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Sorcha
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# Posted: 23 Jul 2008 02:19am
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We have a wood-tile kitchen floor (5x5 in. tiles) which has been progressively buckling over 4 years. This summer it just started popping up tiles. We wanted to replace it with 3ft sq 'Hercules'
brand wood tiles but were advised to go with linoleum tiles of
the same size since we don't heat the cabin in the winter. Temps
can go to -40 F. The rest of the cabin has wood floors (2.5 in. boards) and is doing fine. Other than the obvious cost advantage, does this make sense? We're not extremely 'handy' folks, but want the new floor to last, and prefer to keep up the 'log cabin' look and feel. Everything else is wood, inside and out. Any tips would be most appreciated!
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 23 Jul 2008 10:54am
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I used vinyl tiles for the cabin floor.
It has been few cold winters and tiles are holding OK so far. (Obviously you need to set them on clean surface, etc.)
I agree wood looks better, but you could pick tiles with wood-looking color design.
This is what I have:
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Sorcha
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# Posted: 23 Jul 2008 01:34pm
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Thank you CabinBuilder- Your vinyl looks much like the wood tiles we need to replace. I think we'll follow your suggestion. It gets mighty cold here in beautiful Lake of the Woods Canada. We'd much rather spend our time enjoying the cabin, than repairing it.
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:15pm
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Our cabin will be unheated/unused over the winter with temps falling below 0F. I'm thinking about using a wood laminate floor over a plywood subfloor. Since these float I would think that it should manage the temp swings pretty well.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:44pm
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Quoting: MikeOnBike Our cabin will be unheated/unused over the winter with temps falling below 0F. I'm thinking about using a wood laminate floor over a plywood subfloor. Since these float I would think that it should manage the temp swings pretty well.
If you're talking about the engineered wood floors, I agree. they withstand temperature changes well (as long as they are floated) Don't nail your base molding too tight :-)
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flatwater
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:11pm
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Years ago my wife and I went around to the different rug stores and hauled off their free scraps. We trimmed them up and cut to shape, and laded them down in a jigsaw puzzle shape. You just glue them to a big piece of black plastic. We used rubber cement. It turned out great when we were done. In the center was an eagle we cut out and glued down.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 28 Nov 2025 01:16pm
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Quoting: MikeOnBike Our cabin will be unheated/unused over the winter with temps falling below 0F. I'm thinking about using a wood laminate floor over a plywood subfloor. Since these float I would think that it should manage the temp swings pretty well.
This is exactly what I have temps dropping ro 0 or lower and not an issue. Mine floats, no glue or nails, not even padding, its attached to the planks. Just snaps together. I found a recent picture of the laminate flooring. It all floats so can expand and contract as needed, but its dense enough material, no real movement at all.
Picture with view of flooring
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 28 Nov 2025 02:13pm
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The wood plank look snap together flooring we used in our house living room is floating, installed quickly, is waayyy tough and is SO easy to clean. A friend liked ours enough that he did it himself in his house and agrees.
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DRP
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# Posted: 28 Nov 2025 02:58pm
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Wood moves in response to moisture change rather than temperature change.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 29 Nov 2025 07:00am
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I dont think they had as many cheap click lock flooring options in 2008 as we do today.
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 29 Nov 2025 09:27am
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We used vinyl plank flooring…it’s extremely durable and was recommended to use for unheated spaces. We laid it 3 years ago and still looks new. Out of 1100 sq ft, there are two minor areas of separation over each bedroom threshold…which come back together after the wood stove is on for awhile or when warm weathe4 comes again. Cabin is in Tobermory, Ontario…gets plenty cold up here!
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travellerw
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# Posted: 29 Nov 2025 07:50pm
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We used a "waterproof Laminate" from Costco. Our cabin is not heated and see -45C to +40C. It has held up amazingly well for 3 seasons.
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