I measured up a job months ago and an older gentleman wanted to install a click together plank. He was also considering another plank product like XL flooring's Drop N Done product. That's the quarter inch thick material that has no tongue and groove. You can glue it or you can just fit it tight to the walls so the planks can't move around.
This is an older single wide mobile home. I noticed the waviness in the floor because of the single layer particle board that they put in these older homes.
Because the floor flexes in between the joists I thought that Drop N Done product might work.
I told him the floor could not be leveled or flattened because with the flex and the floor it would break up the filler over time.
Long story short, I revisited the site to make more accurate measurements as he has decided he would like to get this job done.
I paid more attention to the movement of the floor this time and I'm questioning using that Drop N Done plank. It might work, because it lays flat on the floor even when you butt two edges together..... It conforms, unlike a click lock.
Next I suggested overlaying the area with plywood but that would double the entire cost. To buy and uninstall the plywood would approach 2000 bucks at $90 per sheet or whatever that's going for these days. The total area is less than 400 ft and includes a small kitchen a dining room/ living room area with a wood stove and a 3 ft x 15 ft hallway.
That loose lay plank might actually work and he has zero concerns about the waviness of the floor. The living room had carpet but it's currently bare particle board.
He just wants to get the floor looking better. I'm thinking maybe some 12 ft sheet vinyl, might be better, but part of it, the tiny kitchen has existing vinyl flooring that would need to be skim coated.
It would need to be a durable sheet vinyl not a soft cushy one. He has a small table in the kitchen and has two computer type chairs with wheels. He also uses a walker to get around. He's a small guy, not a 250 pounder.
Don't tell me, run Forrest run.
He understands in great detail that anything we do is sketchy because of the substrate that he has. He doesn't care, because it looks so crappy right now, anything that happens we'll be better.
Because of the chairs I don't think a loose lay vinyl would work.
6 ft commercial sheet goods would put a seam right underneath with one of the chairs sits, so if it's vinyl, it needs to be 12 ft material.
Okay, we've all worked in these older mobile homes with particle board and the bouncy floor.
Any thoughts on my Bouncy House job?
This is an older single wide mobile home. I noticed the waviness in the floor because of the single layer particle board that they put in these older homes.
Because the floor flexes in between the joists I thought that Drop N Done product might work.
I told him the floor could not be leveled or flattened because with the flex and the floor it would break up the filler over time.
Long story short, I revisited the site to make more accurate measurements as he has decided he would like to get this job done.
I paid more attention to the movement of the floor this time and I'm questioning using that Drop N Done plank. It might work, because it lays flat on the floor even when you butt two edges together..... It conforms, unlike a click lock.
Next I suggested overlaying the area with plywood but that would double the entire cost. To buy and uninstall the plywood would approach 2000 bucks at $90 per sheet or whatever that's going for these days. The total area is less than 400 ft and includes a small kitchen a dining room/ living room area with a wood stove and a 3 ft x 15 ft hallway.
That loose lay plank might actually work and he has zero concerns about the waviness of the floor. The living room had carpet but it's currently bare particle board.
He just wants to get the floor looking better. I'm thinking maybe some 12 ft sheet vinyl, might be better, but part of it, the tiny kitchen has existing vinyl flooring that would need to be skim coated.
It would need to be a durable sheet vinyl not a soft cushy one. He has a small table in the kitchen and has two computer type chairs with wheels. He also uses a walker to get around. He's a small guy, not a 250 pounder.
Don't tell me, run Forrest run.
He understands in great detail that anything we do is sketchy because of the substrate that he has. He doesn't care, because it looks so crappy right now, anything that happens we'll be better.
Because of the chairs I don't think a loose lay vinyl would work.
6 ft commercial sheet goods would put a seam right underneath with one of the chairs sits, so if it's vinyl, it needs to be 12 ft material.
Okay, we've all worked in these older mobile homes with particle board and the bouncy floor.
Any thoughts on my Bouncy House job?
