Kitchen Floor

[MAMalody]

Well, my wife has had it with the small kitchen floor in our '03 3575RL. I went to Lowe's while she was out of town and bought the lino tile to put down and it would about double our kitchen floor. Started the job tonight. Carpet came up okay. Trimed it back to where where we wanted it okay. Pulled up the staples okay. Took up the old kitchen floor okay. Fixed some of the screws holding down the subfloor okay. I'm now two hours into this (that was the max time my wife thought it would take - I estimated 5 hours) and the lino wants to do nothing but fight me. I have decided that tomorrow would be a better day to do the install. Pray for me. I have taken before and during pictures, hopefully, I will get some after photos. Gotta get it done, we are heading out Thursday.

Mike

F350 7.3L LB SRW
2003 3575RL

[Montana Sky]

Mike,
Sure cant wait to see those pictures.


2004 Chevy Silverado LT 2500HD CrewCab Duramax
2004 Montana 3400RL

[txkrumm]

Hang in there Mike! Tommorow will be a better day.

Steve and Tara Krumm
2004 GMC 4X4 Duramax Allison
2003 Montana 3655 FL

[MAMalody]

Well, tomorrow was yesterday. Put in two more hours with a trip to the hardware store and just need to trim up. Hope to have it done before I take off for a short trip Thursday. If not, I will do it on the trip. My fingernails are getting short so I had better get it done!

Mike

F350 7.3L LB SRW
2003 3575RL

[Kathi]

Patience, Patience and more Patience is all I have to say. When I am doing a project and it becomes difficult, I put the tools away and walk away only to think about it for a while and when I am ready I return to the job and get ur done!

Paul & Kathi Landau
Lola, Beulah & Hamel (BLk/Tan Coonhounds)
Max (Doxie) all rescues
Kalispell Montana

02' Dodge 3500 Cummins Diesel, Dually Longbed,
Banks Exhaust Sys.,
5"exhaust, Prodigy Brake Controller, Reese 22K Hitch, Magellan Roadmate 700 GPS.

05' 3400RL

[MAMalody]

I will get it done...although I must admit when I fixed the vacuum, it blew...oh well, that is a different project.

Mike

F350 7.3L LB SRW
2003 3575RL

[rickfox]

Mike,

I hope you get it done, and the wife is happy. I ready to see the photos.

Rick & Wanda
2003 2500HD Crew Cab
Duramax with Allison Trans.
Firestone Airbags
Glide-Ride Pinbox - It's Great!
2006 3400RL - We Love The Trailer!

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[MAMalody]

Well, I got the floor done. Finished it on my trip this weekend. I increase the floor space in the kitchen from about 10 sq ft to around 27+ sq ft. Boy did I earn points with the wife, in fact, I got her to help out...well, she was really the driving force behind the whole thing. Anyway, lets see if I did the picture thing correctly. If I did it right, the first picture is of the space prior to the installation, the second is proof that my wife helped...you see her pulling out staples from the floor that held the carpet down and the third is a shot of the completed, trimmed out job.

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Mike

F350 7.3L LB SRW
2003 3575RL

[txkrumm]

Mike,
Looks awesome! Great job. Feels good to get a project done, doesn't it?
tara

Steve and Tara Krumm
2004 GMC 4X4 Duramax Allison
2003 Montana 3655 FL

[JH Sechelt]

Mike,

Floor looks Great, nice job, We don't like having all that carpet around when we go camping either.
When our carpet gets a little more worn , We will do something like that too.
Especially having Our old, old Dog around. As you can see,
She always get the best spots...

J&D







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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
2006 2980RL &
2005 F350 Lariet, Crewcab
Shortbox Powerstroke 4X4

[MAMalody]

I must admit that even though I only did this through protest that my wife's idea was great and it looks far superior and, for us, is much more functional. The down side is she is not muttering something about the bathroom floor...oh well...maybe she just means....

Mike

F350 7.3L LB SRW
2003 3575RL

[Wrenchtraveller]

Mike, great looking job. Well done.

Don & Donna
Vancouver Island
2005 Ford F350 V10 Lariat CC 4x4 LB SRW 11200 GVWR
2006 Montana 2955RL
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[sreigle]

Sweet! Nice job, Mike.

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Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'03 3295RK
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

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