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What is a laminate flooring AC rating?

What is a laminate flooring AC rating?

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Depends on which laminate floor you're talking about. Like most things laminate floors are NOT all created equal, some are much, much better than others. The different manufacturers should have that information available.
AC hardness ratings are a standardized measure adopted by The Association of European Producers of Laminate Flooring (ELPF) . The AC measure rates abrasion resistance, impact resistance, resistance to staining and cigarette burns, and thickness swelling along edges. If a laminate flooring cannot meet the requirements for each of these ratings, approval for a given AC rating will be denied. All laminate flooring distributed by BuildDirect has a minimum punishment class of 23 for residential use (heavy) and 31 for commercial use (moderate), or an AC3 rating.

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