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Forbo

One of the commercial flooring brands supplied & installed by Urban Commercial Flooring.

Marmoleum: real linoleum from renewable raw materials, with natural antimicrobial behaviour.

Antimicrobial by natureRenewable materialsMarbled, solid and linear looksAcoustic and conductive grades

Marmoleum Marbled by Forbo — linoleum from renewable materials

Marmoleum is Forbo's product, and it is the linoleum most people picture when the word comes up — a genuinely natural floor pressed from renewable raw materials, bacteriostatic by its own chemistry rather than by an added treatment, which is why hospitals, schools and aged-care homes keep specifying it. Urban Commercial Flooring supplies and installs the Marmoleum range throughout Melbourne and Victoria: marbled, solid and linear looks in both sheet and tile, plus acoustic and conductive builds for wards and operating theatres.

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About Forbo

The case for Marmoleum linoleum

Everything in Marmoleum comes from renewable sources — linseed oil, wood flour, jute and pine rosin — and the bacteriostatic property is inherent to that recipe rather than something applied afterwards. Decades of use in hospitals and schools follow from exactly that. On top sits Topshield pro, which wipes down easily and tolerates hospital-grade cleaning chemicals without any waxing regime.

There is real breadth here too. Marbled, solid and linear finishes are all available in sheet and tile form, and for wards, operating theatres and technical rooms there are the Decibel acoustic and Ohmex conductive constructions. Urban Commercial Flooring supplies and installs the whole Marmoleum range across Melbourne and Victoria, taking after-hours shifts where a building has to stay open. Our workmanship warranty runs 2 years.

What Forbo makes

2 product types, each engineered for a different job

Marmoleum Marbled — natural linoleum

Forbo's signature marbling, offered in more than 300 colourways.

Pressed from linseed oil, wood flour and jute, Marmoleum Marbled is the look the brand is known for. That soft marbling does practical work as well as decorative — everyday scuffs and traffic marks disappear into the pattern. The material is bacteriostatic in itself, and the Topshield pro finish keeps cleaning simple.

Application: Ward floors and hospital corridors, classrooms, aged-care bedrooms and other rooms where hygiene is non-negotiable.
Suited to: HealthcareEducationAged CareCommercial & Office

Marmoleum Marbled Fresco

Marmoleum Marbled — Salsa Verde

Marmoleum Solid and Linear ranges

Single-tone solids, plus a linear grain with direction to it.

Where Marmoleum Solid lays down a quiet, even tone, Marmoleum Linear runs a striped grain in one direction, which designers use for wayfinding and for lifting feature zones out of a floor plan. Underneath, both are the identical natural linoleum with the same antimicrobial behaviour, and both come as sheet or tile.

Application: Front-desk and administration areas, school buildings, health facilities and commercial interiors led by design.
Suited to: EducationHealthcareCommercial & OfficeAged Care

Marmoleum Solid

Marmoleum Linear Striato

Where it fits

Specified across these sectors

Healthcare

Hospitals, medical and dental clinics, and healthcare fit-outs.

Education

Schools, childcare rooms and university facilities.

Aged Care

Residential aged-care homes and retirement living.

Commercial & Office

Offices, commercial fit-outs and civic buildings.

Questions

Forbo — common questions

Is Marmoleum just another name for vinyl?

It is not. Marmoleum is genuine linoleum, pressed from renewable natural ingredients such as linseed oil, wood flour and jute, with no PVC involved. The bacteriostatic behaviour comes with that material, which is a large part of why hospitals and schools keep choosing it.

Does Marmoleum work well in a healthcare setting?

Very well. The material is antimicrobial in its own right, the sheets weld up into a seamless hygienic surface with nowhere for dirt to sit, and specific builds exist for the harder cases — Decibel where acoustics matter, Ohmex where a theatre or technical room needs a conductive floor.

Do you lay Forbo Marmoleum across Victoria?

We do — Melbourne and regional Victoria both. Urban Commercial Flooring supplies and installs the complete Forbo Marmoleum range, and our installers can work overnight or on weekends when a hospital or school cannot hand over the space during the day.

Keep exploring

Planning Forbo Marmoleum into a Victorian project?

Get in touch with the Urban Commercial Flooring team — we can work through colour selection, whether you need the acoustic or conductive build, send samples, and quote the floor installed.

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