I had the shop order 2 boxes of Coretec to do a warranty fix near a sliding glass door. The sun hits the floor, and no transition was used, so along the door, the flooring was locked in tight because of the caulking. I saw some Coretec end molding trim at the house, but it never got used.............. they just caulked the door leaving zero expansion.
The room is over 15 feet wide.
This 8 year old flooring has distortions and buckling because of the sunlight (heat), or water that got tracked in over the years. (the sliding door is their main entrance) The Coretec has the cork backing and I'm not sure if that can contribute to the warping.
Long story short.............. the colors are a little lighter in the new boxes of this same product. The rough, grainy and realistic wood look
of the old flooring has been changed/modified to a
smoother, softer and much shinier surface with a less pronounced wood grain. The new material's end joints will not engage intto the old floors locking mechanism. Slide it together and you can slide it right back apart........ so they changed something. On the long direction, the click joints work, but engage quite easily with no effort at all.
I think if they change a product that much, they ought to change the products name. I'm disappointed. I was expecting somewhat of a close color match and also expecting the joint click to be the same. Color was off, but doable.......... the surface smoothness, sheen and wood grain were totally changed from the older (better looking) version.
Customer only had a few rem pieces so I may be able to swap old boards and put bad/warped boards where they are less noticeable. I mean to use the good boards from under the wood stove and couch and put
those boards in the glass doorway.
I'll be installing a real wood threshold molding against the sliding door instead of that annoying, wimpy, disgusting, Coretec end cap.