Choosing Hybrid Floors at Flooring 2U Melbourne:
Discover durable and stylish hybrid floors that mimic the natural look of hardwood. Our high-quality laminate options offer water and scratch resistance for long-lasting performance. Transform any space into a stunning haven with Flooring 2U.
Unparalleled Benefits for Every Room, whether you’re revamping your living room, kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom, our hybrid floating floors are the ideal choice. With their waterproof properties, you can confidently install them in wet areas without worrying about damage or warping. Additionally, our hybrid planks’ thickness allows hassle-free installation over existing tiles, saving you both time and money on labour and installation costs.
Endless Design Possibilities, create your desired aesthetic with our range of hybrid laminate flooring colours and finishes. Choose from captivating options like Pale Silver, Natural Blackbutt, Spotted Gum, and Moody Oak to achieve the authentic hardwood floor look you envision for your space.
Make the Right Choice for Your Space, experience the best waterproof hybrid floors at Flooring 2U.
What are Hybrid Floors Made Of?
To achieve a hybrid timber flooring look, hybrid planks are made from multiple layers of PUR and PVC moulded together and embossed with a decorative layer to replicate authentic hardwood floors. These specs ensure your hybrid floorboards not only look beautiful but are hardwearing, scuff, stain and impact resistant, and make cleaning a breeze!
At Flooring 2U Melbourne, we apply a 1.5 MM high-density (minimum 600 per cube meters) rubber acoustic underlay to reduce echo and enhance comfort underfoot. This combination makes hybrid laminate flooring one of the best floating floor systems in Australia.
Hybrid Flooring Reviews in Australia
As hybrid flooring is the latest innovation in the flooring industry including Australia, there are not many consumer hybrid flooring reviews available online.
As industry experts the team at Flooring 2U trust in the durability and waterproof nature of hybrid planks, as they combine the best industry specifications of laminate and vinyl. Hybrid flooring is becoming more and more popular as it can be installed through the entire home, including your bathroom, laundry, and kitchen.
We know that it is combining the best specifications of laminate and vinyl plank flooring i.e. durabilityand waterproofness. Hybrid Flooring is actually the first rigid floating floor which can be installed throughout the entire home including bathroom, laundry, and kitchen in Australia.
As hybrid floorboards aren’t as thick as other floating floorboards, they can be laid over existing tiles, reducing installation time to a few days. For customers who have embraced this innovative new material, you will see their hybrid flooring reviews focus on the effortlessness and efficiency of installation!
Flooring 2U is one of the first companies to introduce hybrid flooring in Melbourne in early 2017, we decided to test and review this innovative solution ourselves in our Altona North showroom laying more than 300 m2 of beautiful hybrid floors!
After more than two years, we would like to share the longest-standing hybrid flooring review in Australia:
- There is not a single dent or scratch
- There is no water damage – even though our customers walk in with wet shoes on rainy days
- There are no structural issues due to expansion and contraction associated with humidity and temperature changes
If you are considering hybrid floors, we invite you to come and inspect it in person at 5/216 Balckshaws Road Altona North.
Hybrid Flooring Pros and Cons
If you’re looking for a hybrid wood flooring look at a fraction of the cost of authentic timber floors, hybrid laminate flooring is a great choice. It is stylish, efficient to install, waterproof, durable and low maintenance for households with children or pets.
Some cons may include:
- Hybrid flooring can scratch and dents easier than a good hard wearing floor such as tiles or concrete
- Hybrid flooring price is more expensive than basic laminate and vinyl
- Hybrid flooring is 100% water proof but it’s still better not to be laid in a bathroom!
- Hybrid vinyl planks click system is sensitive.
- Colour may fade if exposed to direct sunshine
Beware of the quality of materials and credentials of the installer if your find hybrid flooring on sale or cheap hybrid flooring in Melbourne!
Hybrid Flooring Installation and Costs:
The cost of installing good quality hybrid flooring in a standard size living room, dining room or hallway is approximately $3000. In saying that, the price can be more or less depending on a number of factors including the size of the room, whether an old floor needs to be removed, subfloor preparation and the removal and installation of skirting boards. It also depends on the type of click system i.e. Valinge 5G or Drop Lock.
What is The Best Hybrid Flooring Brand?
To be able to answer this question, Flooring 2U Melbourne spent more than two years researching various hybrid flooring options in the market and have most hybrids floorboard brands.
there are three available sizes of hybrid flooring in the market; 1.2, 1.5 and 1.8 meters roughly. The perfect length for hybrid flooring is about 1.5 cause it is not too short to have too many join lines in a hallway or living area also not too long to put too much pressure on the joins due to being very heavy.
the best click system for hybrid flooring specially when the width is more than 180 mm is 5G. 5G will lock the boards regardless of the external pressure direction as not always the pressure is from up to down but sometimes when the subfloor is not perfectely level can be opposite and thats when the 5G click performs better.
Obviously the best hybrid vinyl flooring has to look great also feel great when you touch it! that’s right if the floor feel like a fake plastic is better or you can feel the grains when you walk on? the best hybrid vinyl flooring not only have some embossed texture but you should feel exactely what you see. This would need an extra stage at the manufacturing process to emboss the design on the hybrid vinyl flooring surface very accurately.
Aspire Hybrid Flooring is one of the best hybrid flooring brands in Australia because:
5-1 Aspire hybrid flooring is one of the first hybrid flooring ranges introduced to the Australian market around early 2017. Since then it has been tested in thousands of projects and not much negative feedback from customers!
5-2 Aspire hybrid flooring has a big range of colors consist of 14 colors including Australian species as well as European oak which means everyone would be able to choose at least a couple of them for their project.
5-3 Aspire hybrid flooring planks length is 1.8 meters which is one of few brands of hybrid flooring with that length available.
5-4 Wear layer thickness is 0.55 mm which is commercial grade and overkilling for a residential application.
Hybrid Flooring FAQs
Hybrid flooring is the latest technology in floor covering mixing waterproofness of vinyl and scratch resistancy of laminate.
Hybrid Flooring is a very good floor covering comparing to other types of flooring. For example hybrid flooring is the only water proof product whith click lock system. There is no need to use glue during the installation of hybrid vinyl flooring which makes it easy to install and reduces the cost of the installation.
Yes hybrid flooring is 100% waterproof in opposed to some laminate flooring brands which claim that they are waterproof too! Truth is that there is no laminate flooring which is 100% water proof due to being made from hdf core!
Nearly 95% of available hybrid flooring comes with built in underlay so do not need to buy an underlay separately. Still there are some senarios you may need to use another layer of underlay for example when hybrid flooring is going to be used in an apartment with people living in the lower level. In that case you may need another layer of acoustics underaly which has to be very high density otherwise will be too soft for hybrid flooring. Acoustic underlay is about 5mm tick and is made of rubber which will reduce the impact noise to go in the lower level apartment.
Hybrid flooring is not 100% vinyl but it has made from mixture of vinyl and limestone powder and that’s why it called hybrid vinyl floor. Reason is to have the waterproofness of vinyl also the hardness of the stone which has givven the hybrid flooring the ability of click lock system which is not exist in traditional vinyl floorings.
Comparing to laminate and engineered floors, hybrid floor is not that noisy because of the underlay is attached to the board.
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