Grandeur Aquamate Laminate Flooring

Aquamate has the longest planks and the biggest boxes of the three Grandeur Flooring laminate lines. Boards are 9″ wide and 72″ long at 1/2″ thick, and one box covers 23.31 sq ft, so large rooms need fewer cartons. The trade-off is weight, at 56 lbs per box.

Its abrasion rating is AC4, a step below the AC6 on the brand's other two lines but still a solid rating for bedrooms, living rooms, dens and family rooms in an ordinary household. Grandeur approves it for installs on, above or below grade, basements included, and covers it with a limited warranty of 15 years residential and 10 years commercial. Boards this long look best running the length of a room, and they need a flat subfloor underneath.

There are eight styles: Melbourne, Hobart, Darwin, Canberra, Cairns, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Adelaide. 22FLOORING supplies and installs Aquamate across Toronto and the GTA, with laminate installation from $3.20 per square foot.