Doran French Oak 3/4 in. T x 5 in. W Wire Brushed Engineered Hardwood Flooring (22.6 sqft/case)

A:  Prefinished flush stair nose to coordinate is internet #317102077, or Suggestion if you are using your existing wood stairs/stair Treads or you want to stain an unfinished hardwood tread or riser would suggest you take a medium tone (light, medium, dark planks choose the middle color range) prefinished flooring plank to your local Home Depot store's paint department and develop a custom stain that will coordinate with the flooring, then stain and finish the moldings as needed. Stair Risers are usually painted white or unfinished and purchased at your local home depot store. For all Malibu Wide Plank Moldings, these are provided by Roppe (https://roppe.com). ROPPE provides high quality, color coordinated hardwood moldings for most of the hardwood flooring suppliers at the Home Depot. Molding color names that coordinate with your Malibu Wide Plank floor will be a generic color name, this is due to these moldings coordinating with numerous hardwood floors vs 1 specific color. All moldings are Color Coordinated to blend with your floor, and moldings are paired with all Malibu Hardwood Floors on each product listing page under “Get Everything You Need”. These will also available be available as Special Order from your local Home Depot store, have your flooring store associate using Generic Roppe SKU#629-870 under Roppe Merchandise Vendor #60012074 for Special Order. Available Coordinating Hardwood Moldings: Quarter Round – 94” length; T-Mold – 78” length; Reducer – 78” length; Threshold – 78” length; Stair Nose – 78” length. For further assistance on all Malibu Wide Plank Flooring please call our customer service department at 650-416-7300 or Home Depot Technical Services department @ 800-928-6168. You may also try Home Depot customer care @ 1-866-333-3551.

A:  Fastening: Use caution to avoid edge and face damage during installation. Special footer plates are available for flooring tools to protect factory finished flooring faces and edges. Use backer boards of 1/2” plywood ripped to an appropriate width to establish straight lines. Backer boards should be secured to the subfloor and carefully aligned with starter lines. Use flooring fasteners (cleat or staple) with a preferred length of 2” (plywood over concrete would be 1 1⁄2” in length) designed for solid hardwood flooring. Air pressure should be regulated so the fastener seats properly but does not split the tongue or wood below it. Nailing schedule is standard per NWFA guidelines, for plank flooring (3 1/4” or wider) the fastener schedule is every 6”- 8” along the length of the plank and 1”-3” from end joints. Refer to NWFA Installation Guidelines, Sec IV, Appendix F. Face nail only as required with 7d or 8d finish nails or cleats, 1/2” from the groove, pre- drilling the nail holes to prevent splitting. Nailing schedule is 10-12” O.C. Face nails should be counter sunk and covered by molding or properly filled. Adhesive/Fastener Installation: On wider width planks (4” and wider), combining adhesives and fasteners is an option to minimize flooring movement after installation. For best results apply a perpendicular bead of adhesive to the subfloor every 6”-8” apart for each row of flooring. Underlayment paper must be omitted when using adhesives. Use a quality urethane flooring adhesive recommended by the adhesive manufacturer for solid hardwood installations. Follow all practices recommended by the adhesive manufacturer including vapor barrier systems, adhesive temperature, room temperature and humidity, proper ventilation, spread rate, open time, safety procedures and equipment, cleanup and cure time. Avoid allowing adhesive residue to dry on the face of the flooring. Special cleaners are available (from the adhesive manufacturer) to remove any residue. FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT, PLEASE CALL 800-928-6168

A:  Planks have hand rolled edges and ends, see pictures online, or suggest ordering a minimum of 2 samples to engage the tongue & groove and review the edge detail.

A:  French Oak San Clemente has been discontinued. Malibu Wide Plank customer service department can be reached at 650-416-7300.