Preference Floors
Aquastop
Swiss-made by Swiss Krono, and the only AC5 laminate we stock. AC5 is class 33 — the commercial-heavy rating written for shops and corridors, which is more wear than a house will ever ask of a floor. It comes in three thicknesses on four board sizes, up to a 2025 × 244mm plank in the 14mm.
- Colours
- 21
- Durability
- AC5
- Format
- Plank
Aquastop installed. Photography courtesy of Preference Floors — colours vary between batches and under your own light, so take samples home before you decide.
The range
Aquastop colours
Dune
Natural oak
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Oak Adaja
Natural oak
The 12mm board, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Artisan Oak Beige
Beige & taupe
The 12mm board, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Artisan Oak Natural
Beige & taupe
The 12mm board, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Beach
Beige & taupe
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Blackbutt
Beige & taupe
Available in 8mm and 12mm, both rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Bright
Beige & taupe
The 12mm board, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Dublin
Beige & taupe
The 8mm board — 1380 × 193mm, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Elegant
Beige & taupe
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Forest
Beige & taupe
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection. Preference lists this colour as phasing out — check availability with us before you plan around it.
Lugano Oak
Beige & taupe
The 8mm board — 1380 × 193mm, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Quiet
Beige & taupe
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Spotted Gum
Beige & taupe
Available in 8mm and 12mm, both rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Urban Oak Natural
Beige & taupe
The 12mm board, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Zermatt
Beige & taupe
Available in 8mm and 12mm, both rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Helsinki
Grey
The 8mm board — 1380 × 193mm, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Moon
Grey
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Natural Oak Grey
Grey
The 8mm board — 1380 × 193mm, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Rock
Grey
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Snow
Grey
The 14mm board — 2025 × 244mm, and the only Aquastop rated to 72 hours of water protection.
Strasbourg
Grey
The 8mm board — 1380 × 193mm, rated to 48 hours of water protection.
Swatch images are the manufacturer’s and are for illustration only. Timber and stone décors vary between batches and look markedly different under your own light — we bring the real samples to your place before you decide.
The detail
Specifications
- Wear rating
- AC5 / class 33 — rated for heavy commercial traffic
- Made in
- Switzerland, by the Swiss Krono Group
- Water protection
- 8mm and 12mm: 48 hours · 14mm: 72 hours
- Sizes
- 1380 × 193 × 8mm · 1380 × 193 × 12mm · 1845 × 193 × 12mm · 2025 × 244 × 14mm
- Core
- High density fibreboard, E1. DoP KCH_LFa_002
- Standards
- EN 13329 and EN 14041
- Profile
- Micro bevel V4 — floating install
- Surface
- Embossed decor surface, anti-static and colourfast
- Cleaning
- Safe to wet mop
- Underfloor heating
- In-slab hydronic only
Where it doesn’t suit
Read the thickness before you read the name. Aquastop sounds like one promise but is three: the 8mm and 12mm boards are rated to 48 hours of water protection and only the 14mm is rated to 72. If water resistance is the reason you are here, either take the 14mm or take Aspect. On the AC5 rating — it is real and it is why this floor lasts, but for a bedroom or a lounge an AC4 board is already past what the room will do to it, so do not pay up for class 33 unless you have the traffic to justify it. And, as with all of these, in-slab hydronic heating only.
Get an estimate
Know roughly how much you need?
Tell us the area and whether you want it supplied or supplied and installed, and we’ll come back with an itemised estimate for Preference Aquastop. Attach a floor plan and we’ll check it before we call.
- A rough m² is enough to start
- Supply only, or supply and install
Why there is no price here
The number depends on your area, your subfloor and what preparation it needs — and a preparation surprise on the day is the thing that turns a good quote into a bad one. We measure first, then quote once, itemised.
Other laminate ranges we stock
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14 colours · AC4
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15 colours · AC4 / AC3
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Preference Classic Laminate
9 colours · AC3
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Hydromate
6 colours · AC4
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Hydromate Plus
6 colours · AC5
See the rangeSpecifications sourced from Preference Floors. Preference may change a specification without notice — we confirm the current sheet before every order.
Sydney flooring specialists · 20+ years
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