A kitchen remodel is an exciting proposition. There are many things to consider—and frankly—fun things to decide. Decisions have to be made about cabinets, countertops, appliances, a shiny new faucet and flooring to name a few. Unfortunately, like most home improvement projects, there are some things to consider before starting kitchen remodels. » Read more: What to Decide Before Starting a Kitchen Remodel
Archive for the ‘Eco-Logic Bamboo Flooring’ category
What to Decide Before Starting a Kitchen Remodel
June 9th, 2010
How to choose the right bedroom furniture
June 8th, 2010Choosing the proper bed room fixtures can genuinely be a challenge. After all, the bedroom is a location where a great deal of men and women like to expend their time and unwind from the day’s activities. As such, it is extremely significant for making sure that the room is as inviting as possible. The way we do this is to decorate the master bedroom in such a way that you usually wish to be there. This means choosing the perfect bedroom furniture beds. » Read more: How to choose the right bedroom furniture
The Ultimate Collection of Kitchen Remodel Ideas
April 20th, 2010Have you always wondered whether a kitchen remodeling project can pay for itself in the long run? If you upgrade your kitchen, the value of your house will definitely increase. Your initial investment for the remodel could double in value if you decide to sell the house in the future. A kitchen remodeling project is also a great way make your life easier. A poorly designed kitchen make you less efficient, and your work will be more difficult and time-consuming. This is the reason why you need to come up with practical kitchen remodel ideas that can be implemented easily.
» Read more: The Ultimate Collection of Kitchen Remodel Ideas
Why does FSC Certification matter?
October 29th, 2009One of the big challenges we experience regarding our Eco-Logic Bamboo products, is that other products are often marketed as “Green” when in fact the products are not green. The industry term for this is called “greenwashing“. So how do you KNOW whether a product is REALLY green?
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Is Bamboo flooring really hard?
September 22nd, 2009There have been criticisms that bamboo flooring isn’t as hard as claimed, that after a short time the floor is dented and scratched and looks awful. What say we?
Some of these criticisms are well founded – suppliers advertise their flooring being as hard as Maple flooring, or harder than Oak flooring, trying to sell bamboo flooring based on it’s hardness alone (there are tons of other reasons to buy bamboo flooring). So what are the facts about the hardness of bamboo flooring?
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Tongue & Groove or Click Lock?
September 17th, 2009
Laminated Solid Bamboo - Click-Lock with pre-installed underlay
Click Lock systems were initially popularised with laminate flooring systems. Their big sell was that they reduced the cost and increased the simplicity of an installation. A number of designs have been patented, but the most common tend to be UniClick and Valinge. When Engineered flooring started becoming popular, the obvious choice for installation was to use a click lock system.
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Water Damage – Hotel
August 19th, 2009The phone rang – it was a client who had been the first hotel to install a Strand Woven Bamboo floor in the Western Cape. They had wanted to go green as was the international trend, so had decided to take the plunge and installed an Eco-Logic Strand Woven bamboo floor in their lobby. It had been three months and they were very happy with the floor, what could this be all about?
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Potential shortage of lumber
August 11th, 2009According to Niel Poland (MD of Mullican Wood), we could be seeing a shortage of hard woods as early as January 2010. He says the US hardwood harvests have declined by 50% in the last 10 years.
Here is a copy of the audio interview.
