8mm Laminate Alto

The AC4 rating is the class for busy domestic use, and it is what lets a dark laminate go in a hallway without the surface dulling at the door. The board floats over an underlay on a flat, dry subfloor, needs an expansion gap, and is listed as compatible with underfloor heating; it is cleaned with a damp mop. A box of 10 boards covers 2.32 square metres; 25 year manufacturer's warranty.

For a dark floor that can be washed, the BML Antique Smoked Oak rigid vinyl plank or the BML Black Slate tile; for a dark engineered oak on a dry floor, the Victorian Antique Dark Oak. The 8mm Laminate Inebolu is the nearest dark brown in the same format.