RELIABLE COMPANY TO REPLACE FLOORING IN CLASS A MOTORHOME WITH 3 SLIDES
I have no recommendations for you. However I can share my experiences with you.
I have used glue down tile, high end felt based vinyl, vinyl, pre-glued tile, and Purgo snap together engineered wood flooring
These are my issues with them all.
Glue down tile in heat will float and leave gaps as the tile separates with expansion and contraction.
vinyl will crack at the joints of the base plywood flooring in most all RVs.
Felt based vinyl will hold up well but the top surface is thin and easily damaged.
Pre-glued tile will never settle down and gaps appear in a matter of months.
Because the flooring of most RVs flex, Purgo snap flooring joints will come apart.
I searched for a good option. What I found is no matter who makes it the flooring will not be warrantied if in a non climate controlled environment. If you use the RV with changing temp guess what the manufacturer will say if you have problems that can be blamed on environment conditions? You got it.
I even looked into cork and it was not covered if not controlled enviroment.
My answer that has held up well for the last year in my fifth with 1/2inch marine ply floors? I got 3/16 hardwood plywood and cut it into 4" strips 4ft long and installed them as I would if I was using engineered wood flooring. What did I use for glue? I used tight bond III wood glue and kept the pieces in place with Pin nails while the glue dried.
It looks like hardwood flooring, It has become part of the plywood without the seam that destroys flooring as it flexes. only mentioned if you choose to put down tile latter you will have a good base 3/16 thicker than the original ply/particle board or whatever the base floor is made of. But I have only had complements on the floor. The varnished finished product is as durable as any wood floor would be and a fresh coat of varnish is all that is required to spruce it up.
Likely you will not find a flooring expert to install such a thing for you, but there are many competent people that could do the job for you. Flooring experts will talk about ware and how hard it would be to remove. Truth is you would not remove this to change flooring, you would just look at it as thicker ply base. However the sell would be for something else, totally avoiding manufacturers recommendations against using their products in environments that are not temperature controlled.
Just my $.04 worth