Impressive Floors Regal Water-Resistant Laminate

Spills, wet boots, and pet bowls are where ordinary laminate gives up, right at the seams.

In simple terms: Impressive Floors Regal is a 12mm water-resistant laminate, waterproof enough for kitchens, baths, and entries. We carry it and install it in-house.

Regal 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. The core is high-density fibreboard, which resists denting and holds the locking profile better than the cheaper particleboard in budget laminate. 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 is rated for 72 hours of surface water protection, which in practice means a spill, a melting ice cube, or a wet boot will not swell the seams as long as it is wiped up in good time. It is backed by a 35-year residential and 3-year commercial warranty.

Because of that core, Regal holds up in the rooms that sink a standard laminate: kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms, and entries. The range includes tones such as Cameo, Dream, Harmony, Mellow, and Moon.

Decision line: choose Regal for any room that meets water, kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms, and entries; for dry bedrooms and living rooms, a standard laminate will also do the job for less.

Our own in-house team installs Impressive Floors Regal across the Toronto and Mississauga area, Barrie, and Simcoe County, never subcontracted. A floating laminate is only as good as the floor under it, so we level the subfloor, set the right underlayment, and finish the trim. See our laminate installation page.

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