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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: By studiorow "studiorow" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Mannington Revolutions Plank Spalted Maple Natural Laminate Flooring (Kitchen) I learned some valuable lessons about this product and installation that will help others. First go direct to a wholesaler. I paid and extra 50 cents a square foot to a middle man that made a phone call to order the product. I had to pick it up myself. Save $200 and go direct or find someone with a general contractors license that will order it for you. Next.....get the Floor Muffler for under the flooring. The best foam product on the market. Make sure you have duct tape handy to piece it together. And read the directions about installation of the Floor Muffler. The Mannington Flooring........if you get Natural Spalted Maple be prepared to open each case in a large open place like your garage. The patterns duplicate. You must place them in piles to make sure you get a mixture of the patterns to avoid having it look fake. You want a natural look....hence mix up the patterns. In order to see what you have you must open each carton and sort them first.......or you'll be...Read more This review is from: Mannington Revolutions Plank Spalted Maple Natural Laminate Flooring (Kitchen) DO NOT BUY MANNINGTON LAMINATE FLOORING. This is some honest advice, take it or leave it as you may.I built a very high-end full custom home 8yrs ago. I researched all of the brands and settled on Mannington because of their use of actual wood as the top layer (rather than a printed Pergo style). I also chose Manningto because of their warranty (25yrs). I have lived in this home, by my self for almost 8 years. The flooring is delaminating. Or as Mannington called it "a seperation of layers". There is no rhyme, reason or pattern to where in the room it's happening. The product is simply failing, and after only 8 years into a 25yr warranty!!! Again, I have no kids, and one cat. I have always lived by myself. Several of the areas that are failing have not even been walked on. I filed a claim with Mannington. They originally said they would replace my floor, as they should have. But they then backtracked and told me they were sending me 2 boxes of...Read more |