In my humble opinion, don't do it. I have two children and a bulldog. The
hardwood floors in my home look like a bomb hit them. I have yet to see my
children wipe their feet on the door mat as they entered the trailer or my
home . It's nearly impossible keeping the sand and dirt from tearing up the
floor. If you think carpet is impossible hardwood is worse, every grain of
sand leaves a mark. it is unforgiving drop any object on the hardwood floor
and you have a mark . My Airstream has carpeting and I am going to install
the plastic carpet runners to protect the carpet from tracked in dirt. Don't
get me wrong I love the Pergo hardwood floors, but having experience with
hardwood floors and children I would not go out of the way to put in hardwood
flooring. Also if your dog is like mine his nails will scratch the hardwood.
Hardwood is very high maintenance

per.hamnqvist@airstream.net wrote:

> Hi Ray & Bea --
>
> | I've tried every sort of throw rug
> | to catch inevitable foot tracks. They slide, we stumble on 'em. Phooey.
>
> Ha ha ha .. I've done the same thing and it is impossible to keep
> rugs on it. They curl up by the cabinets and make things look worse,
> not to mention that the sofa is so snug to the floor that once you
> put a carpet down you can't open the drawer under it!
>
> We've got three kids and a great dane. Carpets are dirt magnets and
> impossible to keep clean. Wood floor is definitely on our list of
> upgrades planned. I have enjoyed many informative postings about wood
> floors on this list. It is a shame they do not offer wood floor as the
> default cover. It would not be hard or expensive to put down at the
> factory, before they install all the interiors.
>
> >Per