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Old 05-30-2018, 03:32 PM   #1
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Show me your floor!

I am trying to decide on flooring material, style, color, when installed and where purchased. I would love to hear what you think are the pros and cons, how big is your space. I would love to see lots of pictures. Show me your camper with the floor included! Thanks in advance.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:51 PM   #2
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I know a floor installer.
He put CoreTec “luxury” vinyl plank in his SOB.
I took his advice and hired him to put in our last Airstream. Here is a picture during installation.
It looked great and stayed put in wide temperature swings. Storage during Vermont winters to hot camping. Click image for larger version

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Old 05-30-2018, 03:52 PM   #3
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ID:	312450 it’s not a great picture, (sorry) but we installed this about five years ago. It’s a laminate that we bought at Home Depot for about $4 a square foot. It has held up very well with fairly heavy use, dogs and all
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Old 05-30-2018, 04:14 PM   #4
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I have no idea why my app always posts two pictures SORRY!
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Old 05-30-2018, 04:43 PM   #5
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Here's my 1956 Shasta floor, 12" vinyl composite tile cut into a basketweave pattern. It's a fairly heavy glue down floor that's a bit of work to install. Might not your best option for a larger trailer, but I thought that you might enjoy seeing it.


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Old 05-30-2018, 04:52 PM   #6
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That's some super accurate work on that inlay pattern...Great Job!!
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Old 05-30-2018, 07:49 PM   #7
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Attachment 312450 it’s not a great picture, (sorry) but we installed this about five years ago. It’s a laminate that we bought at Home Depot for about $4 a square foot. It has held up very well with fairly heavy use, dogs and all


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Old 05-31-2018, 09:44 AM   #8
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Flooring

We put cork 2 years ago & very happy with it. Our cabinets are the light wood look so flooring darker with light running through it. I have not figured out how to post a photo, sorry.
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Old 05-31-2018, 10:05 AM   #9
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Jacque, please figure out how to post a pic. It is hard for me also, but I have one it, keep trying. Very interested in seeing what your cork floor looks like.

Is it not soft and easy to damage?
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Old 05-31-2018, 10:25 AM   #10
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I installed bamboo flooring, and wouldn't recommend it. Wininck (vintagetrailering.com) has done some glorious linoleum floors, but that seems to be something that would only work with a full gutting job.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:11 PM   #11
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Jacquie, sorry abt miss spelling your name, this keeps self correcting me.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:17 PM   #12
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Nothing too fancy but we just installed engineered hard wood flooring in ours..
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:18 PM   #13
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Photo isn’t showing up for some reason
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:23 PM   #14
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Last year, we replaced the VCT flooring with identical VCT (gray and white checkerboard). The old flooring was coming up/loose (probably at least 15 years old.) When we took up the old floor we realized that the previous owner had hardly used any glue. We used a generous amount of glue and installed a vent fan to help with the summer heat when not in use. So far, so good. I love the look and it goes with our trailer.

I've tried 3x to upload/attach a photo, but it kicks me out and I have to start all over. If someone would be so kind to tell me how to upload/attach photos, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:24 PM   #15
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Interesting topic as recently called and spoke with lumber liquidators for their suggestions on any of their flooring for use in our trailer, with a preference toward light weight and floating/interlocking. Sales rep asked me for temps that the flooring would be subjected to and I said extremes are probably 100f to 10f. He chuckled and said "none of our flooring is spec'd for those extremes". I followed with ... "none, not even hardwood". He said no, all types will have issues, be it expansion and contraction, or brittleness, or delamination, etc.

So am scratching my head wondering if that is just Lumber Liquidators products or all? And why wouldn't their cork flooring work? Maybe the rep only knows a limited application scope?
Seems many others here have used vinyl interlocking with success.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:45 PM   #16
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I Wininck (vintagetrailering.com) has done some glorious linoleum floors, but that seems to be something that would only work with a full gutting job.
First, there is linoleum and a lot more vinyl out there. Linoleum has a linseed oil base. The only company that makes it uses the trade name Marmoleum. It is expensive and a retro product. Everything else is vinyl.

Second no reason you can't do linoleum or vinyl without gutting the trailer. I did it in my hallway and and also on my counters.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:49 PM   #17
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Installing a floor

The secret to installing a floor is to have a good assistant.
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Old 05-31-2018, 12:59 PM   #18
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What did you put in the gap between the flooring and the door ?
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Flooring

have no idea how to post the floor photo. I do have one; e-mail me if you would like it & I'll forward onto you
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What did you put in the gap between the flooring and the door ?

Just fitted in a piece of the flooring material. The reason it appears open in the picture is the flooring is "Floating" and thus I wanted the majority of the flooring in place before fitting in that piece.

I used an Armstrong product mainly because of the locking system they use. It just folded into place. Some systems require driving or forcing the pieces together and on a small floor like a trailer that can be a real problem holding things centered.


The flooring has been in for over 10 years and shows zero ware and No indication of movement. When I remounted the cabinets and dinette I drilled 3/4 dia. holes in the flooring and screwed through the holes to reduce any effect of movement. That may have been overkill.
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