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Dark Browns

Dark-brown laminate floors add depth and a refined, elegant presence. Their rich tones elevate living areas and create a premium, boutique-style atmosphere.

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Dark Browns · The look

Dark Browns in the 8 mm laminate range are three designs, Inebolu, Mundanya and Alto. 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.

Depth on a budget
A dark timber look in a bedroom or a living room, at laminate cost and with laminate's hard surface. Dark boards need daylight or warm lamplight; a small north-facing room is not their place.
AC4
The abrasion class under EN 13329, on a scale from AC1 to AC6, quoted below. The melamine surface resists the fine scratches that show pale on a dark floor better than a vinyl wear layer or an oiled oak does.
Dry rooms only
The core is wood fibre and the laminate standard excludes rooms that get wet regularly. For a dark floor in a kitchen or bathroom, the dark rigid vinyl floors carry the same tones on a waterproof core.
Do dark laminate floors show scratches?
Fine scratches show pale on any dark floor. The melamine wear surface of an AC4 laminate resists them better than an oiled oak or a vinyl wear layer, which is the practical argument for laminate in a dark tone. Felt pads and a doormat do the rest.
Which of the three is the darkest?
They are three printed designs at the dark end of the brown band, and the difference between them is grain and warmth rather than depth. Mundanya also sits in the mid-brown subcategory, so it is the lightest of the three; Inebolu and Alto are the deeper pair. Order samples of all three: the print decides.
Can dark laminate go over underfloor heating?
All three are listed as compatible with underfloor heating. The limit that matters is the surface temperature the heating standard sets, quoted below, and the thermal resistance of the board plus its underlay, which the heating designer needs to know.
How long does laminate last?
Typically 10 to 15 years in a busy home. It cannot be sanded or refinished, so when the surface is worn the boards are replaced.
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 colour and texture at home first.

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Choosing dark laminate

Inebolu, Mundanya and Alto are the dark end of the laminate range, and they share every specification but the print: 8 mm thick, 193 mm by 1204 mm, melamine surface over a printed decor on a high-density fibreboard core, click-fitted, micro-bevelled, AC4, listed as compatible with underfloor heating, 25 year manufacturer's warranty, 2.32 square metres to the box. Mundanya also appears among the mid browns, which tells you it is the lightest of the three.

A dark floor in laminate has one advantage over a dark floor in oak or vinyl: the melamine surface is the hardest of the three against fine scratching, and fine scratches are what show pale on a dark floor. Against a dropped pan all three dent; against grit and claws, the laminate holds its surface longest. The AC4 class under EN 13329 is the measure of that, and the classes are quoted below.

The limits are the limits of laminate. The core is wood fibre and takes on water, so the standard excludes rooms that get wet regularly; a kitchen with a dishwasher is a judgement call, a bathroom is not. And a dark floor absorbs light, so the room needs windows on more than one side or warm artificial light to carry it. In a small, single-aspect room the mid browns or greys are the safer neighbours.

Laid floating over an underlay with an expansion gap at the edges, the boards go down in a day. The underlay is where the sound of the floor is decided, and the industry guidance on what it does is quoted below. For the same tones in a wet room, the dark rigid vinyl floors; for the same tones in real timber, the engineered dark oak boards.