I just saw this so perhaps you've already chosen your flooring but here is the Napa Dry Cork in a beach condo showing pics in both day and night light. We love the color and texture of this floor. The pictures look darker than in person appearance. The second pic shows some dried sheetrock mud that was easy to remove.

HOADS, I too am looking at the Napa Dry Cork. Thank you so much for your posted pictures. With regard to the how dark/light this floor is, you indicated it was lighter than the pictures indicate. Would you say it's quite a bit lighter in person?

Neecick,

When are you having it installed?

hoads, wow! Your Napa Dry Cork looks amazing. I was debating on Napa Barrel, love everything about it, but it may be too dark for my smaller space. Dry cork looks as though it may be an option. Does it have a bit of gray to it also, or just warm beige?

@neecick Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your install. I think I've decided to go with the Napa Barrel to ground our space. It's very similar to dry cork, but darker. I just really hope it's not too dark. Wish someone would post pics of their Napa Barrel install.

@Neecick & Hoads-How are you all liking the Adura Max Napa Dry Cork? I initially had Coretec plus (Dakota Walnut) floor and I absolutely HATED it. I had alot of issues with the floor showing footprints, water drippings everything. It was dull and looked as if it had a film/haze. I cleaned the floor everyday and just could not keep it clean, it always appeared dirty. Do any of these appear to be an issue with the Adura Max Apex? Im considering the Napa Barrel, but love the look of the Napa Dry Cork as well.

@Erin- Did you install the Napa Barrel? If so, How do you like it? Any issues, do you have pictures you can share?

@Toya I wish I could say I had the Napa Barrel installed in Nov, but now it looks like it's going to be after the holidays, Jan or Feb. I will definitely post pics once I get it installed.

Erin D did you get to install the Napa Barrel yet?

@brindlebean Sorry, not yet. I finally ordered the flooring last week and hoping to get installed sometime in February! I'll definitely post pics when it's in. So excited, long time coming... it's been a couple years since we've needed new flooring.

Hi! @Erin asked if the Napa Dry Cork had shades of gray in it—I have the same question! The sample I have definitely looks gray, but the photos don’t as much. Wondering if someone with the floor could help! Thanks!

How does everyone like the Napa Dry Cork - I am leaning towards ordering it, but really nervous that it pulls too many gold/yellow tones - do you think this is the case, or is it pretty neutral? Neecick-How do you like the Apex? Any issues with the bevels? Thanks so much for the help!

I have the exact same question about the Napa Dry Cork as amose13. Does it have gold/yellow tones or is it more neutral. And those of you that have it, would you be willing to post more photos with your furniture in place? Thanks so much!

gailyn72 - We did go with the napa dry cork - not the apex version though. Contractor is still working through finishing the bar area, but I really like the flooring. It's a nice neutral color. Attached is a picture of it installed.

amose13, Thank you so much for this photo!

Your room looks amazing and the flooring is beautiful!

We are leaning very heavily on choosing the Napa Dry Cork (not the Apex)

Hope you will post some more photos when it's completely finished and you have your furniture in it.

Thanks all for posting your pics! We are also very interested in Napa Dry Cork...my husband is concerned that once it’s in it will look to busy with all the color variation...we have a 3000 sq ft open floor plan ranch...anyone who has installed do you feel a large space of this flooring would look to busy/have too much color variation? Thanks!

@lori l did you ever decide on Napa Dry Cork? I'm also really close to installing it in my second and third levels and love hte look but I know what you mean about whether it would look too busy. I've found myself drawn to it in the photos I've seen of it in large areas though!

Hi Deann,

We decided instead to go with Earthwerks Noble classic XL in Driftwood. I loved both, and honestly personally loved the blonde tones of the Napa Dry Cork, but we both agreed we liked the 9”wide plank of the Earthwerks because we have some long open spaces and figured the wider planks would work better. I am really pleased with how it turned out, it’s definitely more muted than the blonde Of the Dry Cork, but still a very nice neutral wood look. I will post some pictures later today and try to comment on how the pic varies from reality ;) we are literally a day or two from moving in so I have been cleaning floors the last couple days, so I can’t speak to longevity but so far they were easy to clean upon first mop :)

And I will add I still think about the Dry Cork :) I think we would have really liked it too, and I think if you go for it you won’t be disappointed!!

Here are the photos of our Earthwerks...please excuse the construction mess...and the floors do not look as striped or as dark in person

Looks beautiful!

Hi! Is everyone STILL happy with theIr Napa Dry Cork? Please keep those photos coming. I am really agonizing over this flooring decision! Please advise. I don’t want the finished product to appear “cheap!” The thought of having flooring that will withstand our 50 pound dog and four children is very attractive.

@Jenny Medinger I hear you! I have agonized. Napa Dry Cork was actually one that I thought for sure I'd be installing. Def buy a box of whatever you are thinking of b/c the sample boards really don't give you enough of an idea. I spent $140 on a box and glad I did. The planks do look great -- it's a beautiful floor. But the light pieces were too grayish/yellowish for my house. I then decided to get a box of Napa Tannin since it looked warmer to me. But the dark planks were a little too dark for my house. So I decided that while I love both in other people's pics, I knew that having planks with that much variation were going to do it for me. I'm 99.95% sure I'm going with Coretec's Hayes Oak which is wider, with very low variation between planks. Again, even though boxes of unused LVP sucks to spend the $ on, it would suck worse to install something that you don't like once you see it in your home.

I second Deann...it’s worth the small price to try and either you’ll love it and already have 1 box of your project...or you don’t like it and knowing that is SO worth $140... then find a fun use for it, or donate it. We used extra flooring to floor the platform of our kids swingset… And it’s awesome, it keeps them from getting splinters!

We installed Napa Dry Cork in September 2018 and are still loving it. We have 3 active kids (who are always kicking a ball in the house) and 3 dogs. I have seen a couple spots where they have dropped something really hard...large costco jar of strawberry jelly...and it slightly dented the floor at point of impact. Jar did not break though!!! But otherwise, 1 1/2 years later, still looks amazing. We live in where it snows and our dogs track in wet and mud and it is super easy to clean-up. We installed 1400 square feet of it. It is soooo much warmer than our freezing cold tile. I love the light blond, mixed with the warm browns and a bit of grey. I feel the truest color for the flooring is the one right by our door...with natural light. The other two come off slightly darker than real life.

I know this is an old thread, but I was hoping for some reviews. My husband is bent on the Spirit color (gray), but I am more concerned with the bevel of the Aduramax APEX. I am considering putting it in the whole main floor, including the mudroom. Are the bevels tough to keep clean?

Sorry that I can’t help much here. I ended up going with an engineered wood. I love it though and my only recommendation is to go with light, natural colors - timeless.

Jenny - I wish! When my husband decides he wants something it's so hard to change his mind! I would much prefer something more natural than gray, but gray it is. I'm hoping I can find some awesome rugs. Right now we actually have sheet vinyl planned for the mudroom because my kids are slobs and I'm worried about those bevels in the mudroom, but I'm rethinking it now - hoping they're not as hard to clean as I was concerned they might be.

Can anyone comment on any "clicking" or "tapping" sound as they walk on Adura Max? I am trying to avoid that and wondered if it needs an extra pad underneath or if the attached layer is enough. Will be doing a 1000 sg ft space and walking back and forth a lot.

@Jenny Medinger Would you mind sharing what brand/color engineered wood you chose? I am in this decision now!

@neecick Are you still happy with your Audra dry cork floor?
We’re looking at it now and would be interested in hearing feedback few years later.