Flooring

Repairs to a rotten floor and damaged window frames

by arc airstreams on April 26, 2012

The rot in the floor is a very common problem in Vintage Airstreams, which is why we always pull up the old floor and start with repairing and painting the chassis.

Rotten Airstream floor

Rotten Airstream floor

This photo shows the state that some window frames are in before we start working on them.

Damaged Airstream window frames

Damaged Airstream window frames

Damaged Airstream window frames

The TV Crew are back

by arc airstreams on February 15, 2012

As part of an ongoing series focused on Micro Design, the TV crew came back today to film the progress on some of our Airstream Projects.

Here Dejo demonstrates the polishing process:

polishing an Airstream

And in this picture our professional carpet fitters are showing the film crew how they are laying new Dalsouple flooring in this Airstream. It is a lovely soft jade colour that looks just right in a 50′s Airstream.

jade dalsouple airstream flooring

Minimalist Airstream Interior

17 January 2012

In the workshop today: The minimalist Airstream interior is really starting to come together now. In this picture, Dave is working on the overhead storage unit for this Airstream.

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Working on the bathroom

9 December 2011

In the workshop today: A wet central heating system with a heated towel rail go into an Airstream bathroom A new bathroom floor with Amtico and stainless steel shower tray.

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Retro Restoration

20 October 2011

Here are a few more pics of our recently completed Retro restoration for a famous author and comedian. He needed a home-from-home when appearing at events and festivals – and nothing says style and comfort more than an Airstream that has been lovingly restored by American Retro Caravans. You might remember us blogging about this [...]

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Interior Taking Shape

19 October 2011

The interior of this 30ft Airstream is beginning to take shape. A conversation with our client Doug Hamilton from the Wham Agency about his Airstream. We always keep our clients are kept well informed with regular emails, phone calls and photos of work in progress.

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Amtico Floor goes into an Airstream

10 October 2011

In the workshop today – This beautiful Amtico floor is laid in our clients’ 31ft Airstream. The interior of the Airstream is new aluminium which has been enamelled to the exact shade the client wanted.

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Progress in the 50′s Diner Style Airstream

8 August 2011

Remember this one from the beginning of July? We made a custom cream and black Amtico tiled floor to compliment the cream walls in this 50′s diner inspired Airstream. Well now the kitchen and upholstered seating are in and you can really see that it’s starting to take shape.

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Bamboo Airstream Floor

7 July 2011

Today in the workshop – we’ve just finished laying this beautiful bamboo floor in a client’s Airstream. The small cupboards at the side of the bed can be pulled out as extra seating.

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A bespoke cream and black tiled floor

5 July 2011

This customer wanted cream walls in their Airstream with a chequered tiled floor. As we couldn’t find cream and black check we have made a bespoke floor to match the decor by combining two different types of Amtico floor tile to create a two tone floor. The walls will be high gloss cream and the [...]

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