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1. Bamboo -- Bamboo Flooring
   Bamboo flooring is a natural product made of giant bamboo specially grown for the construction industry. Bamboo only takes 4 years to reach maturity and will grow again by itself after being cut down. This provides bamboo to be more environmentally friendly than hardwood. Bamboo flooring is harder than maple and more stable than oak to temperature and moisture change. Bamboo flooring is more durable to resisting wear through due to its higher density as compared with most hardwood. Bamboo flooring is elegant and beautiful with its unique and exotic design.
2. Bamboo -- Flowering
   Bamboo can be a high-performance flooring if it is made by an experienced manufacturer such as EcoTimber®. Things to evaluate when evaluating the quality of bamboo flooring are: raw materials, adhesives, milling equipment, board lengths and finishes:
3. Concrete Flooring
   Initially organized to react to concrete and flooring contractor concerns regarding floor curling occurring initial measurements (resulting in contractual and legal conflicts) and failure of moisture-sensitive floor coverings placed on concrete slabs. An Inter-Industry Work Group met in April 2003 to identify common floor problems and issued a report. The Summary Report on the Inter-Industry Working Group on Concrete Floor Issues is available for download. Beginning in November 2004, the consortium subsequently spear-headed an effort to develop a document entitled “Guide for Concrete Slabs to Receive Moisture-Sensitive Floor Coverings” for ACI Committee 302. The goal of the consortium is to reduce the anticipated time until an ACI, consensus-approved document is available to the industry and public to two-years. It is expected that the review and approval process will begin in ACI Committee 302 by end of 3rd quarter, 2005.
4. Wide Plank Flooring
   Wide Plank Flooring, 4 to 14+ inches, crafted from rustic lumber and reclaimed antique wood from old barns and buildings. White oak, red oak, maple, cherry, pine, chestnut, walnut, and all others. "Nationwide Shipping"
5. Cork Flooring -- Hardwoods
   Cork flooring can generally be installed in any area you would normally install hardwood flooring. However, virtually every manufacturer cautions against installing cork in below grade applications (basements). Often, these areas can be subject to flooding from stopped up sewers or heavy rains. Also, older houses may have untreated basement slabs and foundation walls that allow massive quantities of water vapor into the basement. This water vapor can cause the cork to swell.
6. Area Rug -- Floor
   The first thing that friends notice when they come to visit are the area rugs on your floor of the entry. Area rugs can change a monotonous space into an interesting and attractive setting. Placing new area rugs on the floor will create an atmosphere that reflects your personal style and makes a statement - a visual statement. Your tastes could be contemporary, modern or traditional, Southwest, Northwest, tribal, shags and textures, or are you into quilts and country style? Geometric, abstract, art deco, art nouveau, Persian, French, Chinese, Turkish, all over floral, simplified border designs. Natural fibers like jute, sisal, hemp, sea grass, and bamboo, even leather.
7. Cork Flooring -- Materials
   Cork flooring is an excellent material for kitchens, bathrooms, hallways, family rooms, entry halls, etc. It can withstand heavy traffic. Because of it's excellent sound deadening properties, it is the flooring of choice in noisy areas. When finished with urethane, or purchased with a factory applied vinyl wearlayer, it will not be easily damaged by ordinary spills in kitchens and bathrooms.
8. Cork Flooring -- Installations
   Because of the hard wearing qualities of Cork, there are flooring installations that have lasted for over 100 years. It is ... one of the floorings of choice used in the United States Library of Congress. Cork has excellent insulating properties, so good in fact that it can help reduce heating or cooling costs. This makes it a very good flooring material for basement floors for example. Cork flooring is a good sound insulator too, a fact well known in the building industry for years and useful for home owners in reducing noise transfer from floor to floor.
9. Cork Flooring -- Trees
   Cork flooring is made from the renewable bark of the cork oak tree with its supply is virtually endless. Cork is a "green" product and it's environmentally friendly. Besides its remarkable regenerative capability, cork bark has other outstanding attributes. It is non-toxic, anti-microbial, and it resists mold, mildew and insects. As a floor covering, it's ... hypo allergenic, does not produce static electricity, and it's flame retardant. And thanks to new finishing techniques it's easier to care more than ever.
10. Panda
    Panda Bamboo Flooring is a high quality hardwood floor, which is both beautiful and hardwearing. The wooden flooring has the qualities of a natural appearance and soft colour, which adds a unique ambiance by giving warmth in the winter, coolness in the summer and an elegance which will enhance your home or business.

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