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Old 07-20-2015, 02:58 PM   #21
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this might be off topic but.....your skoolie can fit in your garage....wut?

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Old 08-18-2015, 01:03 PM   #22
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shoot!!!!
lay it down over 1/2" - 3/4" inch insulation board....
Neat idea! But which insulation board? The foam stuff looks like it will dent or compress pretty easily resulting in a divot.

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Old 08-18-2015, 01:15 PM   #23
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Neat idea! But which insulation board? The foam stuff looks like it will dent or compress pretty easily resulting in a divot.

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It will dent, even with the blue rigid 3000 PSI Styrofoam.

You need sheet metal in between. Minimum 16 ga, glued down with a contact cement that won't eat the Styrofoam.

Then glue the vinyl plank flooring right to it.

Use galvanized steel so you don't have to paint or worry about rust.

This is a Far better system than using plywood in a floor to rot again.

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Old 08-19-2015, 02:03 PM   #24
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It will dent, even with the blue rigid 3000 PSI Styrofoam.

You need sheet metal in between. Minimum 16 ga, glued down with a contact cement that won't eat the Styrofoam.

Then glue the vinyl plank flooring right to it.

Use galvanized steel so you don't have to paint or worry about rust.

This is a Far better system than using plywood in a floor to rot again.

Nat
In this setup you'd use the existing sheet metal as a base right?

IE:

G-floor
new sheet metal
insulation
original sheet metal fixed to frame.

Am I missing something?
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Old 08-20-2015, 02:04 PM   #25
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Your right on.

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Old 01-09-2017, 11:14 PM   #26
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Has anyone used this companies products yet?
I am thinking about using this as my flooring and would like to know others experiences.
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Old 01-10-2017, 06:25 AM   #27
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the glue down **** sucks, get the interlocking stuff from lowes. its 1000 times better.
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Old 01-10-2017, 06:59 AM   #28
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the glue down **** sucks, get the interlocking stuff from lowes. its 1000 times better.
is this the stuff you speak of?:
https://www.lowes.com/pl/Vinyl-tile-...ent=4294641359
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Old 01-28-2017, 10:32 PM   #29
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the glue down **** sucks, get the interlocking stuff from lowes. its 1000 times better.

Cool! Thank you!
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Old 01-29-2017, 06:46 PM   #30
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Costco also has flooring, that's where I got the stuff when I remodeled the kitchen in the house
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Old 02-06-2017, 03:08 PM   #31
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You need sheet metal in between. Minimum 16 ga, glued down with a contact cement that won't eat the Styrofoam.

Then glue the vinyl plank flooring right to it.

Use galvanized steel so you don't have to paint or worry about rust.
Ah hah. I kind of like this. I've been looking for some alternative to plywood and two by fours as subflooring.

I wonder what kind of insulation it would take to stand up to the weight as long as the load above it was distributed by sheet metal?

Though, if enough moisture to rot plywood is going to work its way under the floor, then it kind of seems like a steel underlayer would just rust regardless of if it's galvanized or not. Perhaps it's the issue of wood absorbing and holding the moisture that causes the majority of the problem? But if it didn't go into the wood... where would it go? Are we doomed to just have weird puddles of gross, stagnant water eating away at our subflooring?
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Old 03-28-2017, 10:19 PM   #32
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Has anyone successfully installed the flooring and have feedback? With me wanting to take the food truck route, I'd like something seamless for easy clean up, also by not using diamond plated floors or something, it saves on weight, cost, and heat conduction. I would go with the coin style most likely but wanted to get some feedback. I sent a request to the company for two samples of the product so I could get a better feel for it and it should be here in a few days.

I'm not looking to put wood back down once it's removed since if any water or oil were to get on the floor, it would just soak it up. I need something leak-proof.
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Old 09-24-2017, 06:19 PM   #33
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Great thread. getting ready to start my newest bus build. Picking it up a week from today. Keep up the good photos and ideas.
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