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Eco friendly flooring
Your floor is one of the largest surface areas in your home. When you are searching for eco friendly flooring, carpet, tiles or wooded floors your priorities might be; durability, comfort, aesthetics, tactility, sound and impact absorption, hygiene, stain resistance, non-slip properties, moisture resistant etc. Would environmentally friendly and non toxic flooring be on your list?
Un-environmentally friendly floor coverings: Extraction of raw materials, processing of materials, manufacture and transportation all add up to high levels of embodied energy. Manufactured flooring consumes a high amount of energy to produce synthetic flooring choices like carpet. Disposal of old flooring is an ecological nightmare, landfills are overflowing with old types of synthetic flooring which do not degrade.
Sourcing & selection serviceAlongside my eco interior design services I offer a flooring sourcing & selection service. For those of you who prefer putting their feet up whilst a professional does the hard work for them. This paid for service gives you the benefit of my sourcing expertise and provides you with a range of eco flooring covering recommendations for your home.
Eco friendly flooring articles
If you would like to find out more information about the materials directly, please view the 'eco materials' area of my website. Alternatively contact me directly for expert advice.
Unhealthy flooring Eco problems with synthetic carpet, timber, vinyl floor coverings and false claims of eco flooring. Linoleum flooring The durable and versatile eco manufactured flooring choice. Wool carpet The 100% healthy, natural, sustainable and renewable choice for carpets in your home. Goat hair carpet A natural carpet that is a more environmentally friendly alternative for your home. Recycled carpet Made from recycled PET and nylon creating less waste in landfill sites and lower VOCs. Recycled leather tiles Natural, warm, recycled floor and wall tile alternative to synthetic materials. Reclaimed floor Salvaged timber floor boards, floor tiles, floor bricks and recycled timber flooring. A great way to use post consumer waste materials in your home. Bamboo flooring The fast growing and har wearing timber alternative flooring. Cork flooring The sustainable timber substitute for warm and soft floor coverings. Concrete flooring A durable material for flooring with both eco and non eco friendly qualities. Sisal flooring A durable natural fibre alternative floor covering. Seagrass flooring The sustainable natural fibre alternative for floor coverings. Palmwood flooring A harwood timber flooring product that is a farming waste by-product. Carpet backing An eco analysis of natural and synthetic floor backings Floor underlay Natural floor underlay & synthetic floor underlay – An eco analysis of various materials
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Unhealthy floor coverings are manufactured with synthetic materials, adhesives, binders, coatings and backing which contain VOCs causing indoor air pollution and are hazardous to your health. 
