Interior and Cabinetry
Full RV and Van Interior Remodel in Southern California
Typical range
$1,500 to $50,000+
Shop hours
20 to 250+
Labor rate
$210/hr
The short answer
A full interior remodel replaces flooring, cabinetry, countertops, seating, wall panel, and trim as one coordinated job rather than a series of patches. Work runs $1,500 to $50,000 and up, or 20 to 250 plus hours at $210 per hour plus materials, at our Yorba Linda facility.
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What this work actually involves
Most owners come to a remodel because two or three things failed at once. The dinette cushions are flat, the vinyl has curled at the slide threshold, and the overhead cabinet doors no longer sit flush because the coach has been racking on freeway expansion joints for a decade. Doing those individually costs more than doing them together, because every one of them requires the same teardown. Pull the flooring and you already have the cabinet toe kicks out. Pull the cabinets and you already have wall panel access.
The other reason to treat it as one job is weight and balance. A coach that leaves here with quartz countertops, a residential refrigerator, and three theater seats where a jackknife sofa used to be is carrying several hundred pounds it did not carry before, and most of it is behind the rear axle. We weigh what comes out, weigh what goes in, and tell you where you land against the cargo carrying capacity on the yellow sticker. That number matters more in Southern California than most places, because the grade out of Big Bear Lake and the sustained 115F heat in Indio both punish an overloaded rig.
Every remodel here starts with a paid teardown inspection, and it is not a formality. We open the floor at the slide, the rear corner, and the wet bath, and we meter the substrate before quoting a single square foot of finish work. Installing $9,000 of cabinetry on top of a subfloor that is already reading 22 percent moisture content is the single most expensive mistake in this trade, it is completely avoidable, and it is one we will not make on your unit.
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
- Teardown inspection with moisture metering of subfloor, wall base, and slide openings
- Complete demolition and disposal of existing flooring, cabinetry, and furniture
- Layout redesign including dinette removal, wall relocation, and pantry conversion
- Cabinet box construction, refacing, or full custom build in the shop
- Countertop templating and installation in solid surface, quartz, or laminate
- Flooring installation with correct expansion gap and slide-out transition detail
- Furniture replacement including theater seating, sofas, and dinette assemblies
- Wall panel, headliner, backsplash, and trim replacement
- Twelve volt lighting, USB, and receptacle relocation to suit the new layout
- Weight and balance documentation against the unit cargo carrying capacity
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When you need this service
- Cabinet doors that no longer sit flush or latches that have to be pushed to catch
- Vinyl or laminate that has curled, cupped, or separated at a slide threshold
- A soft or hollow area under the flooring near a slide, door, or wet bath
- Furniture frames that flex or creak under normal weight
- A dated layout that no longer fits how you actually use the coach
- Sun-bleached wall panel and yellowed valances from years of parked exposure
- A purchase of a solid but neglected older unit you intend to keep long term
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How we do it, step by step
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Design consultation and scope
We walk the unit with you, mark what stays and what goes, and put a written scope together with material selections. Layout changes are drawn before anything is torn out.
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Paid teardown inspection
Flooring lifted at the known failure points and the substrate metered. What we find here determines whether the job is finish work or finish work over a structural repair.
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Demolition and disposal
Old cabinetry, flooring, and furniture removed and hauled. Wiring, plumbing, and LP lines behind the removed work are photographed and tagged before anything is disturbed.
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Substrate and structure correction
Any soft decking, corroded crossmember, or failed wall substrate is corrected while the interior is open. This access is expensive to buy back later.
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Cabinet build and dry fit
Boxes built in the shop to the measured openings, then dry fit in the coach before finish is applied, because a coach opening is never as square as the drawing.
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Flooring, countertop and furniture install
Floor down first with correct expansion allowance, then countertops templated to the installed cabinets, then seating anchored to frame members rather than decking alone.
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Finish, weigh and hand back
Trim, lighting, and hardware installed, unit cleaned, corner weights recorded, and a walk-through covering everything we changed and how to maintain it.
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Pricing and posted rates
| Item | Rate or range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Typical job range | $1,500 to $50,000+ | Varies with extent of damage and parts availability |
| Shop hours | 20 to 250+ | 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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Class A Gas Motorhomes
A Class A gas motorhome is a flat-front coach built on a Ford F53 or Workhorse front-engine chassis, typically 28 to 38 feet. Rear
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Class A Diesel Pusher Motorhomes
A diesel pusher carries a rear-mounted diesel on a raised-rail air ride chassis, usually 34 to 45 feet with full-body paint and pa
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Class C Motorhomes
A Class C is a coach body built onto a cutaway van chassis with a sleeping or storage cabover extending above the factory cab. Tha
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Standard Fifth Wheels
A fifth wheel couples to a hitch in the truck bed through a kingpin and pin box, with a raised forward bedroom over the truck. The
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Travel Trailers
A travel trailer tows from a ball hitch behind the tow vehicle rear axle on an A-frame tongue, which makes it the most sway-prone
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Bus Conversions, Prevost and Marathon
A Prevost, MCI, or Van Hool conversion is a commercial motorcoach shell finished by a second-stage builder such as Marathon, Feath
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Vintage and Classic RVs
Vintage coaches, from riveted aluminum Airstreams and Avions to GMC motorhomes and 1970s Class A units, use construction and parts
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Questions about full interior remodel
Frequently asked questions
How much does a full RV interior remodel cost?
Work runs $1,500 to $50,000 and up, or 20 to 250 plus hours at $210 per hour plus materials. A travel trailer with new flooring, refaced cabinets, and recovered cushions lands near the low end. A Class A diesel pusher with custom cabinetry, quartz counters, theater seating, and a relocated wall lands at the high end, and the material bill on that job is often larger than the labor.
How long will my coach be in the shop?
Plan on three to ten weeks for most remodels. Cabinet fabrication and countertop templating both have lead time, and countertop cannot be templated until the cabinets are permanently set. We give you a real schedule after the teardown inspection rather than before, because a soft subfloor discovered in week one changes the whole calendar.
Can you change the floor plan, not just the finishes?
Yes, within limits set by the structure. Non-structural partition walls come out routinely. A wall that carries a roof member or a slide rail does not, and we will tell you which yours is before you commit to a design. Removing a dinette to add a work station or converting a bunk room to storage are both common and straightforward.
Will a remodel add too much weight?
It can, easily. Quartz countertops, residential appliances, and powered theater seats add several hundred pounds, most of it high or rearward. We record what comes out and what goes in and compare it against your cargo carrying capacity, then tell you what payload you have left. On a rig that tows or that runs mountain grade regularly, that number is the deciding factor on material choice.
Do you remodel vintage coaches?
Yes. Vintage units usually need substrate and structural work before any finish goes in, and reproduction of original trim profiles is often required because the stock no longer exists. We fabricate what cannot be bought. Expect a vintage remodel to run longer than a modern one of the same square footage for exactly that reason.
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