Mid Browns Laminate Flooring
Mid-brown laminate floors deliver the balanced, authentic look of natural wood. They pair well with a wide range of furniture styles and bring comfortable, timeless character to any home.
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Mid BrownsThe look
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The look
Mid Browns in the 8 mm laminate range are three designs, Golcuk, Safranbolu and Mundanya. AC4 rated, click-fitted boards at 193 mm by 1204 mm on an HDF core, listed as compatible with underfloor heating, with a 25 year manufacturer's warranty.
The conventional oak colour
AC4
Living rooms and bedrooms
In depth
Choosing mid-brown laminate
The three mid-brown laminates, Golcuk, Safranbolu and Mundanya, are the conventional oak colour in a printed, click-fitted board: 8 mm thick, 193 mm by 1204 mm, melamine surface over a printed decor on a high-density fibreboard core, micro-bevelled, AC4, listed as compatible with underfloor heating, 25 year manufacturer's warranty, 2.32 square metres to the box. Golcuk also sits among the greys and Mundanya among the dark browns, which brackets the band: Golcuk cooler, Mundanya deeper, Safranbolu in the middle.
A mid tone is the practical colour for a laminate. It shows the least of any tone, neither the dust that a dark floor shows nor the scuffs that a pale one does, and the AC4 melamine surface takes the scratching that grit and chair legs cause. It suits living rooms, bedrooms and a home office, and it suits a house that will be redecorated more than once, because it sits under most schemes without argument.
In practice
The limits are those of any laminate: the core is wood fibre, and the laminate standard, quoted below, excludes rooms that get wet regularly. A kitchen with a dishwasher and a back door is the room where the mid-brown rigid vinyl floors, in the same tones on a waterproof core, are the better answer.
Laid floating over an underlay with an expansion gap at every edge, the boards go down in a day; the underlay decides how the floor sounds and how much heat gets through from underfloor heating, and the industry guidance on both is quoted below. For the same tone in real timber, the engineered natural oak boards are the dry-room alternative.
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Standards
What the published standards say
Each entry is quoted from its source and linked to it. The full set is in the standards reference.
AC1 to AC6 — abrasion classes for laminate
EN 13329 classifies the abrasion resistance of laminate floor coverings in abrasion classes AC1 to AC6. The EPLF's own Environmental Product Declaration for DPL laminate floor covering states the property "Abrasion Class EN 13329" with the value range AC1-AC6.
| Abrasion classes under EN 13329 | AC1-AC6 |
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“Abrasion Class EN 13329 | AC1-AC6 | -”
Source: Environmental Product Declaration - Direct Pressure Laminate Floor Covering (DPL Floor Covering), owner of the declaration: European Producers of Laminate Flooring e.V. (EPLF), decl. no. EPD-EPL-20210138-CBE1-ENBS EN 13329 — laminate floor coverings
BS EN 13329 specifies the characteristics, requirements and test methods for laminate floor coverings with a surface layer based on aminoplastic thermosetting resins, including requirements for marking and packaging. It also contains a classification system based on EN ISO 10874 for areas and levels of use, and it does not cover areas subject to frequent wetting such as bathrooms, laundry rooms or saunas.
“BS EN 13329 specifies characteristics, requirements, and test methods for laminate floor coverings with a surface layer based on amino plastic thermosetting resins. BS EN 13329 specifies requirements for marking and packaging.”
Source: BS EN 13329:2016+A2:2021 | 31 Oct 2021 | BSI KnowledgeWhat an underlay is actually for
The MMFA groups the benefits of an underlay under floating multilayer modular flooring into three headings: ensuring a satisfactory installation by levelling unevenness, permanently protecting the floor against wear and against rising residual building moisture, and improving the floor's properties in terms of impact sound, walking noise, heat insulation and walking comfort.
“The requirements for suitable underlays are aimed at protecting the floor from daily wear and tear such as falling objects and walking, as well as shielding the floor from rising residual building moisture or damp.”
Source: Underlays — MMFA (Multilayer Modular Flooring Association)Thermal resistance of the floor covering
Floor coverings over a warm water underfloor heating system are normally limited to a thermal resistance of R(λ,B) ≤ 0.15 m2K/W, which is also the worst permissible case used for system dimensioning in dwellings.
| maximum thermal resistance of floor covering (R lambda,B) | 0.15 m2K/W |
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“The following types of floor coverings can be laid on Uponor surface heating/cooling systems if a maximum thermal resistivity of Rλ,B ≤ 0,15 m²K/W is observed and approved by the manufacturer”
Source: Uponor underfloor heating/cooling — Planning information (Technical Information TI-1186660)
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