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Originally Posted by chev49
for the last two busses i converted, i used the pergo type flooring, and never have had any problems with swelling, etc. I even purchased many many sheets of flooring rejects from the mfg company in washington, and used some of them on my outside deck at my house n it rains a lot in oregon... this flooring has many uses esp if one purchases it before it is cut into strips..
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you can buy it BEFORE it's cut into strips? That's very interesting.
I have looked high and low and finally found something that is supposed to be able to hold up to almost the whole range of temperature and humidity that the bus will be exposed to.
Calibamboo has luxury vinyl plank the pro version is supposed to tolerate ambient temperatures of 32-113 and relative humidity of 20-80. Nothing else claims that high of a range. The next best I found was 50-100 degrees and 40-80% relative humidity. You can't screw the cabinets thru the floor, but you should be able to screw them to the walls behind the cabinets or to the sides. You aren't supposed to screw anything thru any kind of floating floor application, but some of them tell you not to ever install it until after cabinets and this one will allow you to do it under the cabinets as long as you don't screw thru it.
It's on sale right now for $3/sq ft which is pretty good for this higher end spec'd flooring. If you pick it up in downtown LA you can save the shipping.
If we do end up using this, I will report back on it. The other candidate in the running is MetroFlor genesis which is on sale right now for $3.43/ sq ft. but it's the one with the 50-100 temperature range and MUST be installed after cabinets. that means you have to buy the expensive trim pieces and make a lot more cuts, etc.
if anyone else has detailed info about their flooring that they love, or about either of these two options, I would LOVE to hear it! The reviews are good for both but naturally none of them mention use in a skoolie as it isn't rated for that even though it seems to be better than most other options.