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Eco friendly, environmental and sustainable hardwood floors. |
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If you imagine that the half of the
rainforest is cut down you will admit that there has to be a better
way we construct our houses. There is a lot of choices but first thing
coming to mind is the cost. Believe it or not you can get a
sustainable hardwood floor such as bamboo that is less expensive than
any hardwood_floors hardwood floor on the market. There are companies producing
bamboo floor in Hawaii and China and hardwood_floors Asian countries. Bamboo is
actually a grass and grows extremely fast it can grow one meter per
day. The process of making a floorboard is a little bit longer then
just cutting a regular three so you would think the cost will be
higher as well. This is not true, bamboo is very inexpensive floor. |
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You can call up a local hardwood floor
contractor if you have questions or visit hardwood floor showroom to
see how the floors look. Bamboo is hollow inside so the first
companies that have started to produce bamboo flooring in Hawaii and
China have cut the small strips and glued it together so it became a
wide solid piece. First and most popular bamboo floors were just
natural and carbonized, vertical and horizontal. Natural had a light
color much like maple. Carbonized bamboo is the same product just
exposed to a high temperature, this made the wood darker. Those were
the first options since the staining of bamboo was very hard to do.
Nowadays there is a wide range of bamboo flooring. You can choose from
stained bamboo this will give you an option of different colors, you
can choose from wide and narrow boards, you can find bamboo floor that
can be installed over the concrete sub floor, wooden sub floor and
even flooring heating system. You can find hand scraped bamboo
flooring. The newest product is strand bamboo, which is extremely
hard, it has a nice contemporary look it is very compact and this
makes it very hard, it is widely used in the commercial flooring and
can take very high traffic. The two big sources China and Hawaii
remain the leaders in producing the environmental hardwood floor that
is very easy to install, the floor boards are very often the same
dimensions, as domestic oak floor or maple so your contractor can use
exactly the same tools he uses for domestic flooring. Bamboo floor can
be refinished, this a big plus, most bamboo floors are sold
prefinished so you don't have to deal with dust the first time you
install it. If you looking for an unfinished floor, there are
companies offering unfinished bamboo floors, I am sure your local
hardwood floor contractor can help you with finding right bamboo
floor. Just make sure you call licensed contractor so you will get the
professional service. |
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Cork floor is another option if you looking
for an eco friendly flooring product. Cork flooring is widely used in
the kitchens, it is usually floating so it can be installed over any
kind of sub floors, if comes in different colors, designs and patterns.
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You can find a company that recycles old
wood, demolishing old barns or just finds the old flooring on the
construction sites; this is one of the most sustainable methods it is
like using the same metal spoon over and over again without producing
more plastic. Hardwood floors companies like this collect wood from
the job sites and prepare it for the next installation. This is most
of the time unfinished old floor that has to be installed by
professional and skilled wood worker, sanded and finished, you have an
option of staining the wood to any color you want. Make sure you are
hiring skilled flooring contractor, if you are woodworker and would
like to do it yourself make a research before making a final decision.
This might be very fulfilling and satisfying project.
Da Vinci Floors now serving Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu,
Kailua, Pupukea, Ewa Beach, Marin, San Rafael,
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