Replacing Flooring
I plan on replacing the flooring in my Class A motorhome. Having researched everything and talking to people who have done it, I've decided on luxury vinyl plank and pressure sensitive glue. ' The ...
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maillemaker wrote:The luxury vinyl planking is not designed to be glued down, it needs to float, is it still expands and contracts.
Depends on the flooring. They put down vinyl (or maybe PVC?) flooring planks here at work and it is all glued down.
Steve
True on both counts here -- but the best kind for an RV is "Float" not "Glue" ... the floor in an RV expands and contracts with weather change, and because it space is so small or narrow, the contraction sometimes forces it to buckle if glued ...
If you install any floor in an RV (and even a house) you need about a one eighth or one quarter inch space around the edges. Then install molding above the gap, but don't nail into the floor, just into the wall. It allows the floor to breath and expand ...
