Lifestyle Collection - Carbon - 12mm Hybrid Flooring

Carbon is the darkest board in the Lifestyle Collection — a near-black charcoal-brown with restrained grain and very little variation between planks. It is the most dramatic floor in the range and the least forgiving: dust, lint and footprints show on a floor this dark in a way they do not on anything else here. The matte PU finish helps considerably, because sheen is what makes marks visible, but it is worth knowing before you commit.

Taken on its own terms it is a striking floor, and the 12mm board suits it — a dark floor reads as more solid and expensive when it feels solid underfoot. The Lifestyle Collection is Preference Floors' EPC range — a composite polymer and stone fibre core, distinct from the SPC and WPC constructions used across the rest of the hybrid market — and it carries a 0.7mm commercial-grade vinyl wear layer where residential hybrid typically runs 0.3mm to 0.5mm.

A 2mm IXPE acoustic pad comes bonded to the underside, so there is no separate underlay to buy or lay and the floor is meaningfully quieter underfoot — which pairs well with the solidity of a thick dark board. The surface is rated P4 for wet slip under AS/NZS 4586:2013, and the boards click together as a floating floor over 200µm builders' film. Three lengths per carton.

Preference back it with a 25 year limited structural warranty, 20 years on the residential wear layer and 5 years commercial. It is an interior floor: incidental spills and pet accidents are covered, but it is not rated for bathrooms, laundries or powder rooms and is not a substitute for a waterproof membrane. Supply and install available across Sydney.

Specifications

• Brand: Preference Floors
• Range: Lifestyle Collection EPC
• Colour: Carbon
• Type: Hybrid flooring, EPC composite polymer and stone fibre core
• Board size: 1800 x 225 x 12mm
• Wear layer: 0.7mm commercial grade vinyl
• Underlay: 2mm IXPE acoustic pad pre-attached
• Finish: Matte PU
• Slip resistance: P4 wet pendulum (AS/NZS 4586:2013)
• Installation: Click floating over 200µm builders' film
• Coverage: 1.215m² per carton, three lengths
• Suitability: Interior only — not for bathrooms, laundries or powder rooms
• Warranty: 25 year limited structural, 20 year residential wear, 5 year commercial