When to specify it
Commercial interiors, showrooms and premium residential, where the floor should not sound hollow when walked on.
Laminate Flooring — Gauge
12 mm Laminate Flooring
The heavy laminate board. More core means a more solid tread underfoot and better tolerance of a subfloor that is not perfectly level.
Specification
Board thickness
10 mm · 12 mm
Core
MDF / HDF board
Abrasion class
AC1–AC5
Formaldehyde
E1
Plank formats: 1220 × 200 mm · 1218 × 197 mm · 810 × 150 mm · 810 × 130 mm · 805 × 403 mm · 606 × 101 mm
When not to
It is still a wood-based core. Thickness does not make laminate waterproof — that is what the SPC line is for.
Other Laminate Flooring ranges