Posted 2010-04-27 2:50 PM (#119437) Subject: Best flooring material?
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Posts: 144 Location: Hickory Hills, IL
So I decided after the shoot this weekend that I want to refinish the floor in our trailer. It is only a weekender with 4' SW and is currently the factory gray carpet. The trailer is a 2000 so it is showing some wear and the spot directly in front of the door is stained mud brown. Should I do real or "fake" hardwood or ceramic tile? Your thoughts- tile would be more durable and forgiving of spills, hardwood (or fake hardwood) looks a little better but with real wood you have to be very cautious about water and spills. Our trailer had a leak before (took several months to figure out where the heck it was leaking!) so I am not sure about hardwood...Please give me your thoughts! I do not want to do linoleum, as I can do tile that is much more durable for about the same price. We are talking about about 20 or so square foot of floor space after the boot box and closets...
Posted 2010-04-27 5:25 PM (#119441 - in reply to #119437) Subject: RE: Best flooring material?
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Posts: 2453 Location: Northern Utah
Ceramic tile, or at least the grout part of ceramic tile is very unforgiving of vibrations and movements in its subsurface.
I probably would not put that is a trailer. In order to prepare a good subsurface you wil put down a wire mesh and smear it with a concrete, then at the tile. This weighs a lot. So from the standpoint of weight and grout popping out, I'd avoid ceramic tile.
Real hard wood is 3/4" thick. Most of your engineered hardwoods are 3/8" So again from the stand point of weight, I'd probably use the engineered hardwood flooring. It's cheaper than the real wood, comes prefinished, And it's hard to match as good of a finish as they apply in a factory settings.
I hate using the engineered hardwoods in a real home. But I think they make an acceptable solution in a LQ.
Posted 2010-04-29 2:04 PM (#119504 - in reply to #119437) Subject: RE: Best flooring material?
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Posts: 144 Location: Hickory Hills, IL
I have seen some really nice trailer floors with stone/tile. Never done a concrete subfloor and put in many 1,000s of SQ' of tile. I worked for 2 years doing carpet/tile/hardwood installations summers while in college. There are tons of options in grout, some flexible, some not. That said, I found some nice pergo floors on clearance at Lowes and picked them up last night. Will work on it Saturday (gotta tear out the old carpet, glue in some subfloor).
Posted 2010-04-29 4:40 PM (#119510 - in reply to #119437) Subject: RE: Best flooring material?
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Posts: 781 Location: La Cygne, KS
I have light oak colored Pergo in my LQ and love it. Cleans up very easy - just sweep or swiffer. Also has done great with a very active rat terrier racing back and forth playing ball inside on rainy days. And it's easy to change the color scheme of the trailer with a quick change out of rugs.
Best flooring material?
