Phoenix, AZ -- (SBWire) -- 12/21/2009 -- With QuickStep's recycled laminate wood flooring, Express Flooring beautifies floors without depleting our forests. Laminate wood flooring may look exactly like wood, but unlike wood, it is resistant to heat and moisture.
"The next time you step on a friend's or neighbor's laminate floor in their kitchen or entry way or another room in the house you are stepping on perhaps one of the most recycled flooring products in America today," quotes Greg Gilmartin, marketing communications director for Express Flooring in Phoenix, Arizona.

Laminate flooring looks exactly like wood. A clear, protective finish, very often consisting of aluminum oxide, is applied on each piece. It has supportive backing and has thin layers that are resistant to heat, indentation and moisture.

Laminate flooring is easy to install, and because of the layered construction, laminate proves to be much more flexible, and therefore, much less difficult to cut and lay than real planks of solid maple, oak, mahogany, or even pine, which is considered a soft wood.

When considering the pros and cons of laminate flooring the benefit of conserving natural resources should come into play. Even though many of the world's forests are managed, and trees are considered a renewable resource, nothing can make them grow faster.

Consequently, the constant demand keeps pushing up the price of wood in the market. Additionally, many people argue that the importance of our world's forests far exceeds the need to have solid-wood flooring in homes. These qualities are exactly what you can find in QuickStep's flooring products.

When sourcing materials, QuickStep selects renewable, fast-growing southern pine exclusively for their U.S.-produced core boards. Seventy-four percent of Quick Step's U.S.-produced laminate boards are made of pre-consumer (post-industrial) wood waste. And not one exotic tree is harvested from the rainforest to create their beautiful exotic laminate floors.

During manufacturing, the rejected laminate flooring products are integrated into the chipboard factory, reused by third-party manufacturers or burned to serve as heat for the laminate process - rather than going to a landfill. Wood waste from manufacturing is used as biomass fuel for heating our factories.

QuickStep's patented locking system eliminates the introduction of VOCs typically associated with installation adhesives. All QuickStep® laminate wood flooring and laminate tile flooring manufactured after January 1, 2009 are California 93120 Phase 1 compliant for formaldehyde emissions.

When you are ready for a change, you simply detach, remove and reuse the laminate floors - in another room, another home or give it away to a community organization.
QuickStep is leading the way by constantly seeking new ways to recycle, reduce, reuse, recover and renew.

About Express Flooring:
With over 100 years of combined flooring experience Express Flooring is one of the fastest growing flooring companies in the nation, with local focus on Phoenix, Tucson and Denver, and all surrounding cities. For more than 20 years, they have worked on all types of flooring, including carpet, tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl and much more.

Dial 1-800-700-9126 to schedule an appointment with a professional design consultant who will provide a 100% FREE estimate. No sales pressure or obligation, just friendly, professional staff.

Contact:
Greg Gilmartin
Express Flooring, LLC
4110 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85009-4623
(602) 864-3300
(800) 700-9126
info@expressflooring.com
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