Problems with the floor in our Swift caravan

If the floor was repaired by somebody who lays vinyl for a living and not a caravan technician I would have no concerns. 

Colin

Most floor coverings in LVs are laid in one piece before any cabinets and fittings are installed, I do not think I would want any one to attempt to cut pieces out of it,

I would just cover the area with a loose runner,

….or put the carpet back on top of it.

Your description of how the van is constructed demonstrates the near impossibility of replacing the vinyl, JV. Therefore, a repair is the only practical way to go other than covering it.

Hi Neil

Can I ask how you got on with this problem please ?

I think that some compromise is needed. It’s unrealistic to expect the repairer to remove all of the interior cabinetry in order to replace the vinyl in a single wall to wall sheet. So what is it that you really want? A replacement caravan maybe? How much chance do you seriously think that there is of such a spillage that liquid would creep between joins and damage the floor?  Is the disruption really justified to remedy cosmetic defects? Personally, we’d probably look for cash in compensation, and since we have edge bound carpets, I’d settle for them too.

About 3 years ago we had problems with our Lunar regarding delaminated flooring. The repair meant that large sections of the floor were removed and replaced. In order to do this the vinyl floor covering had to be removed. This was done by carefully cutting round the edge of the fitted furniture so the vinyl was removed in one piece. A proper vinyl floor fitter was employed by the repairers to replace the old vinyl with a single new piece fitted exactly to the edges of the furniture. You can't see where the job was done now. Piecemeal patches wouldn't have worked.