Richmond Flooring Dovedale Laminate

In a bedroom or living room, laminate is the practical wood-look floor, as long as the durability matches the traffic.

In simple terms: Richmond Flooring Dovedale is a 12mm AC3 rated laminate, a hard-wearing wood-look floor for the dry living areas of a home. Squarefoot Flooring carries it, and our own crew installs it.

Here is what you are actually buying. Dovedale runs a 12mm board on the thicker end of the range, which gives a solid, quiet step and bridges minor subfloor irregularities better than thin planks. It carries an AC3 wear rating, suited to normal residential traffic such as bedrooms and quieter living areas. The core is high-density fibreboard, which resists denting and holds the locking profile better than the cheaper particleboard in budget laminate. It installs with a drop-lock click system, a glue-free floating install that keeps labour costs down and lets the floor be lifted and reused later. It is backed by a 25-year residential warranty.

Dovedale is at home in bedrooms, dens, and quieter living areas, while kitchens and entries are better served by a water-resistant core. The range includes tones such as Ashford, Pinecrest, Cordoba, Wilderness, and Maple Dayton.

Decision line: Dovedale is a sensible bedroom and living-room floor; for wet or high-traffic areas, move up to a higher wear rating or a water-resistant core.

Our crew installs Richmond Flooring Dovedale from subfloor prep to final trim, across the GTA, Barrie, and Simcoe County, never subcontracted. Get the base flat and the underlayment right and a click floor lasts; that is the focus of our laminate installation work.

A photo flattens the texture, so see Dovedale in person before deciding. It is at both stores, you can contact us for current stock, and the vinyl vs laminate guide helps if you are still choosing a material.