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Pictures of Flooret Modin Arbor floors

5 years ago

I am looking for people that have installed Flooret Modin floors in the Arbor color. we Are trying to decide and would like to see How it turned out in your space!

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amalgamate

4 years ago

We installed Arbor for our basement reno. We love it. We installed it ourselves and while it wasn't super easy, we had no serious issues or complaints. We have several boxes leftover if anyone near Columbus, OH is looking for a deal :)

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everdebz
5 years ago
bump
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
Not arbor, but Arden
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We are installing Arbor and so far have done the hall, family room and kitchen. Although the Arbor is not “super” dark, I sort of wish for practical purposes (dust) I would have chose a lighter color. The color is beautiful though! I love how the floor feels to walk on, it cleans very easily. Now, it DOES scuff (husband did it when he moved the dishwasher back in and I’m fairly certain the scuff will come out). Good luck with your search.
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alphajad
5 years ago
Flooret Modin Rigid “Arbor”. Hubby did the installation himself.
lorilee
5 years ago
alphajad

Your floor is beautiful. I am also thinking of this floor for my entire house. My main concern are footprints showing. What have you experienced with this color showing footprints and dirt? Did your husband think it was difficult to install himself, and if so, what concerns? Thank you
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
I think we must also be arbor
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
No issues with footprintss. We vacuum 2x:week and mop 1x month. Mop water stays clear somehow.
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
My husband and I installed. It was easy.
lorilee
5 years ago
Piper,

Thanks for the response. Do you use a special vacuum? Do you use just water or a certain cleaner?
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
I use shark rocket vacuum with hard floor attachment. I use vinegar and water for mopping with only slightly damp mop.
navaroneiws
5 years ago
How did you do the transition from the floor to the French door and/or sliding door?
alphajad
5 years ago
Lorilee, we have had these floors for seven months now and so far, we love them! Our household is pretty easy on floors; just 3 of us and no dogs. No issues with footprints really, even though the door you see leads to our garage (so a main thoroughfare). I use a Dyson stick vacuum twice a week and mop with water once every few months.

My husband said the installation was easy for him, although he has prior experience in installing flooring. He did run into a few challenges around doorways and our staircase, but the waste was fairly minimal. He highly suggests quality knee pads.

Everyone who visits our home is stunned when we tell them it’s LVP flooring. Flooret was a dream company to work with, very responsive and helpful with all of our questions. Recommend them and their product highly
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
We used a table saw, so cuts were very straight. We didn’t have any French doors or sliding doors, but I would imagine they would be the same as our exterior doors. We cut within an 1/8 inch to the threshold and caulked it. Around our fireplace, we ripped the slim trim in half with the table saw, because I thought the full slim trim looked too wide. I think you could probably also use the slim trim in this way to finish near thresholds, but it’s kind of pricy and not very easy to cut. (Use caution, go slowly, and use a very sharp blade on the saw).
everdebz
5 years ago
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Lisa F
5 years ago
Has anyone with cats installed this type of flooring? I feel this floor scratches easier than other types of LVPs..based on the tests of my samples anyway. Any feedback much appreciated.
Piper Lindeen
5 years ago
Lisa F no cats, but the top layer scratches. It can be rubbed out easily. Try rubbing the scratches with a spoon or with the grain with steel wool on your samples. These things have been successful for me in rubbing the scratches out.
Esther Lorenzo
5 years ago
Does flooret make a stone look tile (doesn't look like it from web site but can't help but ask) or is there any stone look vinyl floor tile you know of that matches this quality? 40mil West layer and green certification etc?
Esther Lorenzo
4 years ago
Looks great!
mark w
4 years ago
amalgamate do you still have extra flooret arbor? I am in Ohio and could use it.
amalgamate
4 years ago
Sorry Mark. Sold it last weekend.
hornsby1
4 years ago
Love the Arbor! Do you see much red in your floors? How about grey? It's tough to tell in the pictures.
amalgamate
4 years ago
To me it's a very neutral brown color.
CindyR
4 years ago
There is no red at all in the floor. I agree it is a neutral medium brown. Here is ours during installation...
CindyR
4 years ago
One more pic...
sierra400
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
arbor installed in our guest/media room
CindyR
4 years ago
Sierra!!!

Looks sooo good! I love your room!
sierra400
4 years ago
Thank you Cindy!
MRBr04
4 years ago
Analgate - we are in Columbus and are interested in your extra boxes! Please email me at monique.britton@yahoo.com
MRBr04
4 years ago
Amalgamate - please disregard the previous post, which was the victims of autocorrect :) please email at monique.britton@yahoo.com
sierra400
3 years ago
I have 6 extra boxes (135 sq ft) of Arbor flooring and some end cap pieces, if anyone lives in the Reno/Tahoe area DM me. Selling for $2/sq ft!
bgray1231
3 years ago
What is your experience with Arbor showing dust? I like the darker colors but everyone keeps telling me how difficult it is to keep it looking clean.
MRBr04
3 years ago
The Arbor color isn’t THAT dark, and is closer to sort of a middle tone - as a result, I think it actually hides dirt and dust pretty well. It’s not like an espresso or ebony where yes, dust is really visible. You can check out a bunch of photos on Instagram account britton_acres!
amalgamate
3 years ago
I agree with the above comment.
sierra400
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
I also agree, it is not super dark. It is definitely a warm medium brown. The wire brush effect does an excellent job of hiding dirt and hair I think. But this flooring so easy to vacuum and clean really. Everything just wipes right up super easily!
bgray1231
3 years ago
Thank you!
kmarie86
3 years ago
@sierra400 do you install the 6” or 9” width plank?
sierra400
3 years ago
@kmarie86 it’s the 9”
DK F
3 years ago
@sierra400 We are in reno/truckee area. How do you like your Flooret? It's my current top choice for an upcoming 1800sf floor, but I'm basing that off the 12" sample. I'm worried that with only 4 pattern repeats, it will be obvious in the large great room area. I was thinking kings wood, but it has a very dark board among it that I don't like. Yours looks more uniform. Any issues w the bevel, or separating, or scratches?
sierra400
3 years ago
@DK F we love the flooring, we have the color Arbor and feel it is pretty uniform in color. There isn’t too much color variation. I also really like the wire brush effect on Arbor because it hides dirt and scratches.

we have had some scratches already. We noticed it doesn’t like hard plastic being moved across it. So if you have any furniture pieces with hard plastic bottom put felt pads on. Our cats have also scratchd the floor in a couple spots chasing and turning corners fast with their claws but it’s not even noticeable.

The pattern is tricky, it isn’t the same location in every board but in some boxes we did get a lot of the similar pattern so we had to take all the planks and label them (1, 2, 3, 4) with painters tape and that helped when we installed to keep it mixed.

no issues with the bevels or separating. We have it through our entire 1400 sq for home without any transitions for a year now.

one thing we did have an issue with is when we first installed for the first couple months it made a crackling sound when you walked on it in places. That has since gone away, we aren’t sure why. I think just settling? Other people on here have had this issue too, and not just with Flooret with other brands of rigid core LVP.

Also make sure your subfloor is very flat. We have a couple spots where it wasn’t so flat and you can tell when you step on those spots as it feels a little bouncy. This is typical of any floating floor though.
Amber Baker
2 years ago
Can anyone else submit pictures of arbor installed?

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