Modin said that they are coming out with more colors in the rigid planks in February.
I was also considering a couple of the colors of the Rustic Pine from Coretec. Why I went with Modin, even though I preferred the color from Coretec: 1: the reviews 2. the price 3. the durability. I took a hammer and chisel, then steel wool to both samples. the Modin did better 4. the variation in color within the plank. I felt that, although the individual plank from Coretec looked more real, the veining was too prominent in comparison to the background. Coretec only has 4-5 different planks per line. I was concerned that the repeats would be too apparent. With the Modin, they have limited images, but they do different combinations of images together, so it's harder to find duplicates. There is a place, though, that I can easily spot that I have the same knot side by side. I'll attach a photo and you can see if you can spot it! ;). In photos online, the Rustic Pine looked stripey, probably from the contrast in shade from the veining. 5. the sawdust in the Coretec irritated my skin in handling the samples. Not an issue, unless you are diy (we are) 6. I felt the Modin seemed more soft underfoot. This was really hard to tell, though, because the Coretec was a mounted sample.
I'm happy with my purchase, but obviously I don't know for sure that I made the right decision. We've gotten lots of compliments, even though we aren't done yet.
Some things that have been difficult about the Modin were all related to shipping and size. We ordered around the holidays, so not sure if delivery delays were related to that or not. Our samples took longer than promised, though, too, so I suspect that the holidays may not have been the cause for delays. Both the samples and the floors arrived a couple of days later than they told us to expect them. On the floors, the delivery driver had a difficult time even lifting them with the pallet jack. My husband and I had to both get in the truck and heave ho to get the pallet jack to move. The packaging was then dangling off the end of the truck. I thought for sure half of it was going to be damaged, but it all survived perfectly! The driver had to leave it on the street, as it was too heavy to move up the driveway. We had to move the gangley, heavy boxes one by one into the house. I had lots of bruising on my arms from this. I'm sure this would be an issue with any pallet of flooring, though, and it was worth it to have the look of the long planks.
I would advise, like someone else in this post suggested, to cut the casing on the doors and add a plinth to make installation easier. We used a thicker trim, so had to have plinth made. We used Midwest Custom Woodworking. They we're prompt, inexpensive, and beautiful! Rod was extremely helpful in both accommodating our needs in dimensions, and in making suggestions! He was definitely invaluable to making the finished product as successful as it will be (when we're done).
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