Allura Decibel is Forbo’s acoustic LVT flooring solution. The luxury vinyl tiles offer a unique combination of 19dB acoustic performance and excellent technical properties like the highest dimensional stability and best-in-class indentation performance. The possible loose lay on tackifier installation method makes installation quick and easy. At the end of its life, the floor can be easily removed for recycling or reuse, minimizing its environmental impact and fitting into a circular economy product portfolio.
The Allura Decibel 0.8 Wood collection offers 29 natural wood designs in different plank sizes.
The Allura Decibel 0.8 Material collection offers 26 unique designs in different shapes.
SUSTAINABILITY
• 100% phthalate-free, low indoor emissions
• Produced with the best possible environmental profile and including recycled content
• Easy to remove at end of life for recycling or re-use, minimizing environmental impact
• Easy and quick installation, using only tackifier to fixate the product for a long-lasting performance
DESIGN
• Realistic wood and designs in other materials and colours, all exclusively developed by our inhouse design team
• Extensive range designed to mix and match colours within the range
• Meeting all the aesthetic requirements of Luxury Vinyl Tiles, including beveling and a perfect match between each individual pattern and the different tile and plank shapes
QUALITY
• D3S core technology creates the best possible dimensional stability for this type of product
• A perfect balance between the high acoustic properties of 19 dB and the outstanding residual indentation performance
• Low in-room impact sound and comfortable underfoot
Allura Decibel is a flooring solution for any application area, available in 2 different qualities: a product with a wear layer of 0.8 mm for intensive use and a product with a wear layer of 0.35 for use in any residential environment.
Every project is different and has its own specific demands. This can be in relation to the subfloor, the volume of traffic that passes through, or the size of the project. Within our Allura LVT portfolio we offer solutions for all types of applications. Depending on the requirements for your project, you can choose for a specific vinyl tiles construction: fully adhered, loose lay, tackified loose lay, click connected or puzzle connected loose lay.
In addition, there is Allura Decibel, our silent hero. Allura Decibel offers the looks and performance of our other Allura floors and meets 19 dB acoustic requirements.
The images below show the unique characteristics of each floor type and how the different constructions are built up.
How to specify your order?
Each Allura collection has a unique identifier that indicates the construction:
● DR7 - Allura Dryback wear layer 0.70 mm
● DR5 - Allura Dryback wear layer 0.55 mm
● DR4 - Allura Dryback wear layer 0.40 mm
● FL1 - Allura Flex wear layer 1.0 mm
● FL5 - Allura Flex wear layer 0.55 mm
● CL5 - Allura Click Pro wear layer 0.55 mm
● PZ7 - Allura Puzzle wear layer 0.70 mm
● AD8 – Allura Decibel wear layer 0.80 mm
● AD3 – Allura Decibel wear layer 0.35 mm
Each colour has a colourway number, like 60284. Add the code above as a suffix behind the colourway number to specify your required Allura construction.
Example: you want the natural antique oak in Allura Decibel with wear layer thickness 0.80 mm. Take the colourway number of natural antique oak which is 5404, and add AD8 behind the number: 5404AD8.
If you would like to read more about Forbo's acoustic LVT flooring solution, you can find the brochure here:
The Allura Decibel collection offers a large range of Wood and Material designs in a variety of sizes, making the design possibilities endless. Allura luxury vinyl tiles are also ideal for mixing and matching with other Forbo flooring collections.
Get inspired by all the possibilities offered by our Allura luxury vinyl tiles!
Forbo's Allura Decibel luxury vinyl tiles are easy to install, clean and maintain.
The Overclean surface protection offers high resistance to stains and chemicals and lifetime wear resistance.
Download here the
Allura Cleaning & Maintenance instructions
Allura Dryback installation guidance note
Forbo offers compatible Coral entrance flooring to keep your Allura floor clean for longer.
Download here the Allura Decibel technical specifications
More documentation can be found in our download center
Building Information Modelling files are available for all colours and can be downloaded from the BIMobject website:Allura Decibel BIM files
Download here the overview of the Allura Decibel NCS & LRV values
About LRV
In architecture, Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of the percentage of visible and usable light that is reflected from a surface when illuminated by a light source. The LRV can be linked to a number of decisions on which a colour can be chosen. The approximate LRV of a colour indicates the amount of visible light that a colour will reflect. Black has a light reflectance value of 0% and absorbs all light. White has a light reflectance value of 100% and keeps a building light and cool. LRV also links to the use of electricity where lighter colours need less lighting, which is a direct saving for the environment. All Forbo floor coverings carry a light reflection value, which can be found in the text next to the enlargement of the tabletop and in the NCS & LRV values document.
About NCS
NCS colour coding describes the colour of any material. With numeric colour codes, so called NCS Notations, such as NCS S 1080-Y70R, any colour can be described precisely. NCS has defined 1950 standardised colours at every 10th step of the colour space to represent the entire colour space. Each notation's colour sample is visually identical to any other colour sample of the same notation, whether it is a standardised colour or a colour in between the 1950 standard colours. This way you can find matching flooring colours with other coloured items in a room.
The 'Natural Colour System' NCS has been developed in order to identify the colour value, its intensity and hue for a product. By using the NCS measurement system, colours and colour groups can be identified and matched regardless of the material that has been used. In this way colour coordinates for different aspects of the interior of a building can be determined. All Forbo Flooring products carry an NCS code, which can be found next to the enlargement of the tabletop and in our download center.
