GrandpaKip wrote:
There are a lot of campers with composite floors that have never had a failure. If it was a pervasive problem, you would hear about it more often. I would say that I have heard just as many concerns with soft plywood/OSB floors as with composite. And I would guess that the vast majority of both are due to water intrusion.
If you plan on keeping it a long time and do the required maintenance, this really should be of little concern.
The problem is you are walking on styrofoam compared to a piece of wood. Even with no water damage, the foam itself breaks down and leaves a spongy floor. If you're okay with that, fine, but many aren't and rebuild their floors using real wood.
The industry got away from it for a while using structure wood instead on the ultra lite models, like pop ups, because of the issues years ago. I guess they feel it's time for round 2 to see how long these newer laminated floors will last.
