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Posted By: rfuerst911sc on 12/22/13 02:56pm

For those of you that have done partial/total interior restorations what are you using for flooring ? Obviously they came from the factory with sheet vinyl and nothing wrong with it, it's cheap, easy to install and to keep clean. But laminate flooring has come a longs ways along with bamboo and plank type wood flooring. I've got three weiner dogs so their hair/nails/etc. is part of the decision. I'm not ready to install yet as I still have to replace the rear portion of the subfloor but just thinking ahead. And Merry Christmas to everyone !!!

Posted By: 69 Avion on 12/22/13 03:19pm

I used Armstrong Best sheet Vinyl flooring with a distressed wood grain pattern. I was thinking about using different flooring but I had a leak in my rear vent for years that went undetected and the original sheet vinyl looked terrible, but it protected the floor. The original floor had a seam near the closet, but this time I used a full width piece with no seam.

Ford F-350 4x4 Diesel
1988 Avion Triple Axle Trailer
1969 Avion C-11 Camper

Posted By: garryk6 on 12/22/13 03:45pm

rfuerst911sc wrote:

Temporarily we used cheap sheet goods, but with the wet of Kodiak, we did the entry of our house with Alure Ultra from Home Depot. It goes in like laminate ie very easy... Yet is 100% vinyl and 100% waterproof, yet it is free floating, so if damaged, easy to fix, and did I say, easy to install?!

Just saving up to buy for the kitchen and Avion.
Garry

Garry K
Wife + 4 kids
Retired Military Family.... Alway's on the move....
2002 F350 CCSB 5.4 6spd 4x4 in AK
1966 Avion C-10 Truck Camper

Posted By: 67avion on 12/22/13 04:37pm

X2 what Garry said. In fact I took his advice and I'm glad I did.

Posted By: Dodgeavion on 12/22/13 05:48pm

Gary. I don't have any better pics of the bunk area. I'll be able to get some in a month or so. Not much up there. Some stringers in the roof that you can see in the other pics. Some ribs and then the skin. Remember whatever you increase the basement height by you also need to increase the height of the cabover or you will lose interior room in the main cabin. I think to do a N/S bed you will want the extra head room to make the crawl reasonable.

That pic doesn't look long enough to be a N/S bed of 80". Bad angle though, hard to tell. Looks more like a E/W queen. Which would be 9" longer than normal.

Posted By: Dodgeavion on 12/22/13 06:10pm

Just looking at the allure ultra. Looks nice. I have one question. It states for use only in a temp controlled environment. Does that pose a problem in this application?

Posted By: Dodgeavion on 12/22/13 08:22pm

Just looking at the allure ultra. Looks nice. I have one question. It states for use only in a temp controlled environment. Does that pose a problem in this application?

Posted By: Dodgeavion on 12/22/13 08:23pm

C11 on CL in the Detroit area.

Posted By: 67avion on 12/22/13 10:14pm

I've had no issues whatsoever with the Allure. You have dozens of choices in terms of the look. It deals very well with water. It looks great.

Posted By: garryk6 on 12/22/13 10:42pm

67avion wrote:

I've had no issues whatsoever with the Allure. You have dozens of choices in terms of the look. It deals very well with water. It looks great.

Just make sure you go with the Allure Ultra vice the Standard Allure. The Ultra is snap together, and should be fine, as long as you leave the recommended gap around the edges/walls. The Allure Standard is a stick together that you pull a protective strip off the adhesive, line them up and the stick them down. They do ok, but the adhesive can fail in either high traffic areas or in excessive climate changes. My work installs the Allure Standard in military housing here in Alaska, and it holds up well.

Garry, Kodiak

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