Flooring

Used it in combination with foam as carpet underlay/soundproofing. Might work well plus easy to fit if used in combo with carpet tiles.

JWID

Larry
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Larry - Victoria BC -

1977 Palm Beach 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. New Atwood fridge, water heater & furnace. New SS exhaust system,
6000w Onan, Iota Converter, R134A A/C, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
 
> Used it in combination with foam as carpet underlay/soundproofing. Might work well plus easy to fit if used in combo with carpet tiles.
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> JWID
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> Larry

I think he means the cork flooring that comes in planks or squares and is an engineered flooring product. I would be interested in this as well, it
looks nice and is softer than most products like hardwood or bamboo and other laminates. I just don't know how well it holds up, but I hear it's
better than the cheap laminates that can fade and wear badly

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Burl Vibert
Kingston, Ontario
1976 GMC 26 foot, Sheridan reno, don't know original model but we call her Roxie
 
Oddly, I’ve ordered 6mm glue-down cork tiles with a polyurethane finish for *my* ‘76 Royale in the PNW.

No experience with them in an RV application, but they have a lot going for them in other settings that made me take the leap. They are soft
underfoot - and the softness stays in forever because of how cork grows. They’re insulative for both heat and sound - and who doesn’t like a
quiet coach? Cork is also incredibly durable - Fallingwater has cork floors in the baths, including in the showers (!) and it’s like the only
surface in the place that is original. Cork is easy to install - waterborne contact cement will adhere perfectly to the plywood underlayment and
you can cut it with a utility knife. The tiles don’t lock like LVT or laminate so it’s way easier to fit around corners and projections. Moulding
profiles from Schiluter are available for any thickness of cork you choose.

I am not quite as brave as FLW nor as wealthy as his clients, so I’m doing cork from the horizontal surface of the cockpit step back to the bathroom
door, where I’ll transition to Marmoleum (genuine linoleum, which includes cork as an ingredient) with a thinner cork underlayment on the main floor
surface (no underlayment on the toilet deck). My reason for doing this is that the cork I want to use isn’t available in a hardoil/wax finish, and
as much as I love modern polyurethane finishes, they can’t be touched up as easily as wax. So in the interest of being able to clean as vigorously
as any, erm, *situation* could demand, I opted for the Forbo, given how well it performs in hospitals.
 
Just curious, how well does cork flooring stand up to staining....like tomato juice, cherry juice, motor oil, or grease. You get the idea....
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Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
 
MidlifeChrysler

I'd love to hear how easy the Marmoleum goes in. Are you thinking single sheet, glue down, or click tile. Directly onto the plywood? I'd really
like to do my whole coach including the stairs, deck, raised front and rear dinette for an as uniform as possible look. But I don't really know how I
would incorporate front sound/heat deadening material, or if its even possible to "flash cove" it up the stairs and the 4" dinette bumps.

--tim
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Tim Taylor
Austin TX
Philadelphia PA
76 Birchaven (SB)
76 Triumph TR6
 
I’m planning to use glue-down sheet; it can be coved (beautifully) but the minimum bend radius is 1” and they do not recommend contouring it over
stairs. I’m going to do a little creative moulding to deal with the bathroom tiers. Forbo can be installed over a roll cork underlayment for
insulation purposes.
 
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> I’m going to do a little creative moulding to deal with the bathroom tiers.
>

Midlife,
What bathroom tiers??
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
I just installed vinyl planks this spring.

maybe spent $300. I used the mid-grade stuff.

there is endless varieties, you can get it to look like any wood, tile, and a few other things. very easy to work with, and I layed it pretty much
over a somewhat not perfect plywood that had a couple patches, a few carridge bolt heads sticking up, and it looked and turned out great. it has
been through some heat as I am sure it was well over 100 in the coach on some days this summer, and I will see how it works this winter.

it is waterproof, and seems tough as heck.

there are different grades, buy as high as you can. also ask around as some is more "temperature stable" then others. the stuff I put in my coach I
believe was like 10 degrees up to 130. and what that means is it can get hotter or colder, you just don't want to walk on it or use it if it is
hotter then 130 or colder then 10.

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Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
 
Larry,

As far as the stain resistance it's about the same as wood - it depends entirely on the condition of the floor finish. Cork would require more
frequent refinishing in an RV due to the concentrated traffic. Cork flooring has a number of unique features. It can be sanded with a random orbital
sander and finished with polyurethane, or old school waxed. It's good for thermal and noise insulation, anti-microbial, and water resistant not
waterproof. It is nowhere near as bulletproof as waterproof vinyl flooring. All that being said, the stuff looks great.

Richard
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'77 Birchaven TZE...777;
'76 Palm Beach under construction;
‘76 Edgemonte waiting its turn
 
There’s a step up/pedestal that the toilet sits on, in the rear-bath Royales. I cannot think of any place I would rather have carpet any less.
 
There’s a step up/pedestal that the toilet sits on, in the rear-bath Royales. I cannot think of any place I would rather have carpet any less.
 
> There’s a step up/pedestal that the toilet sits on, in the rear-bath Royales. I cannot think of any place I would rather have carpet any less.

Mid,

All of the GMC upfit TZE had a flat sole for the head. I don't know if that step exists in the Birchhavens or others.

This is why I strongly encourage new owners both on the and the other forum to build a adequate sigfile. In spite of outward appearance, not all TZE
are the same. (Trust me on this, I have a 73 - 23 and it has many important differences from the other versions of GMC upfit.
So, this being an amazingly supportive and helping community, please - for both forums - build a sigfile that has your real name (so things will be
less awkward when we meet), a short about the coach (year model and major mods) and a geographic reference because there might be an old friend nearby
that you have yet to meet. You can, but you don't have to change your alias.

In any case, glad you found your way here. If you can make it to a local or and international rally, that would be a thing of great value.

Matt


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Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
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