Safest Prefinished Wood Flooring
Solid wood flooring is generally available in prefinished and unfinished varieties.
Safest prefinished wood flooring. Selecting pre finished engineered hardwood with natural oil sealer or polyurethane. If you want to avoid large off gassing of vocs on site you can choose pre finished engineered hardwood. Solid unfinished wood flooring will avoid concerns regarding formaldehyde in the glues that bind some engineered floors together. Feel free to call us at 800 405 0222 or visit our 7000 sf showroom.
Whether you re remodeling or building a new green home you ll find our experienced eco advisors can help you choose the safest alternatives for your home. It is the unusual hardwoods that tend to be quite expensive. The prefinished solid wood flooring we tested had consistently lower formaldehyde emissions near or lower than what we think it should be than the engineered wood and laminate. Prefinished hardwood flooring typically costs between 3 to 20 per square foot for materials though many very good products are available at the lower end of this price range.
It s tempting to boil the choice down to one regarding how much of the extra work involved with sanding and refinishing your new floor you re willing to pay for or undertake but there are issues of maintenance and overall aesthetics that you should consider.