The main reason for choosing wooden flooring for your home is usually because of the several benefits it offers including: low maintenance, easy to clean and long lasting, whilst also adding value to your home.
For the environmental conscious customer, they may also want to know the origination of the wooden flooring and whether it has come from sustainable sources. It is not very well known that some wooden flooring are not very eco-friendly.
It is a legal requirement for the wood flooring suppliers to clearly markup the sources of the wood. It is good practice to look for suppliers that display the origination of the wood
JG Flooring only supply wooden flooring from reputable suppliers such as Quick Step and Elka. They all include information as to the origination and sustainability of their wood and processes.
Quickstep
themselves ensure that all waste wood in the their factories is burnt in their factory to produce heat for the production of their laminate and hardwood flooring.
They have also dramatically reduced the packaging of their products, in some case up to 50% less.
They comply with PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) and CE regulations, which mean they have met or exceeded the EU consumer safety, health and environmental standards.
PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) means that all wood used from laminate and hardwood flooring is from sustainably managed forests
