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angler
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May 03, 2018

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.
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The question I have is with the slide. I'm not replacing the carpet in the slide since the couch covers it The kitchen is part of the slide does not have anything flooring attached to it. The slide is not level with the floor so I don't really have to deal with any transition pieces.

I think the slide uses rollers which roll on the carpeting on one side of the slide out and roll on vinyl on the kitchen side. Do I have to worry about the possible difference in height when all the rollers are all on vinyl? Am I I overthinking this?
Not worried about the kitchen part of the slide with vinyl since I'm removing the old stuff and my height will be the same.

My wife thinks I'm wacko since I seem to overthink everything:) IT career did it to me.
  • 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
  • The luxury vinyl planking is not designed to be glued down, it needs to float, is it still expands and contracts.
  • I'd suggest to use a click-lock product for flooring and use a heavy duty cove base adhesive near the slide to fasten the flooring. Many have reported failures with a glue-adhesive strip vinyl plank. Maybe I'm not understanding your statements about what type of vinyl plank is being used. If you're gluing it all down, no worries.
  • No I'm not really sure. I just see indentation from the carpeting that looks like a roller when the slide is out. Very good question though. I'm really not knowledgeable on slide outs. Not sure what the indentation is from. Maybe just a way to brace the slid out when its in. Maybe it's time to research the slideout mechanism used on the coach.
  • Are you sure about the rollers under the slide?
    Usually the rollers are mounted in the floor and the under side of the slide glides over them.

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