More customers seek carpet made using corn fuel at Buddy’s Flooring America Price is always a driving concern in selecting new carpet. But a product’s People- and Planet- friendliness is becoming a higher priority to some customers, says Ward Malone, manager of the Buddy’s Flooring America’s Beavercreek, OH store. “We’ve had a number of people [...]

A non-green product that still has some environmental certifications Q. I am getting mixed advice about whether laminate flooring is durable. I also have been told that it contains plastics and glue and can be bad for indoor- air quality and the planet. What, if any, advantages are there to laminate floors and is there [...]

Demand is growing, and it’s readily available at a flooring store near you It’s a fact: Reclaimed hardwood is now mainstream. You don’t have to search it out through a specialty retailer. Just ask Ben Cochran, whose northwest Virginia company has been making floors from deconstructed buildings since 1978. “Everything we use in our reclaimed [...]

Standards and certifications on flooring products carried by Natural Interiors® Design Center Members help us determine which products are Better for People, Better for the Planet or both Here is a rundown on what they mean: Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc. (AHMI) Verified This is not a third-party certification, but rather a label from this manufacturers’ [...]

Flooring industry takes steps that recognize green consumers want products that are Better for People “I don’t really think most flooring customers really care about green,” a rep for a large hardwood manufacturer tells me. “The planet just isn’t a priority to them, particularly if an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) -certified  label  on the product [...]

Indoor Air Quality Certifications offer some, but not complete, assurance about vinyl flooring Q. While I am intrigued by natural, linoleum products, my budget is more inclined toward the Naturcor vinyl flooring I am looking at buying from my local  Buddy’s Flooring America store.  I also am concerned about buying a product that does not [...]

As Green Squared joins a long list of “green” certifications in the marketplace, some flooring companies are planning to make product certifications readily available We once said what could be more natural and less toxic than a tile floor? It is baked dirt, after all, fired at temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.  Surely, this heat [...]

Natural oil that bonds gets thumbs up  The oil hardwood flooring finish we are testing in this blog works differently than those we’ve already shown you. It does not soak into the wood like the others. Instead, it forms a molecular bond with the first microns of the wood surface. It is spot-repairable like the [...]