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Dark Browns Luxury Rigid Vinyl Flooring

Dark-brown Rigid Vinyl adds depth, richness and strong visual presence. Its elegant tones elevate premium interiors and create a sophisticated contrast that highlights furniture, décor and architectural elements beautifully.

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“The plank itself takes on no water, and it stays warm and quiet underfoot. The floor built for a kitchen that actually gets used.”

— our flooring team

Dark BrownsThe look

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The look

Dark Browns in the BML rigid vinyl range are the smoked, fumed and chocolate oak designs. Seven floors across the 5.2 mm plank, the 6.5 mm wide plank and the herringbone block: waterproof, underlay attached, listed as compatible with underfloor heating.

Depth in a wet room
A dark oak look in the rooms that a real dark oak cannot take: a kitchen, a utility room, a downstairs cloakroom. The colour is printed, so it does not fade, and the core does not care about water.
Three formats
Three 5.2 mm planks with a 0.3 mm wear layer: Misty Smoked Oak, Chocolate Oak and Antique Smoked Oak. Two wide planks and two herringbone blocks at 6.5 mm with 0.55 mm: Smoked Limed Oak, Dark Oak, Vintage Fumed Oak and Antique Smoked Oak.
Textured surface
Every dark design here is textured, which does for a printed floor what brushing does for oak: it breaks up reflections so dust and fine scratches do not read as pale lines.

In depth

Choosing dark rigid vinyl

The dark browns are where rigid vinyl replaces a floor most people would not risk in a wet room: a smoked or fumed oak in a kitchen, a utility room or a family bathroom. Seven BML floors sit in the band. Three are 5.2 mm planks at 181 mm by 1220 mm with a 0.3 mm wear layer: Misty Smoked Oak, Chocolate Oak and Antique Smoked Oak. Two are 6.5 mm wide planks at 228 mm by 1524 mm with a 0.55 mm wear layer: Smoked Limed Oak and Dark Oak. Two are 6.5 mm herringbone blocks at 126 mm by 630 mm, also 0.55 mm: Vintage Fumed Oak and Antique Smoked Oak.

All seven share the construction of the range: solid polymer core, listed as waterproof, underlay attached, commercial grade, listed as compatible with underfloor heating, 25 year manufacturer's warranty. And all seven are textured, which matters more on a dark floor than on a pale one. A smooth dark surface shows every speck of dust and every fine scratch as a pale line; a textured one breaks those lines up, the way a brushed oak does.

In practice

The tone runs from the warm end, Chocolate Oak and Dark Oak, to the smoked and fumed designs, Misty Smoked Oak, Smoked Limed Oak, Vintage Fumed Oak and Antique Smoked Oak, which read cooler as smoked timber does. A dark floor absorbs light, so the room's windows decide as much as the sample does; in a small room lit from one side, the mid browns are the safer neighbour.

The wear layer is the specification to write down. The 5.2 mm planks at 0.3 mm suit bedrooms and living rooms; the 6.5 mm floors at 0.55 mm are the ones for hallways, kitchens and anywhere grit comes in on shoes. The use classes that the flooring standards use to describe that difference are quoted below.

FAQ

Do dark vinyl floors show scratches?
Fine scratches show pale on any dark surface. Two things limit it here: the textured surface, which breaks up the reflection that makes a scratch visible, and the wear layer, 0.55 mm on the 6.5 mm floors, which resists the scratch in the first place. For a hallway, specify the 0.55 mm floors.
Which dark design is the warmest?
Chocolate Oak and Dark Oak carry the warm, brown end; the smoked and fumed designs, Misty Smoked Oak, Smoked Limed Oak, Vintage Fumed Oak and Antique Smoked Oak, read cooler, as smoked timber does. Hold the samples against the wall colour rather than each other.
Can I lay the dark herringbone in a bathroom?
Yes. The Vintage Fumed Oak and Antique Smoked Oak herringbone blocks are listed as waterproof and compatible with underfloor heating, and at 126 mm by 630 mm the pattern reads well in a room of bathroom size. The set-out starts from the centre of the room, as with any herringbone.
LVT or laminate, what is the difference?
LVT shrugs off water where laminate swells at the joints, and it is quieter and slightly softer underfoot; laminate is harder-wearing against scratches and cheaper. For wet rooms choose LVT every time.
Do you deliver UK-wide and can I get a sample first?
Yes, UK-wide delivery options, and samples from £1.99 so you can check the design at home first.

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.

EN ISO 10874 — use classes

EN ISO 10874 sets out a classification of floor coverings by area and intensity of use; the classes are 21, 22 and 23 for domestic use, 31 to 34 for commercial use and 41 to 43 for industrial use.

Class 21Domestic moderate/light
Class 22Domestic general/medium
Class 23Domestic heavy
Class 31Commercial moderate
Class 32Commercial general
Class 33Commercial heavy
Class 41Industrial moderate
Class 42Industrial general
Class 43Industrial heavy

“In EN ISO 10874 a classification system for different use classes is described, with references to the relevant product standards.”

Source: How to use the Floor Covering Standard Symbols (FCSS) — EUFCA, symbols per EN 15398

Cleaning — the manufacturers’ own guidance

For multilayer modular floor coverings the MMFA requires low-moisture cleaning methods and states that pooling of liquid on the floor must be avoided under all circumstances.

“Absolutely avoid ponding in any case!”

Source: Basic cleaning — MMFA (Multilayer Modular Flooring Association)

Related looks

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The same look in other floors

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