Bruneau Rustic Waterproof SPC | GemCore Flooring
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What is Bruneau?
Bruneau is a waterproof, wood-look SPC floor in a muted medium brown shade, with a thick, high-traffic wear layer for a durable, easy-care finish.
Is it waterproof?
Yes — 100% waterproof. Built for daily life: mop-and-go cleaning, occasional spills, and pet accidents wiped up promptly; clean standing water quickly. Indoor use only — outdoor installation is not approved.
How durable is it, and what traffic can it take?
Bruneau has a 20 mil wear layer — that's approximately 0.51 mm — recommended for heavy residential use and many light-commercial applications, delivering excellent protection against everyday scratches, scuffs, and abrasion. It runs noticeably thicker than the entry-level wear layers.
Will it hold up to daily life?
Office chair wheels, spike-heel point loads, and dragged furniture all concentrate force. Bruneau's 20 mil wear layer over a rigid SPC core manages this better than laminate — SPC resists crushing and indentation, where a laminate's high-density fiberboard core would dent permanently.
What does the plank surface look like?
Up close, the grain runs in long, mostly straight lines down each plank and draws together near the center into a raised ribbon figure — Bruneau's signature. Small cat's-eye knots sit at moderate spacing along that figure, but not on a fixed rhythm: some boards carry two knots close together, others go most of their length before showing one, and the dark mineral flecks scatter the same unpredictable way. That plank-to-plank shift is what keeps a floor's worth of Bruneau from reading like one photograph printed on repeat — you notice the figure, not the repetition.
Quiet enough upstairs or in a condo?
The acoustic layer damps the hollow "click" sound characteristic of floating floors. Bruneau is quieter underfoot than LVT with a loose pad — both for the walker and for rooms below in multi-story homes.
Is it safe for indoor air?
Yes — Bruneau carries FloorScore certification, independently tested for low chemical emissions. That matters most for households with allergies, asthma, or young children.
Will this color work in my room?
Bruneau's muted brown carries a taupe undertone rather than red or gold, so it reads calm in most everyday light. In a bright room it opens up toward a soft warm greige; without much natural light it deepens into a fuller, quieter brown. Either way the color stays understated — a background tone that lets furniture and cabinetry lead, not a statement color competing for attention.
Price & availability?
This product is available to order specifically for your project. Call or text (408) 753-3220 to verify the current lead time and get a quote. We can arrange nationwide shipping, Bay Area delivery, or pickup. Verified trade professionals qualify for trade pricing. Let us know how we can help with your project.
Overview
Look along a run of Bruneau and the boards don't line up into one obvious repeat. The small cat's-eye knots shift position from plank to plank, sometimes near a board's end and sometimes toward the middle, and the dark mineral accents scatter unevenly rather than falling in the same spot on every third or fourth board — the kind of variation that keeps a printed SPC floor from reading as a single image tiled across the room. The long, straight grain lines still gather into that pronounced ribbon figure Bruneau is built around, so the surface stays cohesive even as the details move around underneath it. The color sits as a muted medium brown pulled toward taupe, calm and earthy rather than warm-red or golden, which keeps the busy figure from feeling loud. Because it's a stone-polymer core under the printed layer, Bruneau is fully waterproof and FloorScore-certified for low indoor emissions, so the same floor that hides a repeat also stands up to a kitchen or laundry room. Right for someone who wants a strong, varied grain figure without an obvious repeating pattern underfoot — if you'd rather have a calmer, low-contrast surface with less going on board to board, a quieter member of the family is the better fit.
A muted taupe-brown ribbon-figure grain that never quite repeats itself, plank to plank.
Specifications
| SKU | jasper-bruneau |
|---|---|
| Brand | GemCore Flooring |
| Collection | Jasper |
| Color | Bruneau |
| Flooring Type | SPC |
| Plank size | 9 inches wide × 73 inches long |
| Thickness | 5mm |
| Wear layer | 20 mil |
| Edge profile | Painted Bevel |
| Locking system | UniClic (Angle-Angle / Tap-Down) |
| Underlayment | Pre-attached pad (EVA / IXPE backing) |
| SF per carton | 27.48 sq ft |
| Installation grade | Above, On, Below grade |
| Waterproof | Yes — 100% |
| Warranty | By wear-layer tier: Residential up to Lifetime; Light Commercial 5-20 Years; Commercial 5-10 Years (GemCore Stone Composite warranty, pre-attached pad). |
| Certifications | FloorScore |