Next Floor Catamaran Water-Resistant Laminate

In a busy kitchen or entry, the question is not whether water hits the floor but whether the floor can take it.

In simple terms: Next Floor Catamaran is an 8mm AC4 rated water-resistant laminate, a floor built to take water in the rooms where that matters. Squarefoot Flooring carries it, and our own crew installs it.

The Catamaran range is built around an embossed-in-register wood-grain surface. The range includes tones such as Barkwood, Heritage Oak, Organic Oak, Platinum Blonde, and Sand.

The construction backs up the look. Catamaran runs an 8mm board, the standard residential thickness, stable underfoot and compatible with most existing subfloors. It carries an AC4 wear rating, a step above standard that holds up to busy family households, hallways, and main floors. The surface is embossed in register, so the texture lines up with the printed grain and the floor reads and feels like real wood rather than a flat photo. It installs with a click-lock system, a glue-free floating install that keeps labour costs down and lets the floor be lifted and reused later. It has a water-resistant core, which lets it handle the spills and humidity that would swell a standard laminate at the joints. That construction is what lets Catamaran go where ordinary laminate cannot: kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms, and entries, and anywhere a spill or wet boot is part of daily life.

Decision line: Catamaran is the pick wherever water is a factor, kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms, and entries; keep a standard laminate for the dry rooms to save.

We install Next Floor Catamaran with our own crew, never subcontracted, across the GTA, Barrie, and Simcoe County. Most laminate problems trace back to the subfloor, so we level it, underlay it correctly, and finish the transitions. More on the laminate installation page.

Laminate looks very different in a full plank under room light than in a small photo, so it is worth seeing Catamaran in person. We keep it at both stores; contact us to confirm stock, or browse the full water-resistant laminate range.