{"id":2063,"date":"2020-05-01T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2020-04-22T18:33:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T18:33:41","slug":"weekend-warriors-update-your-rv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/weekend-warriors-update-your-rv\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Warriors: Updating Your RV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Camping and Alberta go together like peanut butter and jelly;\nwe are surrounded by beautiful rec areas, have mountains to explore and lakes\nto enjoy. When you drive through our residential areas, you will see an abundance\nof campers and RVs in driveways- this is part of our identity, we are weekend\nwarriors!  Every Spring, we get an influx\nof calls from customers who want to replace their RV flooring or update their\nfinishes, here are some tips of the trade for camper improvements.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most common phone call we get before May long weekend, is \u201cHELP! I opened up my camper and my lino was split wide open!\u201d This is a common occurrence, it is partly due to our crazy temperature fluctuations, and partly due to the fact that the sheet vinyl is not full-spread glued during manufacturing.  The vinyl is perimeter fastened, and the extreme cold\/warm snaps that we have in the winter months cause the vinyl to shrink and expand rapidly causing the flooring to split. It is rare that these splits can be repaired because of the stretching that happens when they burst, the lino generally needs to be removed and new flooring installed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What type of flooring should you replace your lino with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheet vinyl or lino is always a safe and affordable bet, but\nit is not a real do-it-yourself friendly product to install. Don\u2019t be weary of\nputting the same type of flooring in that originally failed; when we install\nsheet vinyl, it is full spread glued in place. When the lino is fully fastened\nit is unlikely that you will ever have another problem with your floor.  There are hardwood patterns, tile patterns, there\nare even some sheet vinyl products with minimal patterning or bold funky styles.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luxury Vinyl Plank (or LVP) is another great option. LVP\ncomes in a wide variety of styles; you can buy click floating product,\nglued-down and even loose-lay options. \nWhen it comes to LVP, we strongly recommend going with glue-down product\nin 2mm thickness. There are many thick 5mm options on the market, but they are\nso full of vinyl that they shrink and expand quite rapidly, causing gapping and\npeaking in the seams. Click options are easy for do-it-yourselfers, but there\nare several factors that can potentially cause issues. Quite often there is no\nroom for extra thickness in the flooring (do you have a slide that comes in\novertop of the area where you are installing the new flooring?) Also, click\nvinyl products require a gap around room perimeters to allow them to float-\nthere are no baseboards in campers to hide this. It is difficult to complete a\nclean-looking click vinyl install without adding additional trim around\ncabinets and walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about your cabinets?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet is full of blogs dedicated to camper renos, and\none of the most common and dramatic quick fixes is painting the cabinets. You\ncan drastically update your space by painting your cabinets and updating your\ncountertops.  Be sure to take time to\nproperly prep and clean the cabinet faces, speak to your local paint experts\nabout the best product to use for your application. As far as countertops go,\nthere are lots of options out there! There are premade wood\/butcherblock\ncountertop options on the market, this works great if you have a straight run\nof cabinets and is very DIY friendly. You could stop by your local granite shop\nto inquire about quartz or granite for the space- come armed with measurements,\nthere may be a remnant calling your name at a discounted price. You could price\nout a new laminate countertop, these usually come in premade lengths as well. I\u2019ve\nalso seen some incredible epoxy overlays, as well as tiled countertop\ntransformations. Speaking of tile transformations, don\u2019t forget to add a tiled\nsplash to your countertop for extra pizzazz!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What about the carpet areas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpet can easily be replaced, but again, it is not the easiest\nDIY project. We recommend going with a hard-wearing, low-pile carpet that will\nstand up to the wear and tear that comes along with camping. Carpet replacement\nis relatively inexpensive, but you can save yourself some of the install costs\nby removing all non-fixed furniture from your camper and by removing existing\ncarpet prior to bringing your trailer in for install. Sometimes you can find\nthe perfect piece of remnant carpet for a bargain price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tired of the factory supplied curtains & bedspreads?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most RVs come with upholstered valences over the windows,\nthese are some of the quickest items to show their age\u2026 and to make your space\nfeel out of date. In a lot of cases, you can order new upholstery weight fabric\nand glue\/staple this directly over the factory valences for an instant rejuvenation.\nWhen it comes to bedding, I am a big fan of duvets with duvet covers. The best\npart about duvet covers is that they are easy to launder after a weekend of\ncamping.  There are tons of duvet cover\nsets on the market, or if you are thrifty, you can even make your own duvet\ncover by sewing two top sheets together and adding buttons or ties to one end.\nThis is another instant refresh that shows your personality without breaking\nthe bank. Extra bonus points if you add a snuggly throw to the end of the bed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We love to see how people personalize their campers and\nRVs!  It\u2019s a great way to inject your\npersonality into your home away from home. Don\u2019t forget to add artwork and\npersonal touches that will make you happy to be inside in the event of a soggy\nor snowy May long weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Camping! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camping and Alberta go together like peanut butter and jelly; we are surrounded by beautiful rec areas, have mountains to explore and lakes to enjoy. When you drive through our residential areas, you will see an abundance of campers and RVs in driveways- this is part of our identity, we are weekend warriors!  Every Spring, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[145,146,142,17,144,16,143,147,148],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2063"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2077,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions\/2077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raveshowroom.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}