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paulfredricks
Explorer
Sep 22, 2020

Floors

We are shopping for a new travel trailer. I've seen all the info about quality these days. Most issues sound small to me as I am very handy.

Some of the units we are looking at have a 2" laminated floor listed. A friend of mine had a laminated floor in the past and said that where ever someone spent a lot of time, like in front of the sink, the floor sagged. It was dented in. For that reason he will only go with a camper that has a plywood floor.

Is this still a concern with this type of floor?
  • spoon059's avatar
    spoon059
    Explorer II
    Sep 23, 2020
    I've got a 2015 Jayco with a solid plywood floor. Laminated floors are good when they are solid, but just about impossible to fix if they get damaged. While I hope that I never need to fix my floor, I am confident in my abilities to replace a section of plywood. I'd have to pay to fix a laminated floor, or scrap the trailer.

    That played into my decision of what brand and type trailer I wanted.
  • coolmom42's avatar
    coolmom42
    Explorer II
    Sep 23, 2020
    Lots of problems with the foam core floors getting soft spots. The stuff in the middle gets soft with use.

    I would rather have a wood floor with vinyl tile or sheet vinyl on top.
  • CarnationSailor's avatar
    CarnationSailor
    Nomad
    Sep 23, 2020
    campigloo wrote:
    The laminated floors are usually pretty good. His probably got wet. They’re used because they have some insulation value and they’re light. Unless maybe it’s a toy hauler I doubt you’ll find any camper made in the last 30 years that will have plywood flooring.


    My 2011 Keystone Cougar TT had a laminated floor (foam core) and it sagged in high traffic areas and it did NOT get wet. Also, I know of at least two others with Keystone products of that era who had similar problems.

    I hope the current laminated floors are free of that defect.
  • cougar28's avatar
    cougar28
    Explorer
    Sep 23, 2020
    Jayco uses "5/8 in. tongue-and-groove joined plywood floor decking" in a lot of there models.
  • jdc1's avatar
    jdc1
    Explorer II
    Sep 22, 2020
    Stick to a good sheet vinyl floor. Less chance of moisture to penetrate down to the OSB sheeting.
  • theoldwizard1's avatar
    theoldwizard1
    Explorer II
    Sep 22, 2020
    paulfredricks wrote:
    Some of the units we are looking at have a 2" laminated floor listed.

    Never heard of any floor 2" thick !

    The ones that had problems were foam core.
  • campigloo's avatar
    campigloo
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2020
    The laminated floors are usually pretty good. His probably got wet. They’re used because they have some insulation value and they’re light. Unless maybe it’s a toy hauler I doubt you’ll find any camper made in the last 30 years that will have plywood flooring.

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