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Location: Waynesville, Ohio | What is the easiest to maintain and most durable flooring for a living quarters area? |
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Location: New Salem, ND | I have tried a couple different floors. In the LQ I have now we put in comercial linoleum squares. So far my favorite. But i have had a floating floor, similar to Pergo, and that was nice too.. I think you are only limited to your imagination. Have fun.. I guess, in my point of view, what is easy to maintain in your home should be easy to maintain in your trailer. Happy Trails |
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Location: Valentine, NE | Just my $.02 worth. Have a good friend that owns a conversion company. They recommend against true hard wood floors if you are going to use the LQ a lot. In their experience, with ave. to high use, the sand/dirt that is tracked into the LQ will require refinishing the floor a lot more than in any house. They put it in one big really fancy trailer and took it to a 5 day trade show---they had to refinish it after all the traffic thru it. It was a high end product but the sand tracked in, (this event was even in a coliseum)is just like sand paper.
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Location: Waynesville, Ohio | Yes I was thinking of a hardwood floor..... but with all the sand and little gravels keeping up the finish would be a never ending cycle. |
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Location: Ottawa, Illinois 61350 | From what we have experienced at our dealership, the flooring material that is easiest to use and maintain is the commercial grade vinyl flooring. The floor that always gets the most favorable comments when customers are looking at living quarters trailers is the deep grained "wood look" sheet vinyl flooring. It wears great, is hard to damage and doesn't show dirt or stains. I would recommend you don't use thin "cheap" vinyl though. It won't hold up over the long haul. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | I have a laminate floor in mine, and have installed it for others. But I really believe that a high grade one piece vinyl floor is the way to go. One of the folks I put a laminate floor in for, well it was raining, alot, and they came in threw off their rain gear onto a floor rug. The floor rug was wet, that wet rug laying on the laminate floor over the course of a weekend caused the seams to swell on the flooring. We replaced it. |
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| Originally written by wyndancer on 2011-09-14 11:30 AM
I have a laminate floor in mine, and have installed it for others. But I really believe that a high grade one piece vinyl floor is the way to go. One of the folks I put a laminate floor in for, well it was raining, alot, and they came in threw off their rain gear onto a floor rug. The floor rug was wet, that wet rug laying on the laminate floor over the course of a weekend caused the seams to swell on the flooring. We replaced it. This is what I had decided. I was reading this thread to see if anyone said this. I've heard that the vinyl is easier to work with as JimBob said, more durable, and I want a seemless flooring. But, that said, I am far from an expert.
Edited by Phoresic 2011-09-14 12:03 PM
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| On vinyl flooring, what is a good quality vinyl? Are there some brands that your recommend as good quality?Thanks. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Good usually confers expensive...but up side is a LQ floor is rather small. |
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Location: Waynesville, Ohio | Thanks for all the input .......I would agree that a commercial grade vinyl or rubber type will be what i install. I want something that is low maintenance and durable. |
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Location: Sumas Washington | When we picked out flooring for our Outlaw conversion we went with solid linoleum vinyl. I am really happy with that choice. We spend lots of time in the back country away from roads and so far the floor is holding up really well. |
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