilot seats so there is a nice, convenient place to do this.

John and Linda
'06 Inspire 51905

Quote from: George Harper
> > I've found an easy solution. I slip on a pair of shoe covers when I
go out to pump fuel, then my co-pilot meets me at the door with the trash can when I start back in.

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Yahoo Message Number: 35143

I had a laminate flooring in my 5th wheel. It looks great, just don't install it anywhere near where water can get to it. We had a kitchen leak - the flooring warped and buckled.

Rod Thalimer

2008 Inspire Founders Edition
52126

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Yahoo Message Number: 35144
Good Morning All,

I have read all the different posts about going to the truck island to fuel up. My question is, why??? I have a 36' Allure towing a '72 Tahoe and have from day one (Nov. '98 and 70,000 miles) fueled at the RV Island with very little problems. I have never even thought about going to the truck islands because of the grease and dirt that I have seen there.

Yes, we have been in some tight situations like the Flying J's in Amarillo and on I-10 in east TX but have always been able to get out without any problems. I know that the truck pumps are faster but I have lived in a fast world for a long time and when I am in the coach I relish the idea of being able to slow down. So when I fuel in the RV island I can wash my windshield, check oil etc. and get all of that done by the time the tank is full. So I really don't understand why so many of you go to the truck islands to fuel and then have to worry about the mess that you are about to track into the coach.
Now for you guys that have the longer coaches, I feel for you because you have to go to the dirty truck islands and then figure out how to avoid getting that smell and dirt in your coach.

Egon

'99 Allure #30321
'72 Tahoe Z71

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Yahoo Message Number: 35151
Isn't it nice to have these kinds of problems? Where else would we have a discussion like this? I like the truck islands myself because it allows me to pretend I'm a trucker :)

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Good Morning All,
> I have read all the different posts about going to the truck island to > fuel up. My question is, why??? I have a 36' Allure towing a '72 > Tahoe and have from day one (Nov. '98 and 70,000 miles) fueled at the > RV Island with very little problems. I have never even thought about > going to the truck islands because of the grease and dirt that I have > seen there.

Yes, we have been in some tight situations like the Flying J's in > Amarillo and on I-10 in east TX but have always been able to get out > without any problems. I know that the truck pumps are faster but I > have lived in a fast world for a long time and when I am in the coach > I relish the idea of being able to slow down. So when I fuel in the RV > island I can wash my windshield, check oil etc. and get all of that > done by the time the tank is full. So I really don't understand why so > many of you go to the truck islands to fuel and then have to worry > about the mess that you are about to track into the coach.
Now for you guys that have the longer coaches, I feel for you because > you have to go to the dirty truck islands and then figure out how to > avoid getting that smell and dirt in your coach.

Egon

'99 Allure #30321
'72 Tahoe Z71

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Yahoo Message Number: 35153
It's just one of those "man" things! It feels good!

Larry 03 Allure 30856

Quote from: Egon Schlottmann
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Good Morning All,

I have read all the different posts about going to the truck

island to

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fuel up. My question is, why??? I have a 36' Allure towing a '72 > Tahoe and have from day one (Nov. '98 and 70,000 miles) fueled at

the

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RV Island with very little problems. I have never even thought

about

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going to the truck islands because of the grease and dirt that I

have

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seen there.

Yes, we have been in some tight situations like the Flying J's in > Amarillo and on I-10 in east TX but have always been able to get

out

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without any problems. I know that the truck pumps are faster but I > have lived in a fast world for a long time and when I am in the

coach

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I relish the idea of being able to slow down. So when I fuel in

the RV

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island I can wash my windshield, check oil etc. and get all of that > done by the time the tank is full. So I really don't understand

why so

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many of you go to the truck islands to fuel and then have to worry > about the mess that you are about to track into the coach.
Now for you guys that have the longer coaches, I feel for you

because

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you have to go to the dirty truck islands and then figure out how

to

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avoid getting that smell and dirt in your coach.

Egon

'99 Allure #30321
'72 Tahoe Z71

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Reply #10 –
Yahoo Message Number: 35177
Egon makes some valid points, and in fact I have started using the RV island for some of the same reasons he mentions. For one, now that I have a CC with a 50 degree wheel cut, I can get in the RV island easily. It takes me quite a while to clean my windshield the way I want to, so I have decided the longer fueling time due to a slower pump is fine with me. Not insignificantly, I figure the slower pump will result in less fuel foaming and allow me to get a better fill and cut down on the frequent situation where the fuel sloshes out onto my pain when it cuts off at such high speed.
Also, if the RV island has little traffic I may pay before I move up too saving me some time and trouble. Truck drivers who are already hostile towards RV's will cut you if you don't move up after paying in the truck lanes. I don't miss walking in front or behind a row of antsy big rigs to get to the fuel desk either. And yes, the RV island is usually cleaner, though most of the time I wear the shoe covers. I have to consider that the truck drivers are tracking fuel on their shoes all over the store area.
That said, if there is a line of RV's waiting at the RV island, I'm heading for the truck lanes.

George Harper
04 Allure
31093

I have read all the different posts about going to the truck island to fuel up. My question is, why??? I have a 36' Allure towing a '72 Tahoe and have from day one (Nov. '98 and 70,000 miles) fueled at the RV Island with very little problems. I have never even thought about going to the truck islands because of the grease and dirt that I have seen there.

Yes, we have been in some tight situations like the Flying J's in Amarillo and on I-10 in east TX but have always been able to get out without any problems. I know that the truck pumps are faster but I have lived in a fast world for a long time and when I am in the coach I relish the idea of being able to slow down. So when I fuel in the RV island I can wash my windshield, check oil etc. and get all of that done by the time the tank is full. So I really don't understand why so many of you go to the truck islands to fuel and then have to worry about the mess that you are about to track into the coach.
Now for you guys that have the longer coaches, I feel for you because you have to go to the dirty truck islands and then figure out how to avoid getting that smell and dirt in your coach.