Questions and Answers for Malibu Wide Plank Cardiff Maple 1/2 in. T x 7.5 in. W Tongue & Groove Wire Brushed Engineered Hardwood Flooring (23.3 sq. ft./case)

A:  This appears to be a French Oak, possibly Roosevelt.

A:  This appears to be Maple Cardiff.

A:  Roppe supplies all color coordinated Moldings, they are not direct color matches, however will coordinate with color of your flooring. Try Roppe customer service. 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. Roppe Customer service # is Toll Free Number: 833-807-0042 - Direct Number: 419-701-5172.

A:  Search the Home Depot Website. if you find undinished and would like to coordinate with your floor Suggestion if you want to stain an unfinished flush mount wood floor vent 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, floor vent as needed.

A:  The Malibu Wide Plank Maple Manhattan 3/8" Click Lock or ½” tongue & Groove is a true whitewash character grade visual featuring 6.5" Wide Planks x 47.6" Lengths with 70% of planks in each case being full length and a 1.2mm Sliced Face Maple Veneer in the Click Lock and Tongue & Groove being 7.5” wide Planks x 74.8” Lengths with 50% of planks in each case being full length with a 2mm sliced face veneer. This is true Maple ABCD Character Grade Hardwood Flooring which will have lots of mother natures’ natural character and beauty which adds to the gorgeous visual in every plank. Review the digital assets/photos attached to each product listing page for a visual you will get in your flooring order, if too much character do suggest you seek out a more AB/Select grade of flooring with very little color variation or natural character.

A:  Yes, 1/2" Tongue & Groove can be floated, however preferred method of installation is staple down or full spread adhesive to an approved plywood, tongue & groove OSB, or concrete subfloor. Please follow the detailed Flooring Installation guide located under “additional resources from the manufacturer” on each product listing page. For further assistance on installation call our Home Depot Technical Services department @ 800-928-6168.

A:  On the Home Depot website for this product, you can click on PRODUCT DETAILS. It will open up a page of information. On the right side of the page is a text box listed as ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. In that box are many clickable links to documents. One of the links is for the Installation Instructions. That document will give you all the ways, methods, and limitations for installation. This floor is allowed to be installed as a Floating Floor, but each joint needs to be glued together and runs of longer than 40' are not authorized with a "T" joint break in the material.

A:  Coordinating Flush Stair Nose is Internet #317102035. 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.

A:  Internet #'s: 318470992; 318470993; 318470997; 318470998; 318470995 = Generic Color name is "Wormy". 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:  CAN FLOOR BE SANDED & REFINISHED OR JUST REFINISHED-OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENCE: The entire collection of Engineered & Solid Hardwood Flooring is extremely durable, easy to clean and easy to maintain. All of our floors are sealed with 7 layers of the latest super low gloss urethane finish with aluminum oxide, providing protection from everyday wear and all backed by a Lifetime Residential Finish & 5 Year Commercial Warranty. REFINISH: If needed for whatever reason you could apply a new coat of finish to the floor using the Basic Coatings TyKote or Bona Prep recoat adhesion method for recoating a prefinished hardwood floor that contains aluminum oxide. If board damage occurs, you can always have a professional mechanic perform board replacement. SAND & REFINISH: If you wanted to strip off all (7) Layers of Factory UV Cured Stain & Finish, and bring floor down to raw unfinished smooth wood, pending the install application this could technically be done (1) time on the 3/8” & 1/2” Engineered Locking which has a 1.2mm Thick Face Veneer and (2) times on the 1/2” & 9/16” Engineered Tongue & Groove which has a 2mm Face Veneer. However, this sand & finish is not covered under warranty as there are too many variables which can affect the outcome performed by your professional sand and finish mechanic. More than likely you would never sand and finish a prefinished floor unless you want to 100% change the color and remove the hand scraped, distressed or wire brushed surface texture and all (7) Layers of factory finish. You would also void your lifetime residential finish warranty and the surface texture which is wire brushed or distressed with saw mark etc.

A:  You may need if installing per a floating application, however you would not need if full spread glue down method. Per top of page 2 on installation guide attached as a PDF Downloadable copy under "Additional Resources From the Manufacturer" on each product listing page. CONCRETE SUBFLOOR: It’s recommended that vapor emission not exceed 3lbs per 1000sf as measured using a calcium chloride test or 75% RH when using an in-situ RH (RH=Relative Humidity). It is recommended to use an adhesive with a vapor retarder or an adhesive system that incorporates a vapor retarder. Recommended Adhesives: Use 100% urethane or a Silane based adhesive that are designed for use with engineered wood floors. Technical Data Sheets for these adhesive can be found on the adhesive manufactures website. Technical data sheets provide the guidelines for approved subfloors, approved floors, subfloor prep, cure times, and trowel sizes among other information. . For immediate assistance and troubleshooting please call our Home Depot Technical Services department @ 800-928-6168.