After all my travels I have been under the weather(yes I took tons of preventative stuff) and lost my voice even for a couple days. I guess that’s what I get for talking to much.
I wanted to make a quick point about the world of hardwood. Recently I met with one of the leading minds in the Hardwood industry and we were both commenting about how the new engineered woods were really very tough and that often customers get confused that a “solid” wood floor is the best. (men typically have this disability) There is alot more to what the best floor is for you than the method of construction.
But I had a small epiphany that day. The reality is a 2mm top layer is sufficient from a look and durability perspective AND is typically much more earth friendly than thicker options.
All of the sub layers of the hardwood floor which, when engineered properly, present a well balanced floor are also most often farmed trees. That basically means they are more sustainable.
So for those looking at green options you do have a solid hardwood like Exdura which is a sustainable certified Appalachian grown wood or you can look at the leaders like Saso which operate a FSC certified plant in Malaysia. Although there is not a complete FSC certification on the individual species yet they are hard at work getting that ground work laid.
Anyway its hard to keep up. I will try to post soon.
