To those of you not familiar with refurbishments, you will be surprised to hear that construction work is a bit like fashion. It may be more slow moving, but basically the trends change all the time…
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Trends in the High End segment of the construction industry.
Posted in Hardwood Flooring on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Timber and wood based product certification
Posted in Hardwood Flooring, Sustainable Products, tagged certification, floor, flooring, floors, forest, fsc, pefc, wood, wood flooring, wooden, wooden floors on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At present the public sector is responsible for 40% of timber and wood based products purchased in the UK. Therefore the potential influence of the consumer market on the world’s forests is enormous and more people every year are looking to sustainable sources for timber based products like wood flooring…
Your guide to buying sustainable wood floors
Posted in Hardwood Flooring, Sustainable Products on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When buying wooden flooring consumers are showing more and more concern for environmental sustainability of products. Current trading practices do not always provide the consumers with real evidence that the product has not been sourced from either irresponsible or illegal logging. Organizations like the FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) work actively to promote and govern many of the world’s loggers, but many more slip through the net…
Wenge, not as good as it looks
Posted in Hardwood Flooring on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wenge (pronounced “wengay”) is an African hardwood with a warm dark colour and distinctive figure. It has been used for hundreds of years in Africa to make ceremonial masks and statues paying homage to the gods…
