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May 07, 2015

Vinyl plank floor?

Has anyone replaced their carpet and linoleum flooring? DW doesn't like the light coloured carpeting since it shows up any dirt and blemishes. She originally wanted to replace the carpet and linoleum flooring with laminate. But, after talking with her brother, who put laminate flooring in his fiver, she is having second thoughts. He did his 2yrs ago and some of his seams are coming apart. This is due to high humidity where we live.

She is now thinking of putting in vinyl plank flooring. Has anyone put this into their RV? If we do this, what can we expect. Will it stand up to high humidity? What about traffic?

There is only us 2, no kids, but do have visitors.

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  • I put in some vinyl plank in the kitchen of my 1983. The floor moves some and and truth be told, I wish I had just done linoleum. The plank flooring has crept/separated on a few seams.

    There are some great linoleum options now that look like wood flooring and a single, continuous sheet won't separate at the seams.

    Jose
  • I just finished installing floating, snap together vinyl plank flooring in the tt. I sure hope it holds up in the large temperature changes we have here in Wyoming, from 100° to -40°.

    I pulled all the carpet and did the entire floor because the OEM flooring cracked last winter.

    As was stated, use quarter round around the edges.
  • If you look at some of the new RVs, that is what is in many of them.
  • I know of a couple people who have done it and it looks great. They've only had it under a year but it's holding up well and that's the route I'm going to go with mine. It was suggested to get the locking type and not the glue-down so you'll have a floating floor. Quarter-round on the edges for a good look if you're not great at cutting close to an edge. What I found at Lowe's to use will be 100% waterproof. One person even suggested to me to lay down a very thin layer of rubber, like you would put under a bathtub when installing one in a house. Lowe's sells that too in the plumbing section. Then put the flooring on top of that. Provides more insulation (sound/temp) and protects sub-floor against leaks if water makes it past the vinyl floor.

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