Lifestyle Collection - Spotted Gum - 12mm Hybrid Flooring

Spotted Gum is the warmest and most strongly figured board in the Lifestyle Collection — a rich golden-amber with pronounced grain movement across the face. It is the closest thing in the range to a traditional Australian hardwood floor, and it behaves like one in a room: it brings its own colour rather than taking it from the walls. Pair it with white or pale grey and it does the heavy lifting; pair it with warm timber joinery and the room turns distinctly golden, which is a decision rather than an accident.

Spotted Gum is one of two colours in the range packed as a 0.810m² carton with two lengths rather than the 1.215m² three-length carton used for most of the collection, so order quantities work out differently — worth checking when you are costing a job.

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. At 12mm it is the thickest hybrid Preference make, and it carries a 0.7mm commercial-grade vinyl wear layer where residential hybrid typically runs 0.3mm to 0.5mm. On a floor with grain this active, the thicker wear layer is what keeps the figure crisp rather than worn flat in the traffic lanes.

A 2mm IXPE acoustic pad comes bonded to the underside, so there is no separate underlay to buy or lay. The surface is a matte PU finish rated P4 for wet slip under AS/NZS 4586:2013, and the boards click together as a floating floor over 200µm builders' film. 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 — not rated for bathrooms, laundries or powder rooms, and not a substitute for a waterproof membrane. Supply and install available across Sydney.

Specifications

• Brand: Preference Floors
• Range: Lifestyle Collection EPC
• Colour: Spotted Gum
• 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: 0.810m² per carton, two lengths
• Suitability: Interior only — not for bathrooms, laundries or powder rooms
• Warranty: 25 year limited structural, 20 year residential wear, 5 year commercial