Ironwood is Pau Ferro, Leslie.

I wouldn't put Pergo in a camper because the substrate swells when it gets
damp and we get a lot of damp around here.  The finish scratches pretty
easily too.

I love the real linoleum that came in our Weekender anyway, and the only
thing I would replace it with is cork.  Warm to the touch and acoustically
absorbent, if a little pricey.   :)

On 1/6/07, Leslie H Schwartz <lhs_emf@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> I have seen this material at Costco too, but the last several times I went
> there it was not on the shelf. It seems to always be available at Home
> Depot.
>
> The link seems to say there are two makers: Pergo and Harmonics, and that
> Harmonics had a more scratch resistant product. This was my concern too
> because the top wood laminante seems way too thin for normal family use. I
> thought with the commercial carpet over it - it would ok for my passenger
> van floor, in my case which is primarily for Home Depot, Costco, and big
> item shopping trips, or use by myself.
>
> The "iron wood" would be better, I just do not know the real name for it,
> and I havn't found a local lumber yard yet near Plano.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jack R <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2007 8:55:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
>
> For less than $30... this stuff would, or should I say "wood" be worth a
> try.
> http://torque.oncloud8.com/archives/000379.html
>
> I've used this in a friends cottage, and did a 10 x 11 room in less than 3
> hours.  Strong too, we took a hammer to a test piece and it didn't dent.
>
> Costco has this available most of the time.
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Leslie H Schwartz
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:40 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
>
> I was thinking about doing this too, but with the sort of inexpensive wood
> laminate from Home Depot. Real oak would be a lot better though. My
> weather
> conditions are mild enough that I might be able to use the laminate, but I
> will investigate this further.
>
> I moved from California last year, but I used to go reasonably frequently
> to
> the lumber yards there, one excellent wood for this purpose was called
> "iron-wood" dark but very hard and dense and a lot less expensive than
> oak.
> I am not sure how easy it will be to find iron-wood in Texas.
>
> I also thought some stringers running in the cross direction would be
> needed
> to do this, but this detail was not in the link. Stringers or ply
> underlayment.
>
> I would like to ask how well this fits in with the metal edges, (metal
> lip)
> especially around the van sliding door. And I was wondering how to attach
> the flooring material to the van bottom pan - sheet metal screws? Didn't
> see
> any indication of how the flooring was set into the van bottom pan - which
> indicates  very good craftsmanship.
>
> Again my plan was to cover the wood floor center with one of those larger
> rubber nylon carpet matts used commercially.
>
> Thanks for putting this up - great job! Any further details would be
> interesting to hear about.
>
> Leslie
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2007 6:45:47 PM
> Subject: <no subject>
>
> I got motivated today. Funny how it's so much quicker and easier to rip
> stuff out than put it back in.
>
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=212483
>
> Nathaniel
>
>
>
>
>
>

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