Re: [A/S] laminate flooring

[Blair <hitek_airstream@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon -

In April this year I did my friends 32' Excella and my 34' Limited.

In each trailer I did the living room area, kitchen, hall to the foot of 
the beds and bath.

I used Uniboard Laminate Flooring available at Sam's.  (Best Price)

www.uniboardsurfaces.com

No glue no nails.  Just snaps together.

Remove any cabinets you want it under.  (makes for a better look)

I removed the cabinet under the TV and the two wall tables, the couch 
drawers, the toilet and the bath cabinets

Pull up the carpet and make sure you pull out ALL the staples used to 
secure the carpet.

Discard the pad and clean the years of sand, dirt and whatever off the floor.

Repair any soft spots in the floor.

Lay the spongy underlayment over the existing floor.  It's not necessary to 
sand the floor or cover it with a plywood underlayment.

Just lay the foam stuff that is sold with it at Sam's , Lowes, or Home 
Depot..

It's sold in rolls about three foot wide and I used duct tape to secure it 
together.

Start in the middle of the isle and lay one line from the couch to the bed. 
Then build off that.

Don't use any nails or glue.  You want the floor to float.

I used a table saw to cut the planks of flooring.

For the floor molding I used the plastic stuff from Lowes.

I felt the hardest part was cutting  and fitting the floor molding.   Damn 
plastic stuff is hard to work with without breaking.

All together it took about a week to remove , clean, install flooring and 
do the molding and replace the cabinets and tables.

A nice project that looks great.  Easy to care for.

I've traveled over 5000 miles with the new floor and only had a problem 
with a piece of molding that broke.

Laminate flooring works for me.

Good luck.

Blair