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What kind of laminate floor is suitable for your bedroom? What kind should you buy for your home office? What kind should you lay in the living room? So many questions – but luckily there is an important source of information to help you answer them. A glance at the load classes on the product insert will tell you which laminate floor is suitable for your purposes. These classes are illustrated by pictorial symbols.
Load classes
Each load class represents various product requirements which are used to categorise the quality of a laminate floor in accordance with the European standard EN 13329. There are seven load classes, each with a different number. Classes 21, 22 and 23 belong to the residential use category and classes 31, 32 and 33 to the commercial use category. The recently introduced class 34 indicates laminate that is suitable for very heavy-duty use.
As a rule:
The higher the class, the more use the floor can stand up to. In private homes, for example, class 21 is suitable for bedrooms and guest rooms, class 22 for living and dining rooms, and class 23 for stairways, entrance halls, kitchens and other floor areas which are subject to a lot of wear.
Our tip:
When buying laminate always look at the load class on the product packaging. This is the only way to make sure the product you are buying is suitable for the intended purpose.
And with the right care there’s nothing to stop you enjoying your laminate floor for years to come.