Linoleum Issues In 320RS

[John&Genny]

One of the issues we have in our Avalanche 320RS is that some of the linoleum is starting to bubble on some parts of the floor. The worst area is on the kitchen floor near the refer, and another small section on the top of the stairs going into the bedroom. We plan on having it fixed under warranty by the dealer, but just curious on how long it will take to have the repairs done once it's been approved by Keystone?

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[bsmith0404]

The funny part about that flooring is if you go back in a couple weeks and look at it again, the bubbles won't be there. It's a floating floor and expands/retracts with temp fluctuations. Have seen many do the same thing on the sales lot. They probably won't do anything unde warranty

[John&Genny]

Well I can tell you for a fact that the bubbles have been there more than a couple of weeks, and if anything, they are getting worse. I have a hard time believing they didn't use some kind of adhesive to keep the linoleum in place. Just the slide-out rollers themselves would cause issues if it's a completely floating floor.

[chuckster57]

bsmith is right. The industry norm is to lay one piece of linoleum across the entire floor before anything else is installed. It's stapled along the exterior edges and that's it. I too have seen the "waves" come and go. I'll be interested in what the dealer submits for a repair.

[John&Genny]

Well you two are in the industry and so I'm sure what you say is true. Perhaps in a couple of months when the weather gets cooler around here, those ripples might go away. We are just not use to seeing this kind of problem. We had a smaller Forest River trailer with a linoleum floor previously and it never had this issue. I'm still going to submit it to the dealer and see what he says about it, but won't expect miracles :)

[NorskeBob]

One of the issues we have in our Avalanche 320RS is that some of the linoleum is starting to bubble on some parts of the floor. The worst area is on the kitchen floor near the refer, and another small section on the top of the stairs going into the bedroom. We plan on having it fixed under warranty by the dealer, but just curious on how long it will take to have the repairs done once it's been approved by Keystone?

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When we had an issue with the dinette slide hydraulic cylinder Jeannene got back to me within 6 days.

The dealer used the e-mail from her to order a new cylinder - had it replaced last week.

This is the part that was used:

Hydraulic Cylinder 38" Stroke; 1-1/2" Bore; Gray; 3/4"-10 Thread
Hydraulic Slide-Out Cylinder Gray - 38" Stroke; 1.5" Bore; 53" Retracted; 91" Extended


Good Afternoon Mr. Sanaker,

Thank you for contacting Keystone RV. Although you are not seeing a lot of hydraulic fluid leaking at this time, I would recommend getting to an authorized dealer as soon as possible. It is hard to tell what is going on but I don’t think the movement of the piston housing is normal. If I can be of additional assistance, let me know. Have a great day!

Thank you,

Jeannene Jenks
Retail Advisor
Keystone, Dutchmen and Crossroads RV
Ph: 1-866-425-4369
Fax: 1-866-273-1455
[email protected]

[John&Genny]

Ummmm, I'm not sure what your Hydraulic piston has to do with my linoleum issue NorskeBob, but thanks anyway for the info :)

[jonnyaiks]

Is this more of an issue with larger trailers? I never had this on my smaller travel trailer, but I would expect that a smaller piece of lineoleum has less expansion capacity than a large one.

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[John&Genny]

Is this more of an issue with larger trailers? I never had this on my smaller travel trailer, but I would expect that a smaller piece of lineoleum has less expansion capacity than a large one.

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I think that's probably true. Our smaller trailer didn't have this issue either so I'm sure that it's more likely to occur on a larger slab of linoleum. Anyway, in talking with the dealer they believe they can take care of the problem so we shall see :)

[NorskeBob]

John&Genny:

I had similar issues with an RV in the past - RV dealer had a local company replace the linoleum.

Send a picture to the name I put in the post and she may be able to speed up the repair process.