New Flooring

MrWizard wrote:
Aren't there several alure products
I'm sure different users are talking about different products
Self stick verus glue down verus interlock planking

We did Pergo interlocking planks in a previous RV and loved it

Yes, there is a version with sticky strips along the edges that interlock, call Grip-Strip. The other is a click together setup where you click in the long edge and then slide the short edge together and click that. I pick the grip strip because I figured it would resist cupping in the non-climate controlled environment.

Aren't there several alure products
I'm sure different users are talking about different products
Self stick verus glue down verus interlock planking

We did Pergo interlocking planks in a previous RV and loved it

TNGW1500SE wrote:

Allure rips right up very easy and you can pull it right out from under the baseboards. The kids can even do it. 900 SF of it does make a big pile though and the pickup filled up quickly. In a RV, it will just be a small load to take to the dump. No worries.

I would suggest that ANY floating floor, Allure or otherwise, would be easy to pull up and out from under baseboards.

just buy the tongue and groove engineered wood that is not floating then adhere it with urethane adhesive

erniee wrote:
engineered wood, adhered with urethane adhesive is the way to go. doesn't shrink, expand, seams don't break apart. It just stays put

So just buy the floating engineered flooring and glue it down?

Looks great jplante4, I installed the locking no glue vinyl allure floororing last fall with great results. Went thru a Maryland winter of twenty degrees. No heat in RV, with no seperations of the planking, except one plank. Upon removing the plank I found a small stone I must of tracked in and missed on installation. Once again great job and hope you will be happy, I know we are very satisfied with the upgrade

Well, after waiting a week or so for the ambient temps on Cape Cod to get above 60, finally I started this project.

Here's a shot of the prep work and the first few rows. Anything that is bolted or screwed to the floor (the co-pilot seat, the TV cabinet etc) are up on shims and the floor cut around it. I left 1/8" all the way around the perimeter. The idea is to get the entire floor to expand and contract as a unit.



The finished floor, minus the couch which will arrive early June. I guess we'll do our Assateague trip on the lawn chairs.







We'll see what happens and I'll report back next spring after a full set of seasons. It was less than $300 in material and about 20 hours of work, most of it prep.

tinkerer wrote:
There have been failures with Allure and sometimes it's the installer who don't float the planking or install it against the walls on both sides that don't allow for any expansion. We used it in our motorhome and after 2 years we are satisfied. A well regarded RV shop in our area uses it their reflooring jobs is one of the main reasons we used it. ;)

Hey go for it. Some guys will marry a woman who killed her first husband and have no problems. Risking a problem with a junky floor seems like a minimal risk to take.

Allure rips right up very easy and you can pull it right out from under the baseboards. The kids can even do it. 900 SF of it does make a big pile though and the pickup filled up quickly. In a RV, it will just be a small load to take to the dump. No worries.

I installed the Alure over 1/2, one side sanded plywood with 3/4 OSB tongue and grove subfloor under that. All screwed down and the seams and screws all filled with floor leveler and sanded smooth. I rolled the Alure with a rented 100 pound roller as required by Alure and left room for expansion around the room. The baseboards were not pinching the flooring. The product was in the house for a week before we installed it so it acclimated to humidity and temperature.

Seams opened up in 6 months and it puckered up and looked like it had goose bumps. Also it scuffed up easily.

The main problem I had removing it was that I had to remove my baseboards and move them up higher to allow for the thicker Pergo. Then I had to repaint the baseboards. Also had to cut the door jams higher.

In an RV, you're going to have a large temperature swings from very hot to really cold. Good luck!

I'd recommend using a better quality product than Alure but you could look at the first install as a "trial run" and maybe use the Alure as a pattern to use when you cut the Pergo.

tinkerer wrote:
There have been failures with Allure and sometimes it's the installer who don't float the planking or install it against the walls on both sides that don't allow for any expansion. We used it in our motorhome and after 2 years we are satisfied. A well regarded RV shop in our area uses it their reflooring jobs is one of the main reasons we used it. ;)

This is what I'm thinking. I'm being very careful to not screw through the floor to mount things and I'm leaving a gap around everything that penetrate the flooring. I think that if the entire floor moves as a unit then it won't expand the joints. Plus this flooring has the grip strip, which is an adhesive tab on 2 sides. Do you know if they put rosin paper under your floor?

There have been failures with Allure and sometimes it's the installer who don't float the planking or install it against the walls on both sides that don't allow for any expansion. We used it in our motorhome and after 2 years we are satisfied. A well regarded RV shop in our area uses it their reflooring jobs is one of the main reasons we used it. ;)