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This winter our lino flooring fractured through-out our Seneca. It would appear that the manufacturer does not glue the flooring down, which when subjected to very cold conditions will tear or almost shatter. It looks like a tough job to replace the lino, does any-one have experience with this or have recomendations?
I'm told by a local floor layer that if the flooring was glued down this would not have happened - coments?
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ronfisherman
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Check out Allure Flooring from Home Depot. While I do not have a Seneca the layout is similar. I would not recommend gluing.
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Check out the newest, March edition of Motor Home Magazine. Two guys tackled replacement of the flooring in their rigs. Great pictures of how it looks.
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That looks GREAT!
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I installed Allure in my MH about a year ago thinking it would be lighter than the Pergo which we installed in our house. Like Pergo, it is supposed to to be a floating floor but, in the interest of safety, I fastened the aluminum bull-nose trim through the flooring at the coach/cab transition point.
When the nighttime temperature dropped to 50° and below this winter the seams opened. As the coach warmed during the day they closed – usually. We wanted to use Pergo which snaps together but thought it would be too heavy. Someday I’ll compare their weights per sq. inch. I have leftover pieces of both and they are heavy. Would I use Allure again? No, never. Pergo is easier to assemble and disassemble because they snap together whereas when you mate the glue strips of Allure - that’s it.
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Yukoner wrote:TIt would appear that the manufacturer does not glue the flooring down, which when subjected to very cold conditions will tear or almost shatter.
Keith
I have done the factory tour and the linoleum is glued down.
If you have the unit with the kitchen slide you could have a problem under the cabinets.
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Yukoner
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GrumpyandGrandma wrote:Yukoner wrote:TIt would appear that the manufacturer does not glue the flooring down, which when subjected to very cold conditions will tear or almost shatter.
Keith
I have done the factory tour and the linoleum is glued down.
If you have the unit with the kitchen slide you could have a problem under the cabinets.
There is not one bit of glue. The flooring split along 4 or 5 feet and curled up exposing bare chip or strand board. No glue. I know what glue looks like. Maybe they glue flooring now because of this problem. I wish they had glued mine.
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Replant wrote:I installed Allure in my MH about a year ago thinking it would be lighter than the Pergo which we installed in our house. Like Pergo, it is supposed to to be a floating floor but, in the interest of safety, I fastened the aluminum bull-nose trim through the flooring at the coach/cab transition point.
When the nighttime temperature dropped to 50° and below this winter the seams opened. As the coach warmed during the day they closed – usually. We wanted to use Pergo which snaps together but thought it would be too heavy. Someday I’ll compare their weights per sq. inch. I have leftover pieces of both and they are heavy. Would I use Allure again? No, never. Pergo is easier to assemble and disassemble because they snap together whereas when you mate the glue strips of Allure - that’s it.
We had -45 about 3 weeks ago! I'm thinking to just use lino again but to glue it down properly like the factory should have done in the 1st place.
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We own a Seneca 35 GS, which has the kitchen slide. If we put down new flooring that was perhaps thicker than the vinyl, then we would have to trim the wooden baseboards under the kitchen cabinets. The new flooring would have to fit under the cabinets when the the slide is out, but under the cabinets are a lot of piping, wiring and a big sub woofer for the outside entertainment center. It would be a huge job. We would probably have to remove the kitchen cabinets and take the new flooring right to the edge of the slide.
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