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New LVP floor!
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My wife is laughing at this post. Why. Cause, in the two years since I have installed LVP in our coach she has heard me complain about two things. The gap at the slide out, and the "give" at the seam.

Let's start with the gap. The HWH slide mechanism is a bit tricky since it doesn't go straight up and down, but rather pivots into place. The only way to get a really tight seam right there is to offset the fixed floor and the moving floor about a 1/16 to the slide side. I was really critical of my work because I wanted a 1/16 seam, until I saw the coaches at Newell. They come from the factory with about a 1/8 to 5/32 seam. A Ha!

Second, the "give". I don't know what your installer used under the LVP, but I used a high end padding for noise and water protection. That padding has a bit of sponginess to it. You can't feel it when you walk on the floor, but right at the seam, you can feel it. The LVP plank is rather flexy, and only one side of the plank is supported at the seam. In hindsight I would not have used the floor underlayment made of any kind of foam.

One of my winter projects is to redo the floor. This time I want to use an engineered wood. The LVP has held up well but, I want to do the whole coach this time. I will probably use and underlayment like tar paper just for moisture barrier.

Oh yeah, we put some of the anti rattle drawer liner on the bottom of the moveable console. It would come sliding down the aisle when the brakes were applied. Not good. The drawer liner keeps it from sliding.

Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home Cool )
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New LVP floor! - by pestes - 10-15-2017, 07:50 PM
RE: New LVP floor! - by HoosierDaddy - 10-16-2017, 04:23 AM
RE: New LVP floor! - by Richard - 10-16-2017, 05:37 AM
RE: New LVP floor! - by pestes - 10-16-2017, 08:34 AM
RE: New LVP floor! - by Ernie - 10-23-2017, 04:48 AM

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