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Rosun flooring---ever heard of it?

4 years ago

Has anyone ever heard of Rosun flooring? I can't seem to find much about them online. Saw a flooring sample I liked and the price is not cheap ($7.29/sq ft). I don't want to make the assumption that because it's not cheap that the quality must be ok. It's engineered European white oak with a 4mm tread.

Thanks in advance for your input.

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Oliver Wong

2 years ago

Rosun appears to be a brand that is used/carried by our local vendor Granite Expo. We are located in the Berkeley, CA area, and they may have locations in Sacramento as well though not sure. I think it's one of the brands that this vendor carries, though it's not a national name brand and you won't find them from big box stores. Like everything else, I think it comes from a factory in China, as the stair treads and trim had a lead time of 2-3 weeks (flooring was in stock). The price was from 2 years ago, and they had what we wanted in stock. We have had the flooring for a year now with a dog and a kid and it has held up pretty well. I love the wide plank, but my only complaint/surprise was the amount of variation on the knots. The sample board we saw did not have many if any at all, so when I opened up the box to see all the marks, I was surprised. I thought it would bother me but so far it has been OK. I would have preferred a cleaner look with no knots/variations, but I am OK with the current look, especially for the price point. Cleaner boards would have cost almost twice as much. Here are some pics of how it looks under light (first pic) and natural light

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HU-161159613
4 years ago
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SJ McCarthy
4 years ago
They are out of China via Cambodia (they claim this reduces the chance of high tariffs). It's your call.

I always wonder how China gets hold of so much European Oak?
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Oliver Wong
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Curious about this as well. I liked their wide plank white oak engineered hardwood sample and am about to pull the trigger for my home remodel. Price is cheaper than other flooring stores $4.58/SF
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dbrandman
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We ended up going with SJCC Milky Way and love it.
Sarah Lin
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@dbrandman can you tell me how your Rosun floors have held up? And a photo of them?
dbrandman
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We’ve had them for a year now and love them. Here are a few pics
Alex Chen
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hi @dbrandman, so are the pictures you showed from Rosun? What is "SJCC Milky Way" you mentioned earlier? Is that a different company, or just a particular style from Rosun? thanks in advance.
dbrandman
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Whoops I messed up. I looked at our boxes of leftovers and realized we went with SLCC flooring with the color or series being Milky Way. Sorry for the confusion. Regardless, I do love our floors.
HU-334464577
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Does annyone have pictures of Abalone Oak in SPC Golden Black Series and Nature Walnut in SPC Silvery Gray Series?
chrissyrain
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Did you move forward with Rosun? I like the sample too but not much information seems to be available
Karen G
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Hey, I knew this post was 2years ago. But we facing the same problem now. A question for Oliver Wang- where you go get the $4.58/SF price? Please let us know! Thanks a lot! 🙏🌿
Karen G
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Thank you so much for your awesome information. We are appreciated! Our house got totally flooded while we out of town- we are at Santa Cruz, so this floor would be easy to research at the store. Now only finger cross about the price.
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Phones looks great! May I know what’s the name of the floor please?
Laurie R
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Oliver do you know what color the rosin floor you have is w-0? Thank you!!
HU-340281576
last year
If so meone still need flooring, I can help

I'm in the bay área and san juan bautista

One of my Distributors is Rosun, feel free to contact 408)912-6585 Valenciafloors1@ Yahoo.c
aldo guzman
last year
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@Oliver Wong was the floor you got from granite epxo called autumn fall?
Oliver Wong
last year
No I dont believe so. I dont know if it had a color name but I believe the product # was ENG-06
Oliver Wong
last year
last modified: last year
@Laurie R No unfortunately, I don't know what color it is but at Granite Expo it was ENG-06

Quick update on the flooring after a little over 2 years...I don't know if I would get the Rosun flooring again. In addition to the knots, some of the planks are not holding up as well as I had hoped. Some of the boards are peeling/cracking and chipping. Not sure what is causing it. This is on the first floor and 2nd floor. The first floor is installed on slab on grade using I think Bostik adhesive that should also have vapor barrier quailties. The concrete is not new and is probably over 20 years old so moisture should not be an issue. Upstairs is obviously on plywood. I couldn't beat the price but maybe regret not spending an additional $3-4/SF are higher quailty engineered flooring. But at the time I was running out of money for the remodel. Oh well
Chris Cheng
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@Oliver Wong Your update and reviews are very helpful. I'm in the Bay Area (South Bay) and was just about to purchase the engineered wood from Rosun, but the peeling/cracking/chipping you mentioned worries me. Do you have any pictures you could share? Is there any warranty on the flooring and are you able to get a replacement? I know their headquarters is in the East Bay, but when I called they were not receptive to consumers to visit their warehouse.
Oliver Wong
last year
last modified: last year
@Chris Cheng see photos below. These are all the spots I know about. Again, not enough for me to worry about but just what I've noticed in the last 2 years of living with it. I should preface this with there are 3 of us living here, we do not wear shoes in the house, we have a 10 yr old daughter and a 3 year old dog and we occassionally foster and board dogs. I don't think we'd had any incidents where anything was dropped onto the floor to create these issues. Maybe this is normal for this flooring but I wouldn't expect to see this so soon. These locations are throughout the house and not in any one heavily trafficked area of the house (like in front of the front door). The first two areas are the worst and the others I've noticed but doesn't seem too bad.
Chris Cheng
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Thank you for sharing Oliver. It is helpful to know.
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Kapriz Hardwood Floors
8 months ago
Some of it looks like just dents from regular wearing. Easy to repair just buy dark wood filler.

Or here on Amazon is a good kit to repair hardwood floors. https://www.amazon.com/Suitable-Repairing-Furniture-Laminate-Floor%EF%BC%88Battery/dp/B07TYMBZGM/ref=sr_1_16?crid=244TA5VO7W11Q&keywords=repair+kit+hardwood+floors&qid=1692658769&s=hi&sprefix=repair+kit+hardwood+floors%2Ctools%2C130&sr=1-16

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