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| Eco-Friendly Home Flooring Improvement Solutions Posted: 12 Jan 2016 10:07 PM PST Eco-friendly Flooring OptionsDo you want to have a home that has a lower impact to the environment? You can certainly do so, and one is to have your floorings checked. There are many options now for eco-friendly flooring. If you want to contribute something beneficial for the environment, you can consider having your home flooring replaced. On the other hand, you should also consider the cost because flooring improvement can be expensive, especially with the material to choose.
If the first one is new to the market, linoleum has already been in the market for many years. It feel out of favor when vinyl was introduced in the market. Although linoleum may look similar to vinyl, the two are nowhere close to its features. From mixing cork dust, tree resins, wood flour, ground limestone and linseed oil, you can produce linoleum. These are renewable sources, but vinyl is made from petrochemicals that are harmful to environment. For those homeowners who have set their heart on having a wooden cottage or beach house, you can find reclaimed hardwood for flooring. Traditional wood flooring is not popularly considered eco-friendly because of illegal logging and deforestation issues. However, you can have wood flooring if you find for reclaimed woods. These are wood from the trees chopped for a long time already. Or if reclaimed hardwood is really difficult to find, you can search for hardwood with FSC label. This guarantees that the produce of hardwood adheres to strict environmental standards. Fortunately, there are more and more designers who have thought of searching for other flooring options without producing a huge impact to the environment. While the options might be limited, you can still find bright, colorful and beautiful designs of these eco-flooring solutions. Topics:
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One of the newest materials introduced in the market for flooring is cork. Yes the cork you usually see in your favorite bottles of wine, it is the same cork that is being used for flooring. It is known to be a great material for flooring if you want to be free from any dust or dirt buildup in carpets or to have lesser maintenance. The origin of cork, unlike hardwood or timber wood, is not from cutting the down the tree. The source of making cork flooring grows back every three years, so it is considered a renewable source. Cork flowing can also last 10 to 30 years depending on how good it was made.| You are subscribed to email updates from Interior Decorator. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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