Posted
August 6, 2009 08:54
by
Robert
Tags: white oak, hardwood flooring, fsc, fsc flooring
We are excited to be using FSC Certified Hardwood Flooring throughout the house. Our friend Jack at Sterrit Lumber introduced to a great supplier, Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring. Allegheny is part of Hickman Woods, a family business whose commitment to sustainable forestry began before the popularity of “green” and before Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification even existed. We chose Allegheny’s 3” Clear Rift & Quarter Sawn White Oak for the first floor and the 3” Clear Plain Sawn White Oak for the second floor. If you want to learn more the advantage of Rift and Quartered, Click Here. As promised, the wood is beautiful and the grain is very uniform. The installers have even commented on the quality and said that it has made the installation go much quicker.
I have mentioned this in several posts, but when you are considering newer products to be used throughout your home without a proven “installed” track record, you are taking a big risk. The faults with most new products are usually discovered years down the road. Bamboo is a case in point. It gets a lot of attention as a “green” choice for flooring because it is harvested in a much shorter time period than oak. However, Bamboo comes in small strands which are compressed together with glue to create a plank, if you look at a cross section you can see all the individual strands. The glue used in this process may More...
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