Nucore Prado Rigid Core Luxury Vinyl Plank Reviews

Let me just say that when I start wrote about the new flooring we would be installing in the main living area and kitchen at the 70's Landing Pad, I was non gear up for yous. I idea I had washed enough research on the flooring we chose, only you guys brought the questions and had me proverb multiple times, "Why didn't I call up to inquire that?" You brought your A-game.

If y'all don't call up, nosotros went for NuCore flooring from Flooring & Decor which is an engineered floor that has luxury vinyl on tiptop of a waterproof core. It besides has a cork bankroll which was supposed to give meliorate noise resistance than traditional vinyl planks or wood laminates. At that place are more details on the floor and how we installed it in this postal service. Floor & Decor did provide me with the NuCore flooring, yet it was the meridian contender in the flooring section after we researched various types and nosotros would have bought it for the renovation anyhow. While they did provide me the floor, all these opinions are mine.

There were a few reasons that NuCore stood out to u.s.a.:

• Installation

We were able to install NuCore ourselves. It'due south a natural language and groove installation that snaps together. We were on a budget and having someone else install the floor wasn't much of an option. Grunt Labor had installed our traditional hardwood at the Beloved Foreclosure, just literally every piece had to exist nailed downwardly and it was a back breaking task. He didn't want to go through that again and I didn't want him to either. At present of course, nosotros did have to think things through a bit in the beginning,  but once nosotros got going, it was relatively smooth sailing. The video beneath shows how to install the NuCore Flooring.

You tin can read more about the installation hither.

• Waterproof

NuCore is waterproof. We accept a four year old and a domestic dog. That in itself should exist plenty to warrant waterproof floor for us. Honestly, until I started researching, I didn't know there were whatsoever wood look waterproof floorings bachelor that weren't directly sheet vinyl. When I found out NuCore was, it was a game changer.

• Look & Feel

Of class, when you are putting new flooring in such a large space in your house, you desire it to look expert. Nosotros knew for the 70's Landing Pad, we wanted wider planks and peradventure fifty-fifty a petty more texture to the floor. Nosotros wanted to stick with a darker stain as well. The Cocoa Oak shade of NuCore fit the bill.

The photo above was taken but after I had cleaned the floors, thus the oily look, notwithstanding it's also the best way for me to show yous in pictures the texture of the flooring. You can see the paw-scraped texture in each plank. The texture isn't so much to where it's difficult to make clean or bothers y'all when walking on it. It's just enough to add a little depth.

This paradigm best shows the color of the floor upwards close. It'south dark, merely non too dark. To me, the color seems to somewhat have a 70's vibe going on and that of course, fit perfectly for the house.

We installed NuCore in January of this year, so we've had it for about five months. Since then, the following things have happened:

• The floor got covered in at least a 2 inch layer of dust.

Okay, mayhap non 2 inches, but pretty close. Either way, it was disgusting, but cleaned upward perfectly well.

• It also took it's fair share of paint splatters and tile mortar splotches from united states working on the house.

One time more, those also cleaned upwardly merely fine with the help of a regular kitchen sponge scrubber.

• The domestic dog has peed on it – multiple times.

And the pee merely sabbatum there. The floor didn't absorb it, there wasn't a stain, and it wiped correct upwardly.

• The dishwasher leaked.

When I say the dishwasher leaked, I mean that water was pouring out of the sides like no tomorrow. The NuCore didn't allow it go anywhere though.

• Nosotros moved in.

While I was sure that moving in would crusade at to the lowest degree a few dents / dings /scratches on the flooring, I was wrong. Fifty-fifty the three slice chiffonier unit that Grunt Labor and Nicky refer to as the three steel boxes I bought didn't hurt the floor. The only identify where we got scratches on the floor was when the kitchen oven had to be moved in and out while we were working on the cabinetry. I think most of that was due to the fact that Grunt Labor was doing it alone and therefore couldn't really lift it like it needed to be lifted to be moved.

Like I said earlier, there were many questions you guys posed that I didn't call back to ask when I went with this flooring. I tried to get yous the best answer I could by asking the people at Floor & Decor if I didn't know and responding to your questions in the comments of the start postal service or e-mail. There were likewise some questions I had asked, but forgot to include in the get-go post about the floor, so I thought I would take this time to answer questions about frequently asked here:

Q: This flooring has joints. How can it be waterproof?

I'1000 assuming since this is a tongue and groove floor that when those snap together, they form a waterproof seal. Now, that isn't to say that some tiny corporeality of water wouldn't get in those joints, merely I don't think it would exist plenty to damage the flooring as long as it was installed properly.

Q: Does information technology experience like vinyl? Does it feel cheap or plastic-y?

I am not a smashing one to inquire this because my experience with wood look vinyl flooring is minimal. I had it in one other house and I can tell you that that flooring did feel inexpensive to me. That was also nearly 10 years ago and things in the vinyl department accept profoundly improved since then. I frequently associate vinyl floor with beingness actually shiny – like canvass vinyl nosotros all used to take in our kitchens. This flooring doesn't look or experience similar that to me. Information technology does feel dissimilar than traditional hardwood flooring considering obviously it isn't hardwood flooring and isn't as thick or difficult like hardwood. I'll have to pay more attention to how my feet feel and sound on it when I'm walking and come back to this one again.

Q: How long did it have to install?

Similar I said earlier, in one case you get the hang of installing it, information technology goes pretty fast. Grunt Labor worked on the floor for about 2-3 hours each 24-hour interval after work. He was probably able to complete one room every 2-3 days.

Q: Did y'all lay down a barrier or put it directly on the floor?

No, we did not lay downwards a barrier. NuCore has a cork backing which helps as a sound barrier. NuCore can be installed over many existing floors. We went right over the quondam laminate flooring in the den area with NuCore. Of course, we pulled up the carpet in the living room and dining room before installing it there and put information technology on peak of the subfloor. Most people would also be able to take information technology right over vinyl flooring in their kitchens, but we had some issues in our kitchen where previous owners had remodeled and the kitchen really had two subfloors, then we had to rip some of that out outset before installing NuCore in there.

Q: Does it scratch hands?

Similar I said above, the merely problem we had with it scratching was right around the oven.

Q: How do you install information technology on stairs?

They make stair noses that fit over the front edge of the steps and then you would do regular installation on the rest of the step.

Q: We take 700+ square feet of tile in the kitchen, laundry room, bathroom, etc that'southward gonna cost $7000 to demo and re-tile, so I'm trying to see if there's a cheaper DIY alternative. I assume y'all tin can install this on top of existing tile? Simply how thin is it? The effect I run across in that location is a dropoff when transitioning into other rooms.

I practise believe you could install it over existing tile if your tile is level for the near part. I'm pretty certain that each colour of NuCore has various accessories in that aforementioned shade you can purchase. I know they have transitions you could employ for the variation in flooring levels. The flooring is sparse, so it shouldn't add too much meridian. We installed this on our landing which actually had tile previously. We could have went correct over the tile, merely the problem nosotros ran into was that the tile was actually thick and we would have had a really large transition which I didn't feel too comfortable with. I was worried it would be then much that someone might trip over information technology.

Q: This floor is thin. I'm worried it won't concur up and will snap.

Dude. This was my biggest concern when we were considering this flooring. The flooring is half dozen.5 mm thick. According to Google, that translates to 0.255906 inches. It's tough though. One of the kickoff things I did was get a slice out and try to bend it in one-half to break it. It didn't crack at all. The only way to cut it is with of course with a saw or score it with a utility knife and then snap it while holding i half of the slice on a solid surface and bending the other half. I won't lie – this thinness still freaks me out a little, but time will tell….

Q) How does this stuff stay in place without gluing information technology down? My concern would be if there is a slightly uneven place in the floor then this could shift or not rest flush.

The way I understand it, the tongue and groove locks it all together. Once it's all locked together information technology'south pretty heavy enough that it stays in place. Near people will demand to get back around the edges where the floor meets the baseboard and add quarter round, which volition hold it in place even more.

If you've got any other questions, send 'em my way! I'll do my best to respond them or get the answer for y'all.

UPDATE: I did a review of our NuCore Flooring one year afterward. You can read about information technology here.

You can also get more than information almost the install of NuCore including a video here.

Disclosure: Floor and Decor provided me with NuCore flooring. Nonetheless, all opinions and roughness that our family and this renovation gave our floors are 100% mine.

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