[VAC] Re: Replacing carpet.

[Roy Lashway <rlashway@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have carpet tile in my 30 Argosy and my 16' Bubble.  It is a commercial 
grade 18" square carpet brand called "Interface".  It has a hard rubber 
backing and  is essentially a loose lay tile which only requires a  4" 
adhesive  stripeor strip perhaps 3 or 3 ft apart just to hold a row of 
carpet in place to keep all the rest from moving.  Armstrong has a 
similar carpet tile out now and I believe there are a couple of others.  
It wears like iron and in fact  is probably a life time product.  You can 
left up/out the tiles for what ever reason. It is a very tight weave and 
you can do it yourself with a bit of instruction.  It is also very 
expensive.  But it doesn't take a lot for a trailer for it  is affordable 
when you do it yourself.  The glue I have used is called: " Henry", Peach 
Glue, Special Purpose Floor Covering Adhesive.  The glue never dries out 
but remains sticky.  I pulled up a tile on an outside patio that has been 
down ten years and the stuff is still sticky.  Even if you don't use 
carpet tile I would think this could be a good adhesvive for wall carpet 
or any type of floor carpet.  I would check with a carpet store for the 
carpet tile as well as the adhesive.

Roy Lashway
'78 Argosy,'56 Bubble
WBCCI 1610     VAC
rlashway@zianet.com
web site: www.zianet.com/rlashway
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