Laminate Flooring

Q: What is a good thickness for laminate flooring?

A standard laminate floor should fall between 6-12mm thick. The most standard options are 7mm, 8mm, 10mm, and 12mm. A thicker rather than thinner laminate will be more resistant to damage, quieter, and feel more like genuine timber flooring to the tread. Extra thickness also offers more depth to be distressed or scraped, if that is your chosen texture.

Q: Can you use laminate flooring in a kitchen?

Wood laminate flooring can really bring a rustic kitchen in Australia together. Luckily, laminate is ideally suited to the kitchen space thanks to its water resistance and durability against dropped pans and implements.

Laminate floors are formed by a particle wood board base topped by a transparent wear layer and an image layer. It is available in a wide variety of pleasing colours and patterns, many designed to imitate genuine hardwood flooring. Laminate flooring has various textures from satin, hrand-scraped, brushed or high-gloss. ArchiPro offers some of the best laminate floors in Australia, all sourced from trusted suppliers.

DecoFloor Timber-look Aluminium Flooring

DECO Australia

EGGER GreenTec Flooring

ForestOne

Featuring the best laminate floors in Australia

The fine laminate floors that ArchiPro have selected from trusted suppliers in Australia are highly stylish, simple to install, and easy to maintain. We specialise in all types of laminate flooring which can look stunning in both modern and traditional settings. Different textures offer different advantages within your living space. Choices include smooth, distressed, brushed, or hand-glossed. In Australia, it can also be installed in several different ways, making it a highly adaptable and popular flooring option.

Textures for laminate flooring

Satin or smooth

This texture of laminate flooring is aesthetically soft. It has a flat feel underfoot and lacks deep grains, feeling exceptionally smooth to the touch.

Hand-scraped or distressed

These textures mimic the look and feel of authentic wood. They will have some natural-looking wood markings and deep grains.

Brushed

Compared to a distressed laminate floor, this texture contains softer markings while maintaining a similar vintage feel.

High-gloss

The high-gloss texture offers a modern, sleek vibe to any interior and is perfect for minimal, clean aesthetics.

The advantages of high-quality laminate flooring

Laminate flooring is highly affordable and extremely cost-effective among high-quality flooring options. It’s easy to install and can be aligned accurately within even the most oddly shaped rooms and spaces. Due to the wide range of aesthetic options, you’ll find a trendy or modest design to suit any home or workplace. It’s excellent in high foot traffic areas giving you peace of mind for the long term. Finally, the different textures that laminate floors can come in only expand your choices and the versatility of the product. Affordable, durable, adaptable, what’s not to love?

How to choose laminate flooring that’s right for you

This choice should be mostly based on aesthetics and the kind of design that will best enhance the room or space you are looking to floor. Consider colour, wood type, grain texture, and surface texture for the best results. In Australia, laminate flooring can be installed in several different ways. This choice is also important, with pre-glued laminate flooring offering the greatest convenience while glueless-click being extremely popular due to ease of repair and glued laminate requiring the most work for its own specific benefits. There are fantastic alternatives to laminate flooring like resilient vinyl flooring, carpet flooring, wood flooring and supportive substrates and underlays.

Do you need an underlay for laminate flooring?

Yes. Laminate is a floating floor, so, for an even surface, it should be distributed evenly across the subfloor. Underlayment also provides additional support in terms of noise reduction, stability and ensuring floor locking systems are sturdy. ArchiPro also offers some of Australia’s best underlays.