Replacing carpet with flooring to blend with a discontinued product

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

We bought a home with this flooring most of the way through, which was discontinued some time ago https://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Warm-Cognac-Curupay-Engineered-Sch%F6n-DURENWC6/10006762. Bedrooms have carpets which we want to replace. Do we have any hope of finding a way to create a reasonable match between new flooring and this existing product, given how much variation it shows (note that it's engineered so don't think we can do anything to the existing surface)? Budget is tight so we can't replace throughout at this point, and custom staining is probably beyond us too. Suggestions for a compromise? Thanks

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SJ McCarthy

4 years ago

So your product is 5/16" - wow that's thin. You are getting into 'vinyl' thickness. Not even laminates get this thin.

Ok my suggestion is: find something else at LL (you might as well...they are the only guys who play in the 'paper thin' arena) and pick a colour of flooring that is in the same colour family. Probably go a step or two darker. It will look very handsome.

Work with a plank width that is the same + same thickness + same colour family. The LL website shows a floor that is mostly red/orange/brown. So you should have a decent chance of doing OK. Stick with a product that has very little variation.

If you are unable to find anything similar, the MOST BUDGET FRIENDLY product = carpet.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
What do you mean by most of the way through? If you mean just the bedrooms need the new flooring then much easier than if you want to match fllor running in the same space.
waltonglade
Original Author
4 years ago
Yes, just the bedrooms, so there would be a door/threshold at the transition
waltonglade
Original Author
4 years ago
All bedrooms open off the same hallway that has this existing product, and all three are currently carpet, so the existing and new flooring would just meet at the entry to the bedrooms from the hallway.
kariyava
4 years ago
I doubt you will be able to find a match. If I were you, I would go with a very obviously different color (perhaps a light wood) so the difference looks intentional (instead of a tried to match but failed). Since the rooms are bedrooms, it is ok for the flooring to be different than the hallway.
waltonglade
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks everyone, sounds like there's no ideal answer, so will probably save up until I can replace it all