New Interior Renovations

["EZ"]

To get my wife off the "New Motorhome" trail and having to spend $250,000 more to get a brand new RV similar to what we have, I agreed to have Classic Coach Works in Ormond Beach Florida renovate our 2006 Holiday Rambler Ambassador. We spent a total of about $15,000 for everything including new luxury vinyl tile floors throughout, repairing minor water damage to the subfloor by the drivers window area, putting tile on the entry steps and walls, new dye on the dash, A pillars and door panels to look like new again, rebuild both captains chairs with closed cell foam and matching ultra-leather, installing locks on the flat screen TV's I installed, installing door locks on the new residential 'fridge I installed, new magic fan motor installed in the bathroom, found the short in the reading lights in the bedroom, got our front door to operate better, got our stair well step cover to operate better and covered in new carpet. Knowing how much a new coach was going to cost made the $15k a LOT easier to spend!!! I have to say, the coach looks like a new one and I couldn't be happier with the work. Here's a few before and after pics of the stair well entry area. I think this was one of the best upgrades we did. I'll post some more pics later. This cost $715 extra to do the stairs in addition to the cost of the floor.

 

[AbdRahim]

Looks great

 

["EZ"]

Here are a few more before and after pics. The old off white carpet was looking pretty rough!!! And the cheap stick on wood flooring was starting to peel up around the edges. This change is pretty dramatic in person. The coach looks and smells like a new one. The camera doesn't exactly show the colors correctly. The tile floor is a taupe (grey/brown) color and the carpet matches. In the pics the carpet looks beige for some reason. The matching ultra leather on the captains chairs is in the same color family as the floors just not quite as dark. I was afraid if I made everything the same color as the tile it would look too dark in the RV.

 

["EZ"]

I installed the new sink faucet, the new 'residential 'fridge, and all the new flat screen TV's.

 

[BGMAC]

Looks fantastic!!

 

[Jim]

Wowzer dowzer EZ! That's REALLY nice! I think you got a pretty good deal bud. ?

 

[Jim]

BTW, there's several of us will be happy to help you pull the top off that Gentleman Jack! Just sayin. . .

 

[murphysranch]

amazing transformation!

 

[VTPete]

Money very well spent I’d say, your coach looks fantastic with the upgrades. Can you tell us more about the flooring you used? What do you think the labor was for that? Are Vantana LE has a vinyl flooring that’s getting dinged up pretty quick, in the next year or so would like to move to a better flooring productIf I can find someone to do it reasonably.

 

[MapNerd]

Looking good

 

[Neemer]

That is a seriously awesome transformation, dude. Great decisions, and great work. It appears to be doggie approved as well.

 

["EZ"]

BTW, there's several of us will be happy to help you pull the top off that Gentleman Jack! Just sayin. . .

Lets all meet at the new campground that dude is building in NC and we'll open the Gentleman Jack there to celebrate!!

 

["EZ"]

Money very well spent I’d say, your coach looks fantastic with the upgrades. Can you tell us more about the flooring you used? What do you think the labor was for that? Are Vantana LE has a vinyl flooring that’s getting dinged up pretty quick, in the next year or so would like to move to a better flooring productIf I can find someone to do it reasonably.

The owner of Classic Coach Works (www.classiccoachworks.com) said they've been using this luxury vinyl flooring product for about 12 years with great results. We wanted the tile look but they have it in the hardwood floor look as well. He says that the chassis flexes so much especially if you go boondocking or up in the mountains that he doesn't recommend ceramic tile at all. Too many people are disappointed when it starts to crack. He works on THOUSANDS of Class A coaches so I took his recommendation.

Our coach is 40'. We went tile front to back. We carpeted the engine cover in the bedroom and left the carpet on the drivers side slide out due to the way it humps up over the side of the coach and then drops down to be level with the floor. We chose their most expensive line of carpet. It's basically guaranteed forever against fading. I also had him use carpet for the stair well cover so my wife's feet would be on carpet and not tile as we ride down the road so her feet wouldn't get cold.

The tile floor was $7,000. The carpet was $1550. The stair well was an extra $715 but I think the stair well made the biggest difference in the look of the coach. AND it's the first thing you see when you open the door. The charge to repair the subfloor from a previous water leak was $400. The floor was buckled up a bit but the leak had been repaired by the previous owner and it was dry through and through when he took it apart. That was good news!

Overall I'm very happy with the whole thing. It wasn't cheap but Classic Coach Works does a very high quality level of work. They really know what they are doing. ?

 

[Just George]

@"EZ" Did Classic Coach Works recover your Captain's Chairs? if so what material was used and if you don't mind I would love to know the cost. I'm currently shopping to have mine recovered and so far the quote I have may be the I really don't want this job price.

 

["EZ"]

@"EZ" Did Classic Coach Works recover your Captain's Chairs? if so what material was used and if you don't mind I would love to know the cost. I'm currently shopping to have mine recovered and so far the quote I have may be the I really don't want this job price.

The captain's chairs were $1300 each. This included rebuilding the chairs with closed cell foam and covering with ultra leather that would match the floors. I was talking with a couple other guys on IRV2 forum and they said their local upholstery place wanted about $1500 per chair so I felt like we got a fair deal. To me it was an expensive price but apparently that's the going rate.

Hope this helps!

 

[BGMAC]

The captain's chairs were $1300 each. This included rebuilding the chairs with closed cell foam and covering with ultra leather that would match the floors. I was talking with a couple other guys on IRV2 forum and they said their local upholstery place wanted about $1500 per chair so I felt like we got a fair deal. To me it was an expensive price but apparently that's the going rate.

Hope this helps!

Yea, I was quoted the same. We decided to do it ourselves even though we had really never done it before. YouTube is a great learning tool. The price savings makes the imperfections tolerable.

 

["EZ"]

Yea, I was quoted the same. We decided to do it ourselves even though we had really never done it before. YouTube is a great learning tool. The price savings makes the imperfections tolerable.

ANYTHING would look better than that first picture!!! I think you did pretty well.

 

[Neemer]

Holy crap.

 

["EZ"]

Here's what my captains chairs look like now. Mine weren't in bad shape like yours, mine just hurt to sit on for more than 2 hours. The closed cell foam helps.

 

[osuallen]

those look good