HARDWOOD - BACK

A well-managed and renewable resource, American hardwoods grow abundantly in North American forests. In fact, nearly twice as much hardwood grows each year as is harvested in the U.S., and the volume of hardwoods today is 90 percent larger than it was 50 years ago

Hardwood floors can last 25, 30, even 50 years -- or more. After 15 or 20 years of use, hardwood flooring can gain a fresh, new appearance with refinishing

Consumers should consider what happens to old building materials after their useful life. Many end up in landfills where they can sit for literally hundreds of years. Hardwood floors, however, are reusable, recyclable and biodegradable.  Everyday, buildings and structures are dismantled across the country. Fortunately, the deconstruction industry continues to grow and salvage an increasing percentage of materials from old buildings. Reclaimed hardwood flooring has an antique natural beauty. Many reclaimed hardwood planks show some original antiquing and distressing, revealing the wood’s unique past, while providing a fashionable look people desire. The final result – the negative impact on landfills is reduced and beautiful, unique hardwood flooring is available.

Epic Real Wood Flooring made better with EnviroCore™ When you add environmental responsibility to the superior performance and lasting beauty of Epic Hardwood Flooring, you have a product that’s appealing on every level. Each year there are over 1.7 billion trees planted in the United States. That’s more than 5 trees for each person in America. Epic Hardwood Flooring reinforces forest sustainability practices, from Shaw’s environmentally conscious purchasing practices all the way through to the low-waste manufacturing process. By striving to use every part of the tree in the manufacturing process of Epic hardwood’s veneer, core and backing.

Epic Hardwood flooring features EnviroCore™, a high-density fiber core derived from recycled wood fiber, which means fewer trees are used with less waste.  The 3/8" thick hardwood products use approximately 50 % less newly forested wood than the conventional 3/8" engineered alternatives. Epic hardwood's 3/4" products utilize 67 % less first generation forest production than is required for comparable solid wood flooring.