Go Green With Laminate Flooring By QuickStep From Home-Based Carpet & Flooring In Cincinnati, Ohio

Nov. 25, 2009 - PRLog -- The next time you step on a friend or neighbors laminate floor in their kitchen or entry way or another room in the house you are stepping on perhaps one of the most recycled flooring products in America today, quotes Greg Keairns, marketing communications director for Home-Based Carpet & Floor in Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
Laminate flooring consists of thin layers of a wood-looking decorative finish, a heat-, indentation- and moisture-resistant middle, and a supportive backing. A clear, protective finish is applied to the top of each piece, very often consisting of aluminum oxide. Another important factor to keep in mind, lies in its ease of installation. Because of the layered construction, laminate proves to be much more flexible and therefore much less difficult to cut and lay than real planks of solid maple, oak, mahogany, or even pine, which is considered a soft wood.

Another, ecologically minded, benefit when considering the pros and cons of laminate flooring has to do with the issue of conservation. Even though many of the world's forests are managed, and trees are considered a renewable resource, nothing can make them grow faster. Consequently, the constant demand keeps the price of wood continually on the increase. Additionally, many people argue that the importance of our world's forests far exceeds the need to have solid-wood flooring in homes.

When sourcing materials, QuickStep  selects renewable, fast-growing southern pine exclusively for their U.S.-produced core boards. Seventy-four percent of Quick Steps U.S.-produced laminate boards are made of pre-consumer (post-industrial) wood waste. And not one exotic tree is harvested from the rainforest to create their beautiful exotic laminate floors.

During manufacturing, the rejected laminate flooring products are integrated into the chipboard factory, reused by third-party manufacturers or burned to serve as heat for the laminate process - rather than going to a landfill. Wood waste from manufacturing is used as bio-mass fuel for heating our factories.

QuickSteps patented locking system eliminates the introduction of VOC's typically associated with installation adhesives. All Quick•Step® laminate wood flooring and laminate tile flooring manufactured after January 1, 2009 are California 93120 Phase 1 compliant for formaldehyde emissions.

And when you are ready for a change, you simply unclick, remove and reuse the laminate floors - in another room, another home or give it away to a community organization.

QuickStep is leading the way by constantly seeking new ways to recycle, reduce, reuse, recover and renew.

See all the beautiful Qick Step laminate floors at Home-Based Carpet.  We offer complete shop @ home service and  expert certified installation of laminate floors.  Visit us at http://www.CincinnatiFloorings.com  or call us in Cincinnati at 513-373-8540 and in Northern Kentucky at 859-491-2542

# # #

Family owned carpet & flooring dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Excellent certified installation. Carpet, hardwood floors, laminate floors and vinyl tile. We also ship in USA and help arrange iinstallation in your location. Major credit cards and shop @ home