The growth of strand woven bamboo is very interesting, yet most of the general flooring shoppers are still unaware of this very interesting product. Strand bamboo, sometimes called woven bamboo, or even strand woven bamboo is basically some bamboo that has been shredded and then compressed with a very tough resin to make a...
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You’ve probably noticed that everyone and their brother are going “green” these days, whether they sell washers or widgets. While we applaud them for their efforts, one could question whether or not it’s out of their love for the environment or because a changing consumer landscape made them more aware (that’s an argument for...
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Part of buying bamboo right is knowing where bamboo comes from, how it is harvested, managed and otherwise cared for environmentally speaking. There are lots of differences in bamboo flooring, but we want to be sure that we try to understand how to build the best flooring possible and in some cases that means...
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Our talented in-house designers worked a number of years ago with a manufacturer to invent a new category of flooring. The emergence of this category came from alot of research that pointed us towards two key insights: 1. Hand scraped flooring is hot and fashionable 2. Bamboo is an emerging trend and can have...
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Jeanette and Carl from Troy, MI have recently submitted this great story about their new flooring: As promised, here are our before and after images. I’ve also included a photo from during installation (believe it or not our dogs love the floor too). We found the installation simple – after prep it only took...
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I have heard alot of about Carbon Offset and I hesitate to do the math on my own consumption, however, I am certainly interested in companies like TerraPass that offer me the opportunity to “offset” my emissions. TerraPass For our part we are working on a project for this spring which would plant a...
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