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92landyacht · 06-29-2013, 05:36 PM

Looking good so far.

BAB · 06-29-2013, 05:49 PM

I installed FLOR carpet tiles...which I really like, but MAN some of these floors are just this side of gorgeous. I hated the stock floor as it looks cheesy and I found it almost impossible to keep clean. The FLOR is simple to install and you can pull up a tile and hose it off if you spill a whole plate of spaghetti on it (heh, heh), but now a gorgeous wood floor is VERY tempting....

wvabeer · 07-01-2013, 04:04 AM

Darn, this is a big project

Airstream12557 · 07-01-2013, 04:21 AM

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Hats off to you. You did a great job. Good details on the photos.

Since we spend a lot of time in Florida, I was sure glad to get rid of our sand grabbing carpet.

wvabeer · 07-01-2013, 04:32 AM

In about 7/8 years we will be in the market for an other motor home and for sure solid surface floors are going to be one key item we will be looking for. Carpet is so nasty for camping, it collects everything. Now all I need is a broom.

luvoldstuff · 07-01-2013, 05:25 AM

I love the Allure maple vinyl plank flooring, I put it down in my '68, it looks very "real"- better than the real stuff to me, yeah, the gaps expand and contract a little(but so does real wood) but it's very durable, waterproof, easy to install, and easier replacement later if needed.
I installed 1/2 inch real maple planks in my '93, looks great, but they had to be glued down to the OSB(never coming up if needed?), so I worry about water damage, wear, and replacement.
I wanted to go with the Allure then, but it was just coming out at Home Depot and maple was special order and expensive.

wvabeer · 07-02-2013, 03:54 PM

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I love the Allure maple vinyl plank flooring, I put it down in my '68, it looks very "real"- better than the real stuff to me, yeah, the gaps expand and contract a little(but so does real wood) but it's very durable, waterproof, easy to install, and easier replacement later if needed.
I installed 1/2 inch real maple planks in my '93, looks great, but they had to be glued down to the OSB(never coming up if needed?), so I worry about water damage, wear, and replacement.
I wanted to go with the Allure then, but it was just coming out at Home Depot and maple was special order and expensive.

I think with the 1/2 gal. glue and 3 boxes of vinyl I had 120 in everything.

92landyacht · 07-02-2013, 04:58 PM

Glue??? I thought the Allure flooring product didn't require glue and was a floating floor design. Did I miss something?

luvoldstuff · 07-03-2013, 04:29 AM

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Glue??? I thought the Allure flooring product didn't require glue and was a floating floor design. Did I miss something?

Sorry for the confusion. In my 1968 AS project I have the Allure vinyl maple planks which I love and cold be pulled up later without harming the sub-floor, because it is "loose-laid"(no glue).
I also have a '93 AS '31 excella and I had to glue down the "3/8 solid maple flooring, which worries me a bit if I ever have to pull it up, which would destroy the OSB underneath. but I am a worrier.

wvabeer · 07-07-2013, 12:09 PM

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Glue??? I thought the Allure flooring product didn't require glue and was a floating floor design. Did I miss something?

Motor homes get very hot inside, I would think the sticky back planks would let go in a very hot M/H. The planks are only designed for homes that don't get as hot as a car in the summer. IMO

92landyacht · 07-08-2013, 06:34 AM

OK, so it's not a floating floor. I re-read your first post and realized it's a peal and stick type of flooring product. Hopefully you wont have any seam separation over time with the high/low temp cycles that occur in a MH. Looks good right now.

How did you end up fixing the damaged area of the sub floor near the front?

wvabeer · 07-08-2013, 03:42 PM

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OK, so it's not a floating floor. I re-read your first post and realized it's a peal and stick type of flooring product. Hopefully you wont have any seam separation over time with the high/low temp cycles that occur in a MH. Looks good right now.

How did you end up fixing the damaged area of the sub floor near the front?

I just cut out the damaged area with a circular saw and chisel then liquid nailed down another 3/8 plywood piece .

wvabeer · 07-08-2013, 03:46 PM

We just got back from a camp trip in the Monongahela National forest and the vinyl was very easy to sweep out. Glad we did it

louaxtjr · 07-08-2013, 05:13 PM

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Motor homes get very hot inside, I would think the sticky back planks would let go in a very hot M/H. The planks are only designed for homes that don't get as hot as a car in the summer. IMO

FYI - I installed self-adhesive (sticky-back) vinyl planks in my Tradewind this spring and found I needed to trim some of the mating surfaces where the vinyl would pull up as it expanded in the heat. Since trimming the tighter joins, the flooring has worked out very well. Doesn't fool many people, but nicer looking than sheet goods pretending to be wood.