? for you floor guys and others

[Dreamscape]

This is what we used, easy to lay and clean. It's the floating type, very thick and looks like tile. The seams have an overlapping feature with some very sticky glue. Even Becky laid some of it! We layed 15# felt over the plywood, then cut and fit the tile on a 45. It's tought and I'd use it again without hesitation. Best part is it can be removed very easily if need be. No seams are pulling up, been down just over one year.

Purchased at Home Depot.

[Chopper Scott]

I replaced the carpet in my basement with a manufactured tile look alike flooring by Shaw. I and the wife are 100% happy with that choice. My next project is to also do the rest of the house. As far as the bus goes I'm planning on tearing out the tile (crappy job!) and carpet in the front portion of the bus and replacing it with a manufactured floor also. If I ever plan on submersing my bus in a lake for several days that probably wouldn't be my first option!! Anyone having water problems on the floor of their bus will be having issues with what ever flooring they choose be it carpet, real wood, tile, linoleum or a manufactured flooring. Just my 2 cents.

[Lin]

Dreamscape,

We used the same stuff in a wood-grain finish in the bathroom and are completely satisfied with it.  Although it is a floating floor, I did caulk it down under the commode just in case there was ever a leak.

[cody]

I was looking thru the files here, I've replaced the flooring in 15 differnent units, in the past 10 years because of moisture problems, but only 3 of them were buses, swollen seams are the first sign of a problem, the nice part about it is that no rv will take the amount of flooring to break the bank regardless of what a person uses. I've used the demo with the pitcher of water many times, the particle board will completely dissolve leaving the vinyl covering, the plywood backed will delaminate and the solid wood may swell and warp but remain intact.  A person doesn't have to have a bad moisture problem to experience a problem, in the northern climates like we have here, if you have hardwood flooring keeping at least some heat in a home will help eliminate some problems.  The main thing is to make sure you read the instructions and use the proper underlayment or foam sheeting that it calls for, some foam sheeting is just bead board but thats geared to the type of glue the flooring uses, other sheeting may be a colored foam, thats also geared to the type of glue they used, buying a product with the proper underlayment will help eliminate problems, with the material your finding now, for the most part people get tired of looking at it long before it wears out, manufactured flooring has come a long way in just a few years. Also, pay attention to what kind of gap they call for, most of the floors now use a snap/lock system and are free floating.

[zubzub]

Good floating floors can look good, I prefer TG hardwoods, but the loss of head room is a problem for me.  It is always the transition from horizontal to vertical that bugs me with floating floors.  The nose tg nose looks so much nicer than the floating ones, which need to overlap the stair edge to allow for movement.

[Busted Knuckle]

And of course no matter what you use remember to le access to the engine compartment where you can get to it!

We all know someone who built one heck of a solid floor in a bus he bought with no floor at all, and he had no idea that Eagles (or any other brand for that matter) had a factory engine access opening.
Of course it wasn't a problem until he needed so difficult engine repairs made.
 BK  

(and Clifford I know you know this, I was just throwing it out there for any "newbies" following this thread!)

[luvrbus]

Ok guys this want I decided to go with is Mirage Engineered wood flooring it is tongue and grove , has stainless clips on the back to hold it together ,is a floating floor, sealed so humidity is not a problem and can be refinished if needed.
It is more than I wanted to pay for flooring @7 bucks a square ft but I needed a flooring 1/2 thick or I would have to redo some other things like the tile in the bathroom.
Now any of you guys up for BBQ and drinks I'll do that part while you install the floor it is really nice in AZ this time of the year.
Crown I didn't say anything was wrong with vinyl it would be a problem for me keeping the floors the same elevation without another sub floor. 
That's not the real reason my wife told me I could not use vinyl or carpet lol  thanks guys 



good luck

[Busted Knuckle]

Ok guys this want I decided to go with is Mirage Engineered wood flooring it is tongue and grove , has stainless clips on the back to hold it together ,is a floating floor, sealed so humidity is not a problem and can be refinished if needed.

Now any of you guys up for BBQ and drinks I'll do that part while you install the floor it is really nice in AZ this time of the year.
Crown I didn't say anything was wrong with vinyl it would be a problem for me keeping the floors the same elevation without another sub floor. 
That's not the real reason my wife told me I could not use vinyl or carpet lol  thanks guys
good luck

Clifford I hear there is a guy down around Lakeland, FL that really knows flooring.
And I hear there's a guy up around Vegas that might owe you a favor or two!
And I hear they are Facebook buddies so maybe you could get them to work together!
  BK 

[luvrbus]

That would be a pair to draw too as they say in the south 



good luck

[Dreamscape]

He does make a mean hamburger!