Flooring ?? What are You Using ??

scanzel · June 12, 2016, 05:43:19 PM

My wife and I are trying to decide on what type of flooring to use in the front lounge/kitchen area. We have looked at carpet/wood/ vinyl/tile and just cannot come up with something we would be happy with. What are you using and are you happy with the decision ?

pabusnut · June 12, 2016, 06:08:43 PM

Steve,

We are using an engineered oak. So far we are happy, but we haven't used it much since I put it in. I am intrigued by a new vinyl plank product my neighbor used in his 5th wheel, which might be a good choice also--more friendly to water.

lostagain · June 12, 2016, 06:25:25 PM

Vinyl. Have installed it two houses now. Easy to work with. Flexible. Water proof. Tough. You can buy it to look like anything you want: wood, tiles, whatever. I would use it in the bus if I was doing flooring.

JC

LuckyChow · June 12, 2016, 06:40:34 PM

Engineered oak here also. If I had to do it again, I'd consider the vinyl planks.

luvrbus · June 12, 2016, 07:17:15 PM

We went from the dry AZ climate to Texas where it rained for 3 weeks with the 100% humidity our engineered oak flooring swelled and raised, it is going back down since returning to AZ. The humidity didn't affect the solid Teak Wood for some reason though

gg04 · June 12, 2016, 07:31:25 PM

Solid 9/16 split bamboo. Glue the joint's then water proof, just about indestructible..rdw

Iceni John · June 12, 2016, 07:39:57 PM

I plan on also using bamboo in the living room and bedroom; if it's water-resistant enough I'll use it everywhere, including the kitchen and bathroom, but if it isn't I'll use vinyl in those areas instead. We'll see.

John

DoubleEagle · June 12, 2016, 07:42:22 PM

Quote from: gg04 on June 12, 2016, 07:31:25 PM
Solid 9/16 split bamboo. Glue the joint's then water proof, just about indestructible..rdw

That sounds like a good idea as long as it can take standing pools of liquid, which is the big problem with a lot of the choices out there. What kind of glue worked for you, and how did you waterproof it?

luvrbus · June 12, 2016, 08:23:14 PM

Bamboo is not really a wood it's woven weed we had it the family room it Scottsdale it was sealed and glued down.
The upstairs AC the drain stopped up and leaked while we were gone and we founded out from 6 flooring companies Bamboo cannot be re finished so the whole floor was replaced.

Vinyl planks is the way to go Walmart has used it for 20 years in the clothing area and the stuff holds up nothing will damage it

Scott & Heather · June 12, 2016, 08:31:01 PM

We are installing the thickest cushion step vinyl flooring you can buy. Armstrong makes it and so does traffic master.
Anyway, ours is thick and cushy. We have it in our 9 bedroom. we loved it so much we are putting it in our 102c3 entire coach

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Seangie · June 13, 2016, 02:42:17 PM

We bought cheap bamboo laminate flooring. Looks great and cost about 400$ to do the whole coach.

Now after traveling for 3 years ... It contracts and expands alot more than you think it will. We installed in in Wilmington NC and left about a 1/4" gap on each side. By the time we spent a month in Las Vegas there were 1/4" gaps in the horizontals all over. Some of the seems pulled as well.

It also allows mold growth if you spill water and it gets underneath from the top.

If I did it again I would use the pre-molded Vinyl Plank Flooring http://www.lowes.com/pl/Vinyl-plank-Vinyl-flooring-Flooring/4294608591?refinement=4294515177 that look like wood . Thats the way to go. Will not shrink, expand, waterproof, if its a smooth finish you can usually sand out any imperfections, wont stain, mold or delaminate.

Thats where i'd go.

-Sean

eagle19952 · June 13, 2016, 03:17:19 PM

if you had access to scraps/remnants and tools you could make a one piece floor out of commercial weldable vinyl.
very durable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNdA67SKRRQ

ldammeyer · June 13, 2016, 03:35:18 PM

We used a vinyl product from Mohawk subsisiadey called Mannington Adura Max - http://www.shop.riverwoodsflooring.com/product_detail.aspx?p=4695&s=596&b=42&d=3

It was about 2x's as much as mid-range engineered products.

The initial install looked great and has weathered well.

However...the product expands/contracts in length, and ironically not width.

Our bus sits for extended periods of time w/o the AC or heat running and thus the flooring is subjected to extreme swings in humidity and temperature.

So, even though everyone who comes on-board loves it and comments on it....I notice the tiny gaps and it drives me crazy.

Here's a pic of the flooring installed.

muldoonman · June 13, 2016, 05:40:31 PM

Don't put carpet in , or my take on it. Have it in the front and bedroom and it's a pita. Vinyl in kitchen and bath. Gonna tear it out and install something else front to back. Gonna let you research and you make my decision!!

ccbmster · June 13, 2016, 07:04:30 PM

My 102A3 was already floored when I got it. Carpet in the LV and bedroom, wood in the Kitchen, and some kind of linoleum in the bathroom.

I don't like the looks of the carpet or the linoleum, and the wood has contracted and shows some pretty good size gaps here and there.

I am looking around at flooring for the rooms here at the Lodge I am managing and, the more I look, the more I am liking the Loose Lay Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring. If I end up going with it in the Lodge, I will put it in my bus too. Install is a breeze, 100% water proof, looks great, and if you manage to damage a plank you can just lift it out and replace it.