The Benefits of Wide Plank Laminate Flooring

Flooring trends often evolve, but the demand for materials that create a sense of spaciousness, simplicity, and natural authenticity remains constant. For homeowners across the Greater Toronto Area seeking to modernize their spaces, Wide Plank Laminate Flooring has become a standout choice. Moving beyond the narrow planks of the past, wide plank laminate typically 7 inches or wider offers a host of aesthetic and practical advantages that fundamentally transform a room. At Markville Carpet & Flooring Centre, we highlight how the wider planks create a visually stunning foundation that mimics high-end hardwood while offering unparalleled installation speed and value.

Aesthetic Advantage: Creating a Spacious, Clean Look

The impact of plank laminate is immediate and profound. Its dimensions visually alter the perception of a room, creating a custom, high-end feel.

Enhancing Spaciousness and Openness

• Fewer Seams, Less Visual Clutter: A wider plank means significantly fewer seams across the floor surface. By minimizing the number of intersecting lines, the floor appears less busy and cluttered. This simple reduction in visual noise naturally creates a more spacious and open feel, making a huge difference in smaller rooms or open-concept living areas popular in Toronto condos and homes.
• Seamless Flow: The reduced seams allow the eye to travel the length of the room with fewer interruptions, providing a cleaner, more continuous flow that complements modern, minimalist design aesthetics.

Realistic Replication of High-End Hardwood

• Authentic Grain Patterns: Wide planks are essential for convincingly replicating the look of premium, high-end hardwood, such as rustic oak or smooth walnut. Since the decorative photographic layer can stretch across the entire width, manufacturers can display more of the wood’s natural grain and character, avoiding repetitive or unrealistic patterns.
• Custom, Timeless Look: Characteristic of custom, luxury homes, making it an excellent way to achieve that sought-after aesthetic at a fraction of the cost of wide plank solid hardwood.

Practical Advantages: Installation and Maintenance

Beyond the visual benefits, wide plank laminate offers specific practical perks that streamline the installation process and simplify long-term maintenance.

Ease and Speed of Installation

• Fewer Planks Per Room: It’s simple math: using wider planks means you need fewer planks to cover the same square footage. This drastically speeds up the installation process, reducing labor time and, potentially, installation costs.
• Fewer Seams to Line Up: With fewer planks, the installer has fewer joints to click-and-lock and line up, often leading to a more consistent and seamless result, especially when executed by Markville’s professional, “Five Star” guaranteed teams.

Simplified Long-Term Maintenance

• Easier Cleaning: Fewer seams mean fewer potential areas for dust, dirt, or pet dander to settle. The larger surface area is easier to sweep and mop quickly, simplifying the routine for a busy Greater Toronto area household.
• Dimensional Stability: High-quality wide plank laminate is engineered to be dimensionally stable, and when properly acclimated and installed, the wide format does not compromise its resistance to gapping or swelling.

Achieve a Modern Look with Wide Plank Laminate

Modern wide plank laminate is a solution that delivers immense value, providing a high-end, spacious aesthetic that convincingly mimics premium hardwood while offering practical benefits in installation speed and maintenance simplicity.

Established in 1980, Markville Carpet & Flooring Centre is proud to be serving the entire GTA and City of Toronto for over 38 years, providing “Five Star” guaranteed installations on all our high quality broadloom and hard-surface product offerings. We are a full service carpet and flooring company specializing in the supply and installation of residential and commercial carpet, hardwood flooring, luxury vinyl plank, laminate flooring, residential and commercial sheet vinyl, and so much more.

Ready to transform your home with the spacious look of wide plank laminate? Visit our showroom locations in Markham, ON & Toronto, Ontario, to see and feel the difference of wide-format flooring. Contact us today to schedule your in-home estimate and benefit from our expert advice and efficient, Five Star guaranteed installation!