Fleet and Commercial Body
Van and Truck Cargo Floor and Wall Liner Installation
Typical range
$400 to $4,500
Shop hours
2 to 18
Labor rate
$210/hr
The short answer
Cargo floor and liner installation covers plywood and composite flooring, aluminum tread plate, wall and door liners, and spray-on floor coatings in vans and bodies. Work runs $400 to $4,500, or 2 to 18 hours at $210 per hour plus materials. In shop install only.
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What this work actually involves
The floor is the part of a cargo area that decides how long the rest of it lasts. Bare corrugated van floor traps water and grit in the valleys, and on a service van running Inland Empire job sites that mix grinds through the coating and starts corrosion you will not see until it is through the panel. A proper floor system fills the corrugation, gives a flat working surface, and gets sealed at the perimeter and at every fastener so water never gets underneath it in the first place. Getting that perimeter seal right is most of the value of the job.
Material choice follows the work. Plywood is cheap, easy to replace, and swells if it ever gets wet under a bad seal. Composite panel resists water entirely and costs more up front but tends to outlast two plywood floors. Aluminum tread plate is the right answer where pallet jacks, hand trucks, and dropped tooling would destroy anything softer, and it is the standard on beverage and food service bodies working docks all day. Spray-on liner from Line-X or Rhino Linings gives a bonded, seamless, non-slip surface with no seams to fail, and it is the best option on units where washdown matters.
Wall and door liners handle the other damage vector. Cargo shifting against bare van sheet metal dents it from the inside, and those dents show on the outside of a branded fleet vehicle. Liner panels take the abuse instead, and on wrapped or lettered vans that protection directly preserves the graphics you paid for. We fit liners to the platform, cut around existing anchors and E-track, and seal the panel edges. In shop body, paint, structural, and equipment install only. Engine, drivetrain, and DOT inspection work are not performed.
Systems and brands we work on: Line-X, Rhino Linings.
Location: All work is performed at our Yorba Linda facility. We do not offer mobile, roadside, or fleet route service.
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What the job includes
- Plywood and composite cargo floor fabrication, fitting, and installation
- Aluminum tread plate flooring for pallet jack and hand truck duty
- Spray-on bedliner floor coating with bonded seamless non-slip finish
- Corrugation filling and subfloor leveling before the top surface goes down
- Perimeter and fastener sealing so water cannot migrate under the floor
- Wall liner panel installation in plywood, composite, and aluminum
- Rear door and side door liner panels
- Wheel well cover fabrication and installation
- Cutouts and sealing around existing E-track, D-rings, and floor anchors
- Removal and disposal of failed, rotted, or water-damaged existing flooring
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When you need this service
- A soft spot, delaminated edge, or visible swelling in an existing plywood floor
- Standing water or grit trapped in the corrugation of a bare van floor
- Rust visible through the cargo floor from inside the van
- Dents appearing on the outside of a van body from cargo shifting inside
- A worn-through or curled floor edge catching hand truck wheels
- Slippery flooring in a van that gets loaded in wet conditions
- Graphics or wrap damage on a panel that cargo repeatedly contacts
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How we do it, step by step
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Existing floor assessment
Old flooring pulled and the metal underneath inspected for corrosion and standing water damage. A new floor over a rotting substrate hides the problem instead of solving it.
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Corrosion treatment
Any surface corrosion found under the old floor is treated and coated before new material goes down, because this access does not come back once the floor is in.
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Material selection
Plywood, composite, aluminum tread, or spray-on chosen against the actual duty cycle. Pallet jack traffic and washdown requirements are the two factors that decide it.
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Template and cut
Floor templated to the actual body including wheel wells, anchors, and door openings, then cut so the panel drops in without gaps at the perimeter.
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Fit, fasten, and seal
Panels fastened to the floor structure with sealed fasteners and the entire perimeter sealed, so water cannot get under the floor and start corrosion from below.
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Wall and door liners
Liner panels fitted and installed, cut around existing E-track and anchors, with edges sealed and trimmed so cargo cannot catch and peel a panel back.
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Coating and release
Spray-on liner applied where specified and fully cured before the van is loaded, anchors and E-track verified accessible, and the finished cargo area photographed for your fleet build standard.
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Pricing and posted rates
| Item | Rate or range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Typical job range | $400 to $4,500 | Varies with extent of damage and parts availability |
| Shop hours | 2 to 18 | Quoted after teardown, not before |
| Body and paint labor | $210 per hour | 2026 posted rate |
| Paint supplies | $55 per paint hour | Calculated automatically on every estimate |
| Body supplies | $5 per body hour | Calculated automatically on every estimate |
| Parts | 100% markup under $100, 35% over | Special order parts require a non refundable deposit at order |
| Deposit | 50% at authorization over $2,000 | Additional 25% when parts arrive on jobs over $10,000 |
| Sales tax | 7.75% on parts and materials | Labor is not taxed |
Insurance billed jobs may be billed at carrier negotiated labor rates that differ from the posted retail rates above. See all posted rates.
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Vehicles we do this work on
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Cargo Vans
Cargo vans on Transit, ProMaster, Express, and Sprinter platforms carry trade tools, parts inventory, and route freight. Rear door
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Sprinter Vans
Mercedes Sprinter vans run last-mile routes, trade service, and camper conversions across Southern California. Sliding door tracks
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High-Cube Vans
High-cube vans trade a tall roof and maximum interior volume for a large flat sail area and a roofline that clears almost nothing.
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Box Trucks
Box trucks put a separately built cargo body on a cab chassis, and the joint between them is where most failures start. Rear frame
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Electric Delivery Vans
Electric delivery vans including the Rivian EDV used by Amazon Logistics have a floor-mounted battery pack, bonded composite body
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Parcel and Furniture Delivery Trucks
Walk-in step vans and parcel bodies are aluminum-bodied, low-stepped, and cycled harder than any other commercial vehicle on the r
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Mobile Workshops
Mobile workshops carry benches, vises, compressors, welders, and dense tool inventory, which makes weight and mounting the definin
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Questions about cargo floor and liner installation
Frequently asked questions
What does cargo floor installation cost?
Work runs $400 to $4,500, or 2 to 18 hours at $210 per hour plus materials. A plywood floor in a standard cargo van sits at the low end. A composite or aluminum tread floor in a long wheelbase high roof van with wall liners, wheel well covers, and full corrosion treatment underneath sits at the high end. Materials over $100 carry 35 percent markup.
How long is the van tied up?
A plywood or composite floor is typically a one-day job. Add a day for wall and door liners. A spray-on bedliner floor requires prep, application, and cure, so plan two to three working days and note that the van cannot be loaded until the coating has fully cured. Corrosion treatment under an old rotted floor can add another day.
Plywood, composite, aluminum, or spray-on. Which is right?
Plywood is the cheapest and the easiest to replace, and it fails if water ever gets under it. Composite resists water and usually outlasts two plywood floors. Aluminum tread plate is what survives pallet jacks and hand trucks all day. Spray-on liner from Line-X or Rhino Linings is seamless and non-slip, which makes it the best choice where the van gets washed down.
Will a new floor fix the rust in my van?
Only if the corrosion is treated first, which is exactly why we pull the old floor and inspect the metal before quoting the new one. Covering active corrosion with fresh plywood buys you a year and a bigger repair. We treat and coat what we find, and if the floor pan itself has perforated, that becomes a panel repair before any new flooring goes in.
Can you do the flooring and the mechanical service at once?
No. In shop body, paint, structural, and equipment install only. Engine, drivetrain, or DOT inspection work is not performed at this facility. Flooring, liners, shelving, partitions, and body repair are what we do. Everything happens at our Yorba Linda facility, and we do not run route service or dispatch technicians to fleet yards.
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