The same thing they do at home when they need to remove their dishwasher!

Stuart

From: Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 4:35 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: shrunken kitchen floor

I don't use elephant bark, but a similar cut-to-fit rubber flooring. When
removing my fridge over the weekend, I was reminded of the need for a
removable floor. What do people do who put down hardwood, etc. when the time
comes to remove the fridge cabinet?

Jim

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

My solution:  http://www.rubbercal.com/elephant_bark.html  This stuff is
tough stuff but nice on the bare feet, and easy to clean by removing and
hosing off.  Things don't slide around either (i.e., PortaPotty).  No need
to glue it down, just cut to fit floor.  I love it!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Shoebridge
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: shrunken kitchen floor

We've owned an 87 Westfalia for just over a year now, loving every minute of
it - though we have recently dubbed it 'the six million dollar van'...

We've been slowly fixing the many things that need fixing, with much
assistance from this list. One thing I can't figure out or find a solution
to is this:

the p.o stored the van in a valley that gets extremely hot in the summer --
as a result, a lot of the interior moldings have shrunk- some by several
inches. I've managed to heat gun most of these back to their original
length, but now there's the rubber floor in the kitchen area to contend with
- it has pulled away from the floor and away from one edge by a few inches.
I'd like to stretch it back and glue it back down.

So, any thoughts on how to stretch it back? Also, I was hoping to do this in
situ, but if necessary, I'd pull it up (the glue is kinda loose anyway, and
rubber is bubbling in a few spots) - do I need to pull the cabinet/rear
seat, since it extends beneath these?

Thanks in advance,

paul

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