Hi all,
While on the discussion of flooring. Two years ago when I refurbished my 1970 Tradewind. It was a total restoration even new 3/4 inch subflooring. I put in a 3/4 inch prefinished solid red oak hardwood floor. Not the glue type, the real nail the tongue type. I also used a nontoxic glue in the
tongue's as I put it together to make even more stable. I left a small gap 1/4 or so all the way around the edges. Most of that was hidden under closets and couches. I had to use some small quarter round on the visible edges, to hide the expansion joints. The floor came out fine and you never have to worry about that floor ever lifting like a glued floor will when exposed to the elements mother nature can give it. It did add about 60 pounds to the total weight of the trailer (over the amount of the old asbestos tile flooring that was in there). The only problem I had was in reinstalling the closets
and cabinets. I had to cut a little off the bottoms of everything as the flooring was thicker than the original. Actually I used a router and I guide to trim everything. I routed groves in the floor to hold the bathroom wall better to the floor in it's own little channel. A much better design than the original
fastening procedure by Airstream. I also used some of this flooring to accent to counter top edge as I put down ceramic tile over 2 pieces of 3/4 plywood for stability, instead of using Formica. The glue and grout I used is designed for some movement, so it will not breakup on a bad road. The new
floor and counter really helped out the looks of the interior of my old trailer.

Rob in NY
1970 Tradewind 25'(sold by mistake!)
1986 Excella 31'
1989 Excella 23'