Ac3 V Ac4 Laminate. Ac5 laminate flooring is designed for high traffic commercial areas. Ac4 rated laminate is more wear resistant than ac3 by 60 than ac2 by 120 and than ac1 by 180. For residential use a rating of ac3 is perfectly adequate.
Ac3 laminate flooring is ideal for medium amounts of traffic including hallways or small offices with some but not a lot of foot traffic. Heavy intensive commercial traffic these floors should handle the kinds of uses common to public buildings including government buildings department stores shopping centers and busy bars.
Ac4 laminate flooring is suitable for residential and commercial use.
The test devised for abrasion resistance is the european standard en13329. Heavy intensive commercial traffic these floors should handle the kinds of uses common to public buildings including government buildings department stores shopping centers and busy bars. Until recently many laminate floors have been marketed as being ac3 rated for heavy residential use though they actually performed at an ac4 level on tabor tests. Because the higher the ac rating the higher.
