Smart floors for your smart home
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water resistant
A floor for every situation
In modern apartments and houses open plan spaces are becoming ever more popular, the transitions between different living areas are fluid. This requires floor coverings that are not just visually appealing but also which can cope with the demands of everyday use. Especially in kitchens and bathrooms, water resistance plays a decisive role. Ikō is the floor that is suitable for all rooms.
24 hour water resistance
Our product management team developed Smart Connect Pro Aqua during an extensive process. This innovative click system ensures that our Ikō floor is optimally locked at the usual weak points, the profile connections, and is more resistant to water ingress. In addition the baseboard is particularly resistant to swelling, thanks to the specially developed composition of its ingredients. The result is impressive water resistance for up to 24 hours (except for the Herringbone Edition).
How can we prove the water resistance
of our floor?
This is where the NALFA
test comes into it. This standardised test procedure of the
North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA)
measures the performance of an installed laminate floor
when exposed to standing water for 24 hours. Four different
places on the laminate floor are measured before and
after and visual and haptic changes to the board edges are
evaluated. Our Ikō Premium laminate floor passed this test
with flying colours and thus has proved it has a significantly
higher water resistance than conventional laminate
flooring.
CORUNDUM
We strengthen your floor with it
Corundum is a natural mineral from the sapphire family. It has a value of 9 on the Mohs hardness scale*. Only diamond, with a value of 10, has a higher hardness value.
We use this mineral for the sealing of our floors. It is part of the transparent wear layer that protects the decor image. With it, we achieve a high level of abrasion resistance.
(*A reference scale created by Friederich Mohs for determining the hardness of materials)
All our laminate floors are reinforced with corundum to make them exceptionally resilient.
Ludger Klein-Menting
Senior Product Manager
DID YOU KNOW?
See at a glance what your floor can do: The usage class
You do not subject every floor to the same wear and tear. Entrance lobbies or office areas experience greater footfall than your bedroom. The usage class gives you guidance in choosing the right floor for the right application.
SURFACE SEALING
SUITABLE FOR UNDERFLOOR HEATING SYSTEMS
Best friends for toasty toes
Your ter Hürne floor and the underfloor heating system make a great team.
The underfloor heating system penetrates the floor well and distributes the heat optimally in the room. The choice is yours: Whether your underfloor heating system is hot water-based or electric, your new floor will get on well with both of them. With electric underfloor heating, you should bear in mind they use gentle warm-up technology and a temperature control unit.
SMARTCONNECT PRO AQUA CONNECTION SYSTEM
Child's play
- Easy: virtually no tools or force required.
- Quick: install your floor a lot faster and walk on it immediately.
- Secure: you automatically align the individual planks correctly. This will give good results.
- Flexible: If you choose a floating installation, you can take up the floor as easily as you laid it.
FLOATING INSTALLATION
So that you can be quick and flexible
- You can easily install it yourself.
- You don’t have to invest a lot of time.
- You can walk on your floor immediately after laying it.
- You can easily remove the floor without leaving any residue.
- Individual planks can be replaced relatively easily.