Foster Flooring

This seminar is accredited and recognized by IDCEC, ASID, IDC and IDA, some of the world's most highly esteemed architectural and design organizations, and is worth one CEU (Continuing Education Learning Unit) for eligible designers. Presented by DuChâteau, an internationally renowned member of the U.S. Green Building Council, the seminar presentation was short but discussions were ongoing throughout the evening with a focus on the health benefits, long-term ease of maintenance and LEED credits provided by hard-wax oil-finished wide plank hardwood flooring.

Real wood flooring is a renewable resource friendly to the environment and healthy for your home. It has rich tones of warmth that become more beautiful with age. While a wood floor is one that is easy to keep clean with simple sweeping or vacuuming, it camouflages dirt well because of its variegated patterns. Depending on the structure and components of your family, a wood floor can be the ideal choice if you select with intelligence. A range of options gives you peace of mind when it comes to durability and resilience to wear and tear.

Whether you prefer the deep pile of lush broadloom; the clean, low-maintenance look of looped berber carpet; the understated, low-profile style of patterned carpet; the highly popular textured option; or the twist construction which results in a bouncy feel underfoot; we've got an extensive number of choices from high-profile brands like Karastan and Mohawk, as well as many other manufacturers from all over the world. Your lifestyle will dictate the carpeting that is the right choice for you. If you have high traffic areas; need resistance to stains and spills; prefer to limit dust mites and other environmental irritants; or seek sophisticated comfort and high style, we have plenty of options from which you can choose.

Foster Flooring features laminates, which are today's most popular choice of flooring especially among younger people, by such top name brands as Faus and Alloc, among many others. Both affordable and versatile, laminated flooring can imitate the look and feel of real wood, the beauty of ceramic tile, as well as the elegance of real stone. Available in a wide range of colors, patterns and sizes, laminates are easy to live with, easy to care for and easy to love. Made of various layers which are fused together, laminated flooring includes the bottom stabilizing layer; the core layer which is the backbone; the design layer which replicates the type of flooring you have chosen; all protected by the tough top layer known as the wear layer of cellulose saturated with melamine plastic resins famous for their resistance to scratches and scuff marks providing long-term resilience.

While many flooring choices claim health benefits, Wool Carpeting by Karastan surpasses the others in countless ways. First, let's examine how it positively affects your health. The wool Karastan uses is primarily a natural protein produced by the sheep of New Zealand. This origin is an important distinction because the sheep industry in New Zealand is world-renowned not only for being one of the world's greenest production facilities but for generating the world's finest and softest wool on the planet.