Hi all,
A reader broached a great topic in response to the article below titled “Is Engineered Hardwood Flooring ‘Green’?”. Essentially, Clive asked if the bonding agents used in Engineered flooring and/or bamboo contained high percentages of the VOC formaldehyde and if so, does this negate its other eco-attributes. This brought to light the green issues surrounding what is refered to as the ‘Built Environment’. Please see my response to Clives question in the Comments section of the “Is Engineered Hardwood Flooring ‘Green’?” article below. For more information of VOCs, please check out the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) explanation here. Note the concentration of these compounds in the Built Environment compared to the great outdoors. Shocking! I’m going for a walk in the woods…
First let me apologize for neglecting my blog. I do appreciate your readership and intend to post with far greater regularity going forward. I’ve spent the last few weeks neck deep in work but did manage to take in a course in Long Beach, CA held by the NWFA (National Wood Flooring Association) called Introduction to Wood Flooring. It broadened my practical knowledge as relates to hardwood flooring and I’ve got a ton of new issues to discuss. More on that later.
I am sure you know what mahogany is; beautiful, classy and expensive exotic wood that makes for a very popular choice for hardwood flooring. I am even more sure that you know what tuna is. So, what tuna and mahogany hardwood flooring have in common? When you spell tuna as toona it sounds the same. But toona is another name for Asian mahogany. Toona is a type of hardwood for flooring with the distinctive grain pattern, hardness of white ash and stability of oak.
Young leaves from toona tree are used as a vegetable in China because of their onion-like flavour. The fruit, bark and roots have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. This beautiful hardwood has been used for furniture and recently for hardwood flooring too.
And the great thing about toona hardwood flooring is that you get a solid, dependable floor generally for less than what you’d spend on a domestic species. If you want to make the most of your renovation dollar, choosing toona (or Asian Mahogany) hardwood floors is a great way to go.
Asian Mahogany Hardwood Flooring
