7–8 mm, AC3
Bedrooms and rooms that don't see much traffic.
- 7–8 mm planks
- AC3 wear rating: moderate home traffic
- Limited warranty, often 15–25 years
Typical life: 10–15 years
Install Laminate Flooring
Enter your zip and the size of the job. You get a fair range for your area, line by line, with the contractor's overhead and margin shown on its own line.
What a fair bid should include
- underlayment
- prep
- cleanup
- disposal
Usually priced separately
- Subfloor repair or leveling beyond small patches
- Moving furniture and appliances
- New baseboard or shoe molding
- Asbestos or other hazardous material
- Sales tax on materials
Materials: good, better, best
Laminate planks at three levels. The fair price above assumes a standard choice; ask your contractor which level their bid includes.
10–12 mm, AC4, water-resistant
Living rooms, halls and kitchens.
- 10–12 mm planks feel more solid underfoot
- AC4 wear rating: heavy home traffic
- Water-resistant surface and edges
Typical life: 15–25 years
12 mm, waterproof
Kitchens, entries and basements.
- Waterproof core and sealed joints
- AC4 or AC5 wear rating
- Underlayment attached on many lines
Typical life: 20–30 years
- Compare the AC wear rating, not only the thickness.
- Buy about 10% extra for cuts, and keep a few spare planks for repairs.
- Let the boxes sit in the room for a couple of days before install, as most makers ask.
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How this price is built
- Labor: hours for the job times each crew's local median wage from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, loaded for benefits (floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles).
- Materials: Material prices are unverified seed ranges (see each item's source). Production replaces them with licensed line-item pricing.
- Overhead & margin: 15–25% on its own line. Shown on its own line; a written bid builds it into its prices.
- Hours and allowances: Productivity, coverage, setup hours, tool and disposal allowances and the margin range are Pricewright engineering seed heuristics written for the July 2026 prototype. They are not taken from any third-party cost guide, and are due for calibration against licensed line-item data and accepted bids.
Data snapshot 2026-10-20.1: BLS OEWS May 2025 wages for 11 occupations, ECEC March 2026 benefit load, and seed material prices pending source verification.