Looking for feedback on MultiCore Premium Vinyl Plank

Adura Locksolid would not be a comparable crossover to this product. The equivalent product from Mannington would be Adura Max. Not sure where the 16 mil wearlayer info came from for the Adura Locksolid, but that's not correct. It's a 12mil wearlayer. The Adura Max has a 20 mil wearlayer and is a similar waterproof construction (WPC) to the Multicore product.

Be cautious when comparing the raw numbers and thicknesses of the wearlayers because the thickness is only one component of wearlayer. What's it's made of, what it may or may not be enhanced with, and how it's bonded to the product itself are all just as important. You can have a thinner wearlayer severly outperform a thicker one based on these other attributes.

It's a maze to navigate, even for us pros so be patient and ask questions.

 

Even though I'm a Mannington guy (I work for one of their distributors), comparing the two products, the Multicore is probably the better option between the two. It's a more rigid product and as such will perform better long term.

If we were comparing Adura Max to the Multicore then I would go with the Mannington product due to it's core and construction. It has 20 mil wearlayer with aluminum oxide (market name ScratchResist). It carries a residential and a commercial warranty for wear and manufacturing defect. In my 20+ years of distributing their products I've never seen such a problem free product as Adura Max.

WPC construction has only been around about 3 at the very most 4 years so if they told you they've been installing it for years that would be a stretch. Years in my world is 5-10 not 2 or 3. Coretec from US Floors was the first one out of the gate about 3 years ago then many of the bigger companies followed with their own takes about a year later. Now, about every other day two or three more of these private labeled, WPC imports come out. Everyone is producing it in China including Mannington. Our traditional LVT such as the Adura Locksolid is being made here, but the WPC is all still over seas.

I hate to say it but in my experience the people answering the phones in customer service are typically the newest people in the company. In my experience they use that area as a training ground to familiarize them with the product and they are typically reading and looking up answers from the current literature. I call every once in a while when I get a report like this and pretend to be a consumer to see what they tell me. It's pretty sad really. Pretty much a trial by fire.

By the way, the 16mil number is incorrect unless they've changed something and not told us which would be a huge problem. That product started out with a 6mil wearlayer when it was first introduced and went to 12 mils about 6 years ago. I was literally sitting in the room at the mill when they rolled it out to distribution. I think it's been 11 years ago now. I confirmed the wearlayer with our tech guys again as I don't work day to day with the residential product line. So unless they haven't told their own internal guys, it's a 12 mil.

Hope this helps and wish you success with your floor whatever you decide.

 

What’s wrong with that? I’m doing 1300 sq ft solo. No furniture and I have 3 days.

 

As long as you emptied your china hutch, a set of sliders will do wonders. Helpers are nice but they don’t always help.

 

I don’t do jobs that have super crazy furniture n stuff like that but I usually have no problem with minimal furniture on a floating floor job. I lay the floor up to the offending piece of furniture, move it the 2 feet or so that I have to then continue laying planks. Can’t really do that with vinyl so that is a different story.

Aside from that, working by myself ain’t nearly as fun as working with another skilled installer. But when I think hard about it, I would just get more jobs with furniture if I was able to more easily deal with furniture. In a strange way, working solo is a good thing at this present time

 

I worked alone for 8 years, in those 8 years I did 40000 sqft school additions, 10's of thousands of vct floors and 5x5 bathrooms too!

Anyone dumb enough and a radio loud enough can accomplish anything.

Recently I acquired a partner and an apprentice...... I will never go back!

 

Glad to hear that things worked out for you.

 

See, we aren't all dumb dumbs

 

How do you like the Multicore Premuim? We are thinking about having the MultiCore Premium Williamsburg installed in about 3600 square feet of our house. We have been researching LVT and have gone to 6 different flooring places bringing home dozens of samples. We keep going back to the Muliticore because it has the look and feel of real wood, also shows minimal scratches on a scratch test. We have 3 teenage boys and 6 dogs and live in the country so we need something durable and waterproof. I have not been able to find any reviews on the product until yours.