Bamboo flooring is a popular, environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional wood floor. They are tough and durable, despite their technical classification as a grass, so tough in fact that they rate in hardness close to that of some of the most popular hardwood floors.
Taking the flooring industry by storm as a natural, eco-friendly alternative to hardwood floors, bamboo flooring certainly has a lot to offer homeowners. This green flooring option, gives a certain flexibility of design one may not think...
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The choice of a bamboo floor is quickly gaining popularity for both commercial and household use, especially in North America. Stronger and denser than many hardwood floors, a bamboo floor is highly resistant to moisture. It has been discovered as a brilliant alternative to traditional hardwood flooring....
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As environmental awareness increases, more and more homeowners are looking to green flooring to complete the look of their home. While hardwood flooring is harvested (in most circumstances) responsibly, it still requires cutting down trees...
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Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants of the world. It produces a yield that is about 25 percent more than any other species of wood. Bamboo is now being used as a flooring material as well, as a part of the hardwood family, though it is technically a grass. In fact, it is one of the upcoming materials in today’s floor...
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Cork flooring is typically not the first thing that pops into most homeowners heads when they think cork. It’s time to push aside those images of wine bottle stoppers and bulletin boards. Cork tile and plank floors are some of the flooring industry’s best kept secrets.
For those with an ecological...
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Not surprisingly, stone tile flooring is a naturally green flooring material. It is moisture resistant, lasts a lifetime, and releases almost no harmful byproducts.
Natural stone tile is a green material by default. However, there are steps you can take to make your stone tile flooring installation...
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In most remodeling circles, vinyl and linoleum share a reputation as quality options for homeowners looking for an economic flooring solution.
Natural linoleum is a superior product in just about every facet, including health, longevity, and durability while vinyl, on the other hand, has some significant drawbacks,...
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Radiant floor heat is starting to get noticed as a mainstream heating option for homes across the country. Compared to just about every other heating option on the market, including gas furnaces, boilers, electric baseboard heat, and wood fired stoves, a radiant floor heat system provides the most consistent...
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Linoleum kitchen flooring has numerous qualities that make it a desirable flooring product to use in the kitchen. Linoleum is available in a multitude of colors and patterns, is extremely durable, and like cork flooring, is one of the most environmentally friendly flooring products on the market today.
It does cost more than...
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The kitchen is the heart of the home and finding the right flooring for it is a very important decision.Choosing cork tiles for your kitchen flooring will give you comfort, durability and beauty that will add warmth and comfort to your home.
These tiles are found in a wide selection of colors, giving you incredible design flexibility.
Installing cork tiles can be a delightful project because you will be able to create a beautiful floor without much trouble. Also, you will love the noise dampening and shock absorption cork offers too. No matter what type of cork tile flooring you choose to install, the job is pretty straight forward.
Cork tiles have been used for more than a century, though many...
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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 like rubber or vinyl, a higher maintenance, and highly aesthetic option such as clay or stone tiles, or perhaps something in between.
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The kitchen is the centerpiece of any house. It is the place from which gastronomical delights spring. The kitchen is also the area which guests may visit to help in a post party clean up. A kitchen floor is thus exposed to a lot of traffic and scrutiny. Beauty and functional qualities thus go together in a kitchen floor. When choosing a kitchen floor it is important to keep these things...
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Wondering about suitable flooring for your kitchen? Can’t figure out if water resistant stone tile or soft rubber floors will be a better bet? Why not try cork flooring in your kitchen. When it comes to kitchen floors, cork has a lot of things going for it. It is soft making it easy on the feet and protecting...
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Cork tile flooring is a green flooring material. It is harvested from cork trees in the Mediterranean region at intervals of nine years. Cork is a soft, resilient and water proof material. With many designs and patterns to choose from and easy maintenance...
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Nowadays, we all hear about how we should be more responsible about taking care of the environment and how we should choose the greenest available options in our daily activities. This should be the same as we select the things that we put into our homes. One such available option that we can use for our homes are products that belong to the ‘green category’. Aside from green...
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Of all the different types of floors, suspended flooring is the best for our health to cushion hard falls and protect our knees from high impact activities. It is a type of floor which is raised higher than the subfloor (which causes the floor to bend and bounce).
In the design industry, suspended flooring is used and chosen for its unique qualities. Suspended flooring...
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What are jute rugs? Jute rugs are made from jute plants which belong to the genus Corchurus , which are known to be the second most important vegetable fiber next to cotton due to its various and numerous uses. Jute plants grow up to 3.5 meters and are harvested approximately 4 months after...
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Just like theBerber that dates back to the Paleolithic era, hemp rugs have also been in use in this world for ages, with 7,000 year old archeological finds in China and Taiwan. The use of hemp does not only include rugs or carpeting but also shoes, clothes, ropes, and paper as well.
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Considering its height, you might think that the bamboo is a tree. The fact is, bamboo belong to the grass family and it is the largest member for very obvious reasons. Bamboo has been used in the furniture and flooring industry for quite some time because the cost is a fraction of the price of hardwood...
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The ‘green movement’ has brought about many changes in the mindset of people and what they buy. Thus, the search and use of renewable and green resources for almost everything is in demand. In flooring, the use of cork tiles and panels has been on the hot list as one of the best materials...
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