Laminate flooring is an innovative floorboard consisting of an extremely durable print layer glued to a strong particleboard. This enables it to showcase the beauty of timber flooring (or any other design) whilst provid
Laminate flooring is an innovative floorboard consisting of an extremely durable print layer glued to a strong particleboard. This enables it to showcase the beauty of timber flooring (or any other design) whilst providing unmatched durability and affordability. Laminate flooring in Sydney has become a popular flooring solution that offers many advantages over traditional timber floors – they look beautiful, perform better, are easier to install and are more affordable.
Laminate flooring is an innovative floorboard consisting of an extremely durable print layer glued to a strong particleboard. This enables it to showcase the beauty of timber flooring (or any other design) whilst providing unmatched durability and affordability. Laminate flooring in Sydney has become a popular flooring solution that offers many advantages over traditional timber floors – they look beautiful, perform better, are easier to install and are more affordable.
About Belle XL
Accentuate the grandness of any room with an easy, elegant and affordable upgrade. Belle XL laminate planks aren’t just extra wide at 240mm; each plank is extra long at 2050mm too, giving you an easy way to create stunning interior design with this practical laminate flooring.
Planks Per Box: 7
Box Coverage Area: 3.4440
Finish: Embossed
Warranty: 25 Year Residential Warranty* / 7 Year Commercial Warranty available upon requestᶧ
Installation Method: Floating Floor
Plank Size: 2050 x 240 x 8
Category: Laminate Flooring
How to DIY This Floor?
The easiest DIY floors are floating floors like this one! They click lock together and don’t need glue or nails - they're super easy to install and if you make a mistake, you can simply un-click them and redo it. Floating floors include laminate floors, hybrid floors, bamboo floors and even engineered timber (if you are after real wood).
What tools do I need to DIY this type of floor?
The most important tools are:
Drop Saw and / or Table Saw - to cut the floorboards and are available for $150 at most hardware stores, or you can borrow one.
Ruler or Set Square - to measure how much you need to cut for the end planks near the walls.
Pencil & Eraser - to draw the cutting lines when you reach the last planks of each row.
Other “nice-to-haves” include a DIY Flooring Kit (available at Floor venue), spirit levels, tape measures, safety equipment, and work gloves.
Pro installation tips
Floor Levelling - the subfloor refers to what you intend to lay the flooring directly over and is often concrete slabs, plywood, yellow tongue or even existing floorboards. Proper subfloor preparation is very important and you should:
Clean the subfloor
Check subfloor evenness (to prevent creaking and long-term joint damage)
Underlay - is typically a soft rubber or foam material that goes underneath the floor and provides noise protection. If you live in an apartment block, your strata may have acoustic underlay requirements that you must confirm before a project.
Expansion Gaps - between the floor and the walls to allow for natural expansion and shrinkage due to temperature and moisture changes. Consider:
Plank Width - wider planks have more expansion and should be given a slightly bigger expansion gap within the range below.
Environmental Moisture - if relative humidity is high, we recommend increasing the expansion gap size.
Belle XL Laminate Flooring Flooring FAQs
Belle XL laminate floors showcases and exceedingly large floorboard size measuring more than two metres long and 240mm wide. This gives the Belle XL range a more elegant and premium feel, which is commonly associated with longer and wider planks.
When spills occur, spot clean your Belle XL laminate flooring immediately with a dry and soft cloth. Although Godfrey Hirst floors are highly resistant to most stains or colourants (such as tar, grease, oil, dyes, waxes, ball point ink, marker pens, pet mishaps or foods/beverages containing strong dyes such as mustard, curry, cordial or coffee), they may permanently affect your floors if not cleaned up quickly.
Laminate flooring is made of not natural timber, but rather processed woodpulp fused together into a high density fibreboard (HDF). Laminate floors have a wear layer which is scratch, water and UV resistant on the surface, followed by a realistic print layer which sits on top of the HDF board. These are floating floors, meaning you don’t need smelly glue or loud nails during the installation. The floating floor’s click-lock system makes it much easier and cheaper to install laminate floors.
