Real Wood Floors: Wood Floors Last a Lifetime

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ST. LOUIS, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Preserving our environment is aconcern for many consumers these days, but for many people,recycling paper and aluminum cans just isn't enough. Manyenvironmentally conscious consumers are looking for ways to make abigger impact to save the environment, and the answer may be rightunderfoot.
Wood floors are the most environmentally friendly flooring optionavailable. Scientific evidence indicates that they use less energyand water to produce than other flooring alternatives, and thatthey come from a renewable natural resource -- trees. Add to thisthe fact that wood floors can last a lifetime, and it's easy to seehow wood floors can have a huge impact on the environment not onlytoday, but in the future as well.
How is that possible? According to a study conducted by theNational Association of Home Builders called "How Long ThingsLast," wood floors are rated to last 100-plus years. No otherflooring option available lasts as long, which means other flooringalternatives will need to be replaced sooner, using more resourcesto produce and creating more landfill waste to discard the old,worn-out material. The wood floors you install today will be therefor your lifetime and beyond, which makes them a soundenvironmental flooring choice.
To learn more about the many environmental benefits of wood floors,visit the National Wood Flooring Association's web site at http://www.nwfa.org , and click on the "What's New" link.
The NWFA is a not-for-profit trade organization of more than 4,100wood flooring professionals working worldwide to educate consumers,architects, designers, and builders in the uses and benefits ofwood flooring. The NWFA can be contacted at 111 ChesterfieldIndustrial Blvd.,Chesterfield, MO 63005, or at 800-422-4556 (USA),800-848-8824 (Canada), or 636-519-9663 (international).
Contact: Anita Howard
SOURCE National Wood Flooring Association