Shaw Laminates are Green by Design

How is Wood Laminate Flooring Made?

How can laminate flooring resemble hardwood , ceramic and stone so closely you ask?  The answer lies in the process by which laminate flooring is made. Laminate floors consist of four components that are bonded together:The top layer is a durable wear layer, providing...

What are the Advantages of Laminate Flooring

Laminate Wood Flooring looks good and is made to resemble the look of wood, stone or tile. Its durable because it resists scratches and stains.  Laminates can be priced perfectly to suit your needs. There are many reasons why a laminate wood floor may be your best...

Laminate Flooring Formaldehyde Concerns

Formaldehyde testing This article was written by Lee Phillips of Professional Testing Laboratory, the premier flooring testing lab in the country and an affiliate of LGM and Associates. It was instigated by the recent 60 Minutes expose on formaldehyde in laminate...

Advantages of laminate flooring over hardwood flooring

One obvious advantage is that of price; laminate flooring is typically half the cost of traditional hardwood flooring. Sometimes the savings are even greater, depending on the types of flooring in question. Additionally, laminate flooring is designed to be easy to...

How-to Install Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring has the look of hardwood flooring.  You do not need to spend hours maintaining your laminate floor vs hardwood flooring. Also, laminate flooring installation is not difficult. You can install your own laminate floors without  hiring a...

Laminate installation is a “snap”

Technology plays a pivotal role in advancing business, but only about once every generation is an entire industry is affected by an innovation. Such was the case in the flooring industry in the late 1990s when mechanical locking systems were introduced into the...

Laminate Flooring – Tough and Durable

Laminate flooring combines natural looking designs with a tough, durable finish and can be used in almost any area of the home. Laminate floors also offer realistic designs and can replicate the characteristics of the popular handscraped hardwood floors.  See our...

Rustic and Whitewashed wood laminate flooring by Armstrong, Bruce

Hand scraped. Bleached and whitewashed. Rugged rustic. The new Premium Laminate Collections from Armstrong and Bruce offer almost any surface treatment to help you achieve the overall visual you are seeking. Achieving extraordinary wood visuals with uncanny skill and...

Laminate Flooring Buying Guide

Laminate flooring has become ever so popular and its construction advanced. There are very few reasons why you should not install laminate flooring in your home or even your place of business. Deciding on the right laminate flooring  is a major...

Is Laminate Flooring easy to install ?

Most people who buy laminate flooring do so because they want hard flooring, but can’t afford solid hardwood flooring. How does laminate flooring compare to wood you ask? Is it a pretty good alternative and you might say ‘you get what you pay for’? It all depends on...


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Shaw’s commitment to design, innovation and fashion leadership in hard surface is evident. However, Shaw laminate flooring also has significant environmental benefits. Preservation of resources Shaw laminates are inherently good environmental choices in floor covering. Engineered to last, laminate offers a long life span that minimizes replacement. In fact, Shaw laminates use 98% less newly harvested wood than conventional engineered hardwood products. According to Scott Sandlin, Shaw’s vice president of hard surface business development, Shaw laminates are smart choices in floor covering. “Laminate offers a long life-span that minimizes replacement. And while it simulates the upscale look of a natural product like an exotic hardwood or ceramic tile, the actual material isn’t used and the natural resource is preserved,” he said. In fact, Shaw has introduced two laminate products with realistic exotic visuals. Part of the Paradise laminate

collection, King Mahogany and Malachi Koa are upscale exotic visuals that mimic some of the most attractive species around. Both products are offered in a dramatic 2-strip, 8-inch width and 479⁄16-inch length. Malachi Koa is offered in two colors: Maui and Wailea. Both colors are glowing and rich, playing up the beauty of the interesting Koa grain patterns. King Mahogany is offered in burnished mahogany, warm mahogany and rich mahogany. EnviroCore Shaw laminates also feature EnviroCore, a high-density-fiber (HDF) core derived from recycled wood fiber, which means fewer trees are used with less waste. In addition, 100% of the post-industrial laminate manufacturing waste from the Ringgold, Ga., facility is diverted from the landfill and used as fuel, mainly for its Waste-to-Energy facility. Shaw’s Waste-to- Energy process is the innovative technology that converts carpet and wood waste to steam energy through a process called gasification.

Manufacturing waste from its West Coast operations is also sold for fuel. Waste reduction through recycling Reduction of waste is accomplished in procedures such as packaging. For example, 99% of the material used to package EnviroCore is diverted from the landfill through the use of reusable or recyclable material. Shaw laminate is another initiative under the company’s sustainability umbrella, Shaw Green Edge. According to the  CEO, sustainability fully defines Shaw’s business model as the foundation necessary to continue positioning Shaw as an industry leader.