[Wavery]

Most people that do any flooring work in the TM prefer to eliminate the carpet all together and go with some sort of solid flooring like laminate, vinyl tiles or linoleum.

The old linoleum pulls up pretty easily (at least ours did). The carpet is stapled down with like a bazzilion little staples. When you pull the carpet up a lot of staples will stay in the floor. If the staples have carpet fibers stuck in them (most will) they will have to be pulled out with a pair of vise grips.

Once everything is out, it's very important to have a clean surface if you are going to use any adhesive material. We cleaned ours good with acetone (careful of the fumes) and put down a coat or two of "1-2-3 Primer". This made an excellent surface for the self adhesive vinyl planks that we put down. It also seals up those bazillion holes in the floor from the staples.

We considered "floating" laminate floors but decided against it. The grandkids are forever spilling things or coming in the trailer wet. Laminate flooring may not be the best option when moisture may be present. Although.......if it did get wet and had to be replaced, it wouldn't be a big deal.....

BTW.......If you use a solvent like acetone (or anything else that might go through the staple holes and eat up the Styrofoam in the floors), be sure to just use a rag soaked in the chemical and don't allow it to puddle.