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Peel and stick flooring...or other flooring for a trailer house?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:02 pm
Got to put some flooring down in my camp. I want something vinyl-ish and some cheap. Anybody have any experience with the peel and stick vinyl tile you can get at Lowe's or have another suggestions for cheap, durable flooring? I'm think linoleum will be a pain in the arse, but have never laid any....
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:05 pm to LSUballs
find your closest Habitat For Humanity. They keep shits load of whatever flooring you need,most of it brand new. If i were you i'd put laminate floating floors in your camp.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:06 pm to LSUballs
As long as you properly prep the floor, they should work fine. The problem people have with the peel and stick stuff is they change size based on temp and humidity, they shift, or the come unstuck. My dad put some in the bathroom of one of his rental properties and added some extra industrial glue to help hold them in place. It worked like a charm.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:08 pm to LSUballs
if you do peel in stick this time of year, make sure you don't have the AC cranked up. we did that at our camp and as soon as we left and turned the AC off, when we came back, the tile had buckled a little.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:08 pm to meauxjeaux2
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If i were you i'd put laminate floating floors in your camp.
The problem with laminate is when it gets wet the paper (they are made of paper) swells and fricks up...
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm to PillageUrVillage
We put some of the peel and stick tiles over some 60s era linoleum in our house a few months after we moved in. We sort of slowly redid the kitchen. I needed a new oven because the 40 year old one wouldn't work correctly, so we got a new oven and dishwasher in stainless to match the fridge the previous owners put in. And there were a few small rips in the floor, and one large one right in front of the fridge. I think we paid around $100-150 for enough to do the whole room in those vinyl tiles. Except for one or two that had issues sticking in the corners that I peeled up and replaced, the whole floor still looks decent. Eventually I'll rip all of that up and put real tile down in there but for a temporary solution it has been great. You have to really look close to see it isn't tile. My Dad and I laid it all down in an afternoon. Put it down diagonally too. Made for a few interesting cuts when it got to the cabinets and doorways, but it looks much better than all in a straight line. And we've been in there for seven years now.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:23 pm to LSUballs
use mastic under it or theyll come up in no time.
use to do flooring for a living.
use to do flooring for a living.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:32 pm to LSUballs
Just get some VCT and use the recommended glue......
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:07 pm to TU Rob
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Eventually I'll rip all of that up and put real tile down in there but for a temporary solution it has been great. You have to really look close to see it isn't tile. My Dad and I laid it all down in an afternoon. Put it down diagonally too. Made for a few interesting cuts when it got to the cabinets and doorways, but it looks much better than all in a straight line. And we've been in there for seven years now.
If anyone has ever had to actually do this job, rip this tile up, you will never consider using it as an alternative again. It is the absolute worst floor to peel up. We recently (and are still currently) remodeled our house and we pulled this sticky vinyl tile up. It was approx 30-40 hrs of work and is labor instensive. That shite sticks. I was cursing the person that put in the house after about an hr into it. I would seriously consider a laminate locking floor if I were you.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:10 pm to LSUballs
The lenolium that comes is big arse rolls is pretty easy to deal with and is fairly durable.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:20 pm to meauxjeaux2
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in your camp.
I think he's talking about his house.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:42 pm to LSUballs
I've had no problems with the peel and stick but we run the ac, and mines under a shed 
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:52 pm to LSUballs
Used this for my hunting camp a few years back and it is still doing well. does your camp flood? Not sure how it would hold up to inundation. Easy to use and pretty inexpensive.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:55 pm to Nascar Fan
Thanks for the advice fellers. I don't want to mess with laminate flooring as it is more expensive and will take longer to install.. I want cheap and easy. I was told by my contractor buddy that the peel and stick would be easier to install than the linoleum roll, that's why I was considering that route. The floor is just plain plywood that is fairly clean and free of contaminants. I think they will stick. I might get some extra glue just in case.
FWIW my contractor buddy:
FWIW my contractor buddy:
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 1:57 pm to hunt66
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does your camp flood?
Negative. Unless the levee of the big muddy bust and if that's the case I aint gonna be sweating my flooring choice.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:02 pm to LSUballs
laminate at HFH is cheap as LSUballs. 
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:07 pm to meauxjeaux2
I'll look into it. I still think it will take a good deal longer putting those down, but may not. The sticky tiles I'm looking at are .40 / sq ft. That's the cheapest I've found.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:14 pm to LSUballs
Also when your putting down the peel and stick you can take all the beer breaks needed.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:16 pm to LSUballs
they sell the stick tiles there as well. Whatever flooring you're looking for from tile to stickdown,they have it. Seriously,if you've never been to a Habitat for Humanity "restore" you'll be amazed at what they sell there and will thank me for it later.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 2:29 pm to dnm3305
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If anyone has ever had to actually do this job, rip this tile up, you will never consider using it as an alternative again. It is the absolute worst floor to peel up. We recently (and are still currently) remodeled our house and we pulled this sticky vinyl tile up. It was approx 30-40 hrs of work and is labor instensive. That shite sticks. I was cursing the person that put in the house after about an hr into it. I would seriously consider a laminate locking floor if I were you.
There's old linoleum underneath. I would be taking it all out, not just the peel and stick stuff. It is just stuck to that. I'm going to take up my door threshholds and peel the whole floor underneath that off. I have to get it to bare framing for our guys to come do the tile work. We recently put cork flooring down in our den that we converted to a bathroom, and it looks great. But the guy that did it said it was very labor intensive. I did all of the rip out work, then did the framing, and then had them come in and do the floor and walls, and the plumbing.
Whenever we decide to do it, I love the demolition stuff. All we have in there is a table and fridge, and then the built in cabinetry, so I'd just move that out and go to town on getting it all out. One thing is for certain, after my dad and I put the tile down in my laundry room, I don't want to do that again. It is a fun little project for a small room like that, with all of the cutting and placement, but I doubt my ability to get the floor level before the tile goes down, so I'm calling in the pro for that. I may just get him to do the prep work and then I can lay the tile.
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