1anjl
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I?m getting ready to install some Shaw luxury vinyl planks in my TT. the previous owner had used an adhesive to glue down some peel and stick planks. Most of those were removed by the dealer, so when I purchased the TT I inherited a sticky mess. My feel literally stuck to the floor when walking in there in a hot day. I have scraped up a lot of the adhesive, but really there is an easy way to get rid of it all. Shaw warns against using a solvent because the residue could discolor the new planks.
My concern is that when it gets hot outside, the glue will become tacky again. Since this is a floating floor, I?d like it to remain floating so that it doesn?t fail.
I?m thinking I have 2 options:
1) purchase and install 1/4 in sheets of underlayment. Not the soft kind, these are 1/4? 4x8 sheets of a hard substance (I don?t know the name). They run about $13 a sheet which could get a bit spendy but it will also give me a clean flat surface.
The other option is to lay down a layer of construction paper. I bought a roll a while ago thinking I would temporarily put it down to prevent sticking when I walked, then realized I would have to scrape it all up again so never used it.
Have any of you used the 1/4 inch underlayment sheets with the interlocking vinyl planks?
What would you all do? I?m not new to installing floors, just new to installing them in an RV where the floor is not as solid as a stick built house
Any suggestions or advise is greatly appreciated
My concern is that when it gets hot outside, the glue will become tacky again. Since this is a floating floor, I?d like it to remain floating so that it doesn?t fail.
I?m thinking I have 2 options:
1) purchase and install 1/4 in sheets of underlayment. Not the soft kind, these are 1/4? 4x8 sheets of a hard substance (I don?t know the name). They run about $13 a sheet which could get a bit spendy but it will also give me a clean flat surface.
The other option is to lay down a layer of construction paper. I bought a roll a while ago thinking I would temporarily put it down to prevent sticking when I walked, then realized I would have to scrape it all up again so never used it.
Have any of you used the 1/4 inch underlayment sheets with the interlocking vinyl planks?
What would you all do? I?m not new to installing floors, just new to installing them in an RV where the floor is not as solid as a stick built house
Any suggestions or advise is greatly appreciated