Carpet vs laminate or planking

Vinyl plank works well and is ready to install.

Washable throw rugs can “carpet” any area you choose.

I would go with thin vinyl flooring rather than heavy planting type materials. If you camp in the colder months, the floor will be cold. I put indoor/outdoor carpeting on top of my vinyl flooring. I can remove the entire piece for cleaning, including scrubbing and rinsing off with a hose if needed. I only did that once but have pulled it out for shaking/beating several times.

At one time, they were pushing carpet because the slide...slid across it and would tear up the vinyl over time. I think the newer ones no longer do that but might want to verify.

The trade off is you will see the dirt with vinyl but you can clean it. Reality is once the crud is down in carpet...it's there forever. I know lots of people with stains on the carpet that are never coming out.

Cold floors are easily addressed with some throw rugs.

Our preference is vinyl flooring (the planks would be fine so long as they don't interfere with the slide out).

We have vinyl floor with throw rugs ... works great, easy to keep clean. We have no slides.

The advantages to vinyl plank flooring is it's easy to put down, much easier to replace when damaged, lower profile, and it's cleaner than carpet.

Have someone activate each slide while you observe/measure the carpet to bottom of the slide for adequate clearance. If any drag across the carpet close enough to the subfloor, you'll likely drag across any vinyl or plank flooring.

Glue down LVT/plank you do NOT want a floating floor. Damage a plank and simply pull it up re glue and replace.

35 years Commercial Construction experience. Saw a lot come and go but this is the best for your application.

phillyg wrote:
Have someone activate each slide while you observe/measure the carpet to bottom of the slide for adequate clearance. If any drag across the carpet close enough to the subfloor, you'll likely drag across any vinyl or plank flooring.

The solution is to get the flooring farther under the slideout portion of the floor where the 2 floors overlap. I saw where an RV tech failed to do that properly and the slide would drag on the flooring and wrinkle it up for a distance while dragging it with the slide action.

The trick is to get it far enough underneath the slide floor so it has something to 'ride/ glide on and not create a pressure point of pushing the flooring. I always glue LVT/LVP in key areas and I have never had a problem. I have Laid a lot of it.

Be careful of what you buy as some if it does not lock together very well. I remember having to glue all the edge pieces because it came apart too easily. They got a good price but, paid more for the installation problems it caused.

To do a job correctly will often take extra effort. If your always looking for the easy way there may be some problems that arise as there is really no such thing as a free lunch but extra hard work always pays off where it counts.

Forget the locking products.