We at Real Wood Floors are committed to being good enviromental stewards. We believe we achieve this through intelligetly designed flooring. We start by partnering with like-minded lumber suppliers who take care to procure hardwoods in a sustainable manner. We then make our floors with a thick wear layer of hardwood that can withstand the years of abuse that can occur in a residential environment. By using a thicker wear layer the floor can be sanded and refinished if the floor is scuffed or scratched, and bring it back to its initial beauty. With our product we want you to have a flooring solution that will last as long as your home.

By taking the hardwood lumber and cutting it into veneer we’re able to make that lumber go 4 times further than if we had made it into traditional ¾ solid flooring.  As you can see below one piece of 4/4 (1" thick) lumber will produce one piece of traditional solid 3/4" flooring.

However as you can see we take this one piece of 4/4 lumber and make 4 veneers or top layers. These 4 veneers make 4 pieces of flooring out of that same 1" thick piece of lumber. By cutting the veneer a thick 5mm our flooring has almost the same amount of sandable surface as a traditional solid wood floor but with added stability.

 

The backing of our flooring is made variety of hardwoods that are chosen both for their hardness and stability as well as their abundance.  We conserve our most precious hardwood commodities by attaining a higher yield from the veneer and combine them with plentiful woods that make the floor stable and durable.  This is how we achieve environmental stewardship through intelligently designed flooring.