To chequer plate or not

[Gazuk]

My motorhome is currently being prepared by the dealer and I mentioned to them about chequer plate being put down in the garage. They said it will coast around £100 and weight about 20kg

Now I like the tidy look of chequer plate but it it useful or just cosmetic. I'm more concerned about the extra 20Kg in the garage than the cost.

 

[grumfy]

Well I had nice shiny chequer plate in my garage and being a bit o.c.d. I had to cover it with Flotex to protect it. Looked like new when sold the van 4 years later! The moral is it will scuff, mark and hold dirt and not do a lot for pay load.

 

[Langtoftlad]

...and might it not hide early symptoms of water ingress & damp?

 

[tonka]

In mine I bought a sheet of rubber matting and cut to the shape.
Just a little extra protection and not as heavy as metal plate.

 

[Landy Andy]

You can get rubber chequer plate if you see a need for protection.

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[Stealaway]

I though it might damage some stuff I could slide into the garage.
I decided on tough sponge rubber locking tiles.

 

[funflair]

The question for me would be “what do you want to put in there that needs chequer plate” I just put carpet in to protect the floor.

 

[Lenny HB]

20kg, what they fitting armor plated steel. I would have thought 3 or 4 kilo max.
Personally I wouldn't as it will encourage condensation, I removed the rubber type matting that was in mine as it was rubbish and fitted Gel backed carpet.

 

[WillH]

Chequer plate is a bugger to clean and it does damage stuff that slides on it.

 

[Stewart J]

Did mine with B&Q carpet tiles 4 years ago still look good as new

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[Bailey58]

I though it might damage some stuff I could slide into the garage.
I decided on tough sponge rubber locking tiles.

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You failed to secure the most important item in there!

 

[Jamesh]

I though it might damage some stuff I could slide into the garage.
I decided on tough sponge rubber locking tiles.

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£12 in B+M today. 6 X 2ft sq.

Cheers James

 

[Stealaway]

You failed to secure the most important item in there!

You might notice the batten along the floor? (there's another at the opposite door)
That is especially fitted to hold boxes of six bottle case's - which fortunately all seem to be the same size

 

[82125]

my van came with a load of interlocking rubber square tiles, presumably to keep you clean when working under the van, i cut them to shape and lined the garage floor with them.
I did it because the garage doors were leaking and it kept my cardboard boxes in there out of the water (which ive since fixed). Still surely cheaper and certainly lighter than chequer plating it, and sipmle to remove if needed.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I have a thin insulation sheet, then a thin sheet of ply 5mm thick. I cut a small peice of 10mm ply for putting under the scooter stand. No problems with condensation thus far, reasonably light weight and durable.
Mike.

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[Stoosal]

Depends what you want to carry? I put a scooter in my garage so a bit of weight but if it’s just general cargo not sure it’s worth it.

 

[Lenny HB]

You failed to secure the most important item in there!

I don't think so, you can't class that as wine.

 

[Stealaway]

I don't think so, you can't class that as wine.

As though you'd know

Stick to electrics?

 

[Ditcha]

My motorhome is currently being prepared by the dealer and I mentioned to them about chequer plate being put down in the garage. They said it will coast around £100 and weight about 20kg

Now I like the tidy look of chequer plate but it it useful or just cosmetic. I'm more concerned about the extra 20Kg in the garage than the cost.

Depends on wether or not you intend to add a towbar, Carthago fit chequer plate to strengthen the floor on your van so they can bolt thro the plate to spread the load.

 

[gus-lopez]

ali sheet
8x 4 x 3mm = 24kgs
x 1,5 =12kgs.
Averages at 8,13kgs/m2

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[Lenny HB]

ali sheet
8x 4 x 3mm = 24kgs
x 1,5 =12kgs.
Averages at 8,13kgs/m2

You wouldn't be using 3mm more like 1.5mm.

 

[Scotch mist]

My rubber checkered Matt weighs 10kg

 

[daveclare]

1.5mm chequer plate in garage. Scooter goes everywhere we go. Does exactly what it says on the tin (or aluminium!). Then again I don't throw stuff in the garage, I place it in.

 

[Landy Andy]

A sheet (2500x1250) 2mm thick weighs 17.78kg. Remember that 2mm is the base metal sheet, so does not include the lumps.

 

[cossie303]

How about chequer plate effect floor tiles, will protect the floor and can be changed out at any time if they get damaged

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[Folkranger]

Its a bit like the duckboard in the shower. They put 'em in because they look good on a new van, not because they're really much use.
And yes, I know lots of people will say "I use my duckboard for so and so" but I've had vans with and without and still can't find any point.

 

[daveclare]

Totally disagree. It's in my garage because there's 150kgs with two three square inch contact patches. With added downward pressure from the tie down straps, it protects the fibreglass floor.

Don't keep ducks in the shower so don't need duckboard.