Updating vs. personal preference

[compint]

My wife and I were considering updating the flooring in our 2006 Georgetown 340 coach. We would prefer putting in laminate 7mm wood but we thought we would stop by a local dealer to see what the more modern coaches were installing and found that most coaches had either tile squares or linoleum sheet vs. laminate. We like the larger tile laminate single tile format 16x16 though. Is this the new trend for newer coaches or just a personal preference upgrade from a dealer. Is there a new trend in flooring or a reason folks might choose laminate squares over laminate wood or is this just a preference topic?

Thanks in advance.

[Iggy]

I have carpet and laminated floor and like them both in my rig as it breaks up the kitchen and living area.

Tile is expensive and if you read more here you will find problematic as things move and tiles shift. If you have the money and want the tile you might as well go whole hog and get a diesel pusher. Tile can be trending in the larger more expensive model. Yes Georgetown has it but you lose a lot of cargo weight you can bring along. Some of the laminate flooring looks like tile and wood so look around and find something you like.
Good luck.

[sherman12]

I like linoleum or a product I've seen at Home Depot that looks like wood planking but is a rubbery type of material. Laminates are susceptible to water and moisture, however I do have it in my kitchen in the sticks n bricks and it is a breeze to clean and care for.

[grumpy0374]

I just replaced the flooring in our Lexi this past weekend. Used Allure vinyl planks from Home Depot. Used the type with the glue strips. Easy to install, using the tried n true measure two or three times and then cut.
First pics are old floor with carpet removed, next are the Allure.
If you google up "Allure flooring in an rv" it will bring up numerous posts and pictures from other web sites. Very informative.
Grumpy

[sherman12]

Nice job Grumpy! That's the product I was thinking of.

[Palmtreepat]

We had to take into consideration our four slide outs on our Berkshire. ... And added weight. So we decided NOT to put in a tile floor , we put in a 4 mm vinyl flooring tongue/grove. It came out excellent and we love it!!! Looks great! Easy to keep clean....looks just like wood.

[RVPP]

I just finished laying a new floor in our '04 Surveyor 23. I used a vinyl sticky backed 'wood grain'. I comes in 3 ft. x 4 in. pieces. The flooring I replaced was not glued down so that made it easy to remove. I also replace all the quarter round trim with 1/2 x 5/8 molding. I bought the flooring in Lowe's and the trim from a local supplier. It was an easy fix to an ugly floor.
Best of luck, Paul

[compint]

Thanks for the post. We were looking at the 7mm laminate wood but we are worried that the kitchen slide will not raise over the new floor so we started to look at the Allure laminate 4mm and thought what are they putting in the brand new coaches these days. Noticed most are 16x16 square vinyl tiles. Do these seem to hold up over time?

[rstoro]

grumpy0734
was wondering if you removed the old vinyl or did you just lay the new planks on top of the old?? thinking of using this and am wondering if I have to remove the old vinyl??
Thanks
R&S
2010 Georgetown 350ts

[grumpy0374]

Did not remove the vinyl, no need to. Infact, the flooring "expert" at Home Depot suggested using it for a base, but to also buy some inexpensive sticky back tiles to lay down on the wood, thus bringing the entire base level. There was just enough difference between the showing wood strand floor and the vinyl that it might have eventually showed through the new Allure as a ridge line.
Followed her advice and bought enough to lay down over the wood. Allure went down over the vinyl.
Grumpy

[PaulK]

Grumpy, did you calculate how much weight you added? I'm thinking about the same sort of retrofit for my 378.

[grumpy0374]

Didn't really think about weight. I did use 4 boxes of the Allure, 24 sq ft per box. I weighed a full box that I have left, and it comes in at 35 lbs., maybe about 1 1/2 lbs per sq. ft. So, I added 140 lbs to the rig, less 50 lbs or so for the old carpet and laminate that I removed. Figure I added 90-100 lbs or so.
I still have the carpeted area under the dianette and some carpet at the very rear of the bedroom to finish, hence my keeping the extra box I bought.
Grumpy