When you’re renovating your home, putting in new flooring is one of the best ways to dramatically alter the look of a room. Although it can be pricey, replacing old, worn carpet with new hardwood can up the value of your house, making ...
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It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
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USFloors has received a patent for the company's Corboo flooring (U.S.Pat. No. 8,541,085). Corboo is a cork-infused strand woven bamboo floor that marries two of nature's most sustainable flooring materials to create a truly unique, ...
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Bamboo is a flooring material that is easy to maintain, which makes it an attractive green flooring option. Its maintenance is very similar to that of regular hardwood floors, at least the wood floors of the modern, hassle free variety. ...
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Bamboo is an easy-to-maintain material that only needs regular sweeping and keeping moisture levels down to a minimum. In fact, much of what helps to classify it as a green flooring material comes in the form of its environmentally ...
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Many homeowners know for certain that they do not want to install marmoleum floors, vinyl tile, or carpeting in their homes. In fact, many know from the beginning that they’d like some type of wooden floor in their homes. However, ...
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Homeowners of today don’t just want a ton of options; they want a ton of environmentally friendly green flooring options. Not only that, but they expect it to look good, install practically anywhere, and last for years. Is this too ...
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Many homeowners desire the look and durability of traditional hardwood floors, but are concerned with the environmental impact that comes with producing the material. Although most hardwood flooring manufacturers use responsible harvesting ...
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Bamboo stands out as a practical flooring option due to its durability and reliability. Not only that, the beauty of bamboo radiates all throughout the room to give an interior the warmth that consumers want. The colors and styles of bamboo ...
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While solid bamboo flooring is positively beautiful and exceptionally sound, there are certain areas in the home where installing the material could lead to problems down the road. The areas where solid bamboo does not perform at its best ...
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There are so many types of kitchen flooring available today that the options are almost overwhelming and sometimes confusing. The best flooring for your kitchen depends on what material suits you best; a low maintenance, high comfort option ...
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One advantage that engineered flooring has over many like bamboo floors or cork flooring is that you can install it in any room, either above or below ground. It is also generally designed to be installed quickly and easily. The Ease of ...
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If you are looking for a durable option for your kitchen floor, consider this: there are intact ceramic tile mosaics dated to around 79 A.D. that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. How’s that for durability? Ceramic ...
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If you're interested in getting a green, eco-friendly floor, you're spoiled for choices, although some of the choices are more eco-friendly than the others. Here are the choices we've seen touted as eco-friendly and green for any number of ...
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When building a new home or remodeling an existing home, flooring choices are everything. With pets in the home, this becomes even more important, because pets are just as hard, if not harder, than people on flooring surfaces. What are the ...