When to specify it
The default for offices, hotel rooms and retail where the floor sees shoes rather than wheels.
SPC Flooring — Gauge
5 mm SPC Flooring
The middle gauge, and the one most commercial jobs settle on. Enough core to bridge a subfloor that is not perfectly flat, without the shipping weight of 6 mm.
Specification
Core thickness
5 mm · 5.5 mm
Wear layer
0.2–0.7 mm
Acoustic backing
IXPE / EVA / Cork
Reaction to fire
Bfl-s1
Plank formats: 128 × 640 mm · 184 × 1220 mm · 228 × 1220 mm · 228 × 1524 mm · 228 × 1800 mm
When not to
Go to 6 mm for malls, schools and back-of-house, where point loading and trolley traffic decide it.
Other SPC Flooring ranges