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Bamboo Flooring as an Alternative to Traditional Hardwood

Bamboo Flooring as an Alternative to Traditional Hardwood

Posted on Mar 31, 2009 by GLI Editors.

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If you are interested in a sustainable hardwood flooring option for your home then you must consider bamboo. It’s easy to clean and has anti-microbial properties so you know it will be around for a long time.
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Is Cork the New Bamboo?

Is Cork the New Bamboo?

Posted on Sep 13, 2008 by GLI Editors.

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For many years bamboo has enjoyed the reputation of sustainable flooring front runner, but cork is now giving bamboo a run for its money.

How do they shape up in comparison?
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GTR: Prefinishing Green Flooring with Carlisle

Posted on Apr 25, 2008 by Sean Daily.

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Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring
Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-in-Chief talks with Lindsay Barczuk, Green Programs Coordinator at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, about prefinishing green flooring as an effective way to control VOC-offgassing during home floor installation.

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GTR: Renewable and Sustainable Wood Flooring with Bamboo Hardwoods

Posted on Jan 31, 2008 by Sean Daily.

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Bamboo Hardwoods
Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-In-Chief, discusses using renewable and sustainable wood flooring in green home building and remodeling with Doug Lewis, President of Bamboo Hardwoods.

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Wood Flooring and Radiant Heat Systems

Posted on Jan 08, 2008 by GLI Editors.

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We all know that heat rises, but the heat emitted from a radiant flooring system doesn’t simply travel up—it travels out, in all directions.

While this is a great and efficient way to heat our interior spaces, it’s not so great for the condition of the wood floor that holds the system … unless we take some preventative measures to maintain it . . .
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GTR: Radiant Heat Flooring with Warmboard

Posted on Dec 26, 2007 by Sean Daily.

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WarmboardSean Daily, Green Living Ideas’ Editor-In-Chief, talks about the green building value of radiant heating and subfloors with Terry Alsberg, CEO and Inventor of Warmboard Radiant Subfloor.

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