Vinyl Flooring Wear Layer Thickness

Better quality flooring tends to have the highest wear layers but is more expensive.

Vinyl flooring wear layer thickness.

If you have a space that will need a high resistance to scratches and wear a higher wear layer such as a 12 mil or 20 mil would be best for your application. A thicker layer is more resistant to scratching and denting. If you plan to have your new floor installed on a solid level smooth and dry concrete pad then you won t need the thickest wear layer of vinyl that s available. Building professionals tend to stick with a minimum of 12 mil for residential and 28 mil for commercial.

Vinyl floor wear layer. In the photo below the top sample carries the trafficmaster allure branding and is 3 8mm thick with a 4mil wear layer. You should look for vinyl planks with a wear layer of at least 12 mil. It s slightly thicker at 4mm with an 8mil wear layer while the bottom sample is shaw matrix at 3 2mm thick with a 6mil wear layer.

But if you have an uneven subfloor in a space that s going to go through a lot of high traffic the best range to get would be between 12 mil and 20 mil.