Flooring Made From Recycled Materials

There are so many options now for green or recycled flooring that it is easy to obtain the materials to achieve any design style.

Flooring made from recycled materials. Recycled vinyl flooring is one of our best products because of the high percentage of recycled material we re able to include in our vinyl and still create a top quality product. A naturally renewable material cork is manufactured from the bark of the cork oak tree which grows back after being harvested. Reclaimed wood flooring wood flooring is made from hard woods such as oak and softer woods such as pine. To start from the ground up concrete can be made of mostly recycled materials.

Recycled aggregate is perfectly fine to use and has no real downside provided it s crushed finely enough. Different wood varieties may wear better than others but even if your reclaimed wood flooring has suffered damage you can have the planks milled to smooth out the dings and remove scratched finishes before installation. Recycled content tile can be used for floors countertops and walls and may be made from either recycled glass or wastes from mines or factories. It provides insulation against heat and cold and is naturally repellent to bugs mold and mites.

Tiles come in two varieties. Recycled concrete has the benefit of not requiring any new gravel to be mined as well as saving on the disposal of the old concrete which saves landfill space.