Tired of carpet in bedroom want wood floor

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After 7 years of pretty hard use including about 3 months a year the last four years, the carpet in the bedroom looks really bad. Hate the think how many thousand square feet of wood floor we've put down in the last three houses. So, we have the knowledge and tools to do the work.

We put a laminate floor in the living area of a fiver which required floating and putting down quarter round. The bedroom area has too many ups, downs and arounds to put down quarter round and keep my sanity. Can't use solid wood flooring because of clearance issues with the slides.

Anybody got some suggestions including brands of non floating flooring that is thinner than solid wood?

angler · Answer

How about something like a cork tile?

road_runners · Answer

For boats you could purchase plywood flooring (8X4 sheets) that had a veneer of teak and holly.  I would suspect that you could buy other such sheets of flooring

donn0128 · Answer

Allure vinyl plank flooring has gotten a lot of RV use.  Easy to lay down, only takes about 1/4 inch, many many colors and looks good down.

woodglue · Answer

You might also look into BeauFlor brand.They're a little more expensive but worth it!WoodGlue

westend · Answer

I think you'll find that most nail-down strip or plank flooring is 3/4" or 11/16". Glue-down can have a smaller dimension like this engineered product which is 3/8". I would shy away from either of these as a solution for an RV as the subfloor has too much movement. IMO, you're better off with a floating floor and bite the bullet with trim. It doesn't have to be 1/4 round covering the expansion space, you can use a straight piece or even caulk the gap if cutting trim is beyond your endurance.

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