dougwhite
Midland, TX
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Is this something common to areas where it gets extremely cold? Pardon my ignorance, but I'm curious about this phenomenon. 
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JJMorrocco
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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It is beleived to be caused by the extreme temperature swings from cool to very cold - that we see in the our area. In the late winter or early spring we can have very sunny days that would warm up a trailer 0 deg C while at night it could cool off to -30 deg C.
My trialer is stored uncovered and in direct exposure to sunlight, os I suspect this to be case. It does not seem to be manufacturer dependant. However the manufacturers reposnes seem to bu quite varied. My response from my manufacuture - Forest River was quite arrogant. this of course will have an affect on my next trailer purchase...
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Cybergrunt
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I've had the cracked vinyl problem also. I cut out the cracked, floating vinyl, put down a good coat of latex primer on the particle board subfloor and then laid down self-adhesive vinyl tiles that I found for $0.28 each. FYI, the latex primer really helps the tiles' adhesive backing stick.
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mjcb2000
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Add me to the list of cracked floors....This past winter didn't seem that bad, but there was a month there where the temperature had some pretty big swings.
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JJMorrocco
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Picked up my new lino yesterday. I was unable to find any glue down cork tiles locally. I went with a fiber floor @ $2.99 sq ft and will have it 100% glued. The floor dealer says they have done several of these with no complaints. Selection was a bit limited as I only wanted a 6' wide 18' long piece.
Should be installed early next week.
Total bill is going to be around $700.
Still $300 cheaper than the RV dealer quoted me.
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