One of the most unique hardwood floors available on the market, Storm by Northern Wide Plank is one of kind. Handcrafted in Europe, using multiple steps, including blow-torches, its looks is like nothing else you have ever seen. We have samples of Storm available to see and lend out at our North Vancouver showroom.
Expertly crafted to exacting standards, every Exquisite Oak wide plank floor is meticulously finished to ensure an authentic look with the most durable surface. Available in a range of colour treatments from deep black to washed white, Wixom Exquisite floors are designed to evoke a bold sense of time and place.
Storm has a dramatic contrasting look brought out through the application of carefully selected pigments and craftsmanship.
For more information, visit Northern Wide Planks Website
Cork floors have been installed, and loved, throughout the world for decades. At Ethical Flooring we love cork, and have many samples to chose from in our North Vancouver showroom.
But despite the many recent advances in cork visuals, the look is still not necessarily for everyone. Enter CorkWood from TORLYS. A revolutionary new product which digitally prints a hardwood visual onto a click-together, floating cork floor. You now get the legendary warmth and comfort of a cork floor, but with a more traditional hardwood-look.
TORLYS continues to be a leader in cork flooring, introducing the revolutionary CorkWood collection. CorkWood is a truly innovative floor that has everything you ever wanted – the beauty of wood, the durability of laminate and the wonderful comfort of cork. CorkWood has been engineered to bring you all the best-liked benefits of other floors in one superior, all-inclusive flooring solution. Now you can experience the beautiful look of and feel of hardwood, without some of its natural limitations.
There is nothing like the welcoming look of hardwood. TORLYS CorkWood is designed with style in mind, featuring on-trend colours and textures in realistic patterns of oak and walnut. It is offered in two stunning collections: CorkWood Designer and CorkWood Elite that feature long and wide planks to create a truly expansive look in any space.
CorkWood is engineered from cork and uses state-of-the-art direct print technology that looks like hardwood and performs like laminate. It has the equivalent of an AC4 laminate wear rating, meaning the floor performs to the same standards as high quality laminates, ensuring it will perform for years to come.
Possibly the best feature of CorkWood is the comfort quotient. The compressed cork top layer along with the CorkPlus™ attached underlay provides a floor that offers the ultimate in comfort, acoustics and warmth. The CorkPlus™ attached underlay is even infused with Microban® antimicrobial product protection, inhibiting the growth of mould and mildew.
Ethical Flooring loves Marmoleum floors from Forbo!
Did you know we install Marmoleum floors all over the city? We’ve completed installations in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby and Vancouver-proper. We have on display in our showroom the MarmoleumCinchLoc (click-together) flooring, the Modular glue-down tiles, as well as the traditional glue-down sheet (roll) products. And best of all, we have highly-skilled installers who can professionaly install it for you. The installation of Marmoleum is becoming a bit of a lost art among today’s floor installer; that is why we are so pleased to have an experienced Marmoelum installer as part of the Ethical Flooring team!
Marmoleum, Forbo’s brand of linoleum, is a natural floor made from 97% natural raw materials, 70% of which are rapidly renewable, along with a 43% recycled content. This makes Marmoleum the sustainable flooring choice.
Natural raw materials
The key raw materials used in the linoleum production include linseed oil, which comes from the flax plant seeds, wood flour as production waste from controlled forestry plantations and jute, a crop whose fibres provide the material for the membrane onto which the linoleum is calendared.
What makes Marmoleum flooring special is that it is created entirely from raw materials obtained from their natural habitat right where they grow and renew, often in just 12 months time. Jute and flax are annual crops that can be harvested just like wheat or corn. Extracting rosin is a continuous process, while wood flour, a waste material from the timber industry, is derived from European production forests. Limestone is available in abundance.
CO2 neutral floor covering Because of its unique properties, its natural ingredients and its modern manufacturing process, Marmoleum is a CO2 neutral product.
Floor performance in the real world
Topshield2 is a floor finish that we developed specially for our linoleum floor coverings. Topshield2 has been designed as a highly performing finish to create a ‘ready to use’ Marmoleum floor. A floor that requires no initial maintenance or polymer application and is even more resistant to dirt pick-up, less prone to wear and has improved resistance to scratches and stains.
The reality of the day-to-day life of a floor is that it encounters both ‘use and abuse’ without being able to balance its performance with a prescribed cleaning and maintenance regime, as in reality, this is not always carried out exactly on time.
The floor needs to withstand the traces of every day use; the weather of the season, the footprints and dirt carried into the building, the scratches and stains occurring by accident as well as the overall retention of the appearance of the floor over time.
Even where every floor starts out as a new floor just after installation, it will need to keep up is performance over a lifetime of many years. Marmoleum has a proven track record and is also now the modern floor for lasting performance: today, tomorrow, forever.
On a daily basis, Ethical Flooring is applying self-levelling compound to project sites before the installation our the clients new hardwood, vinyl plank, vinyl tile, laminate, cork and Marmoleum. Our friends from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-leveling_concrete) have helped out below with some information which clients may find helpful
Self-leveling concrete is polymer-modified cement that has high flow characteristics and, in contrast to traditional concrete, does not require the addition of excessive amounts of water for placement. Self-leveling concrete is typically used to create a flat and smooth surface with a compressive strength similar to or higher than that of traditional concrete prior to installing interior floor coverings. Self-leveling concrete has increased in popularity as the degree of flatness and smoothness required for floor covering products has increased, with vinyl goods becoming thinner and floor tiles becoming larger, for example.
The term self-leveling was coined in the United States by ARDEX, Inc. in 1978 in reference to their first self-leveling product, ARDEX K 15 Premium Self-Leveling Concrete Underlayment. The term was used to differentiate it from traditional concrete, which is typically stiffer and requires more labor to get it into place and finish with a trowel.
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In the category of self-leveling concrete there are two main groups of materials: underlayments and toppings. Underlayments are installed over an existing subfloor to smooth it out and correct any surface irregularities prior to the installation of all types of floor coverings, including sheet vinyl, vinyl composition tile (VCT), wood, ceramic tile and carpet. Toppings perform a similar function but act as the actual finished floor without the need for a floor covering. Some typical applications for concrete toppings include warehouse floors, light industrial applications, retail stores and institutional facilities. Concrete toppings can also receive pigmented color dyes, stains, saw cuts or mechanical polishing to produce a decorative concrete finished wear surface.
When self-leveling concrete is poured, it has a viscosity similar to pancake batter. A gauge rake is used to move it into place without spreading it too thin. The finishing is then done by lightly breaking the surface tension of the product using a tool called a smoother. The polymers in the self-leveling mix keep the viscosity of the product such that it remains uniform in composition from top to bottom without the sand aggregates sinking to the bottom of the installed layer. The typical installation thickness of these products is about 0.25 inches to ensure there is enough mass present for the material to flow, although some self-leveling products now exist that can be installed at an average thickness of only 0.125 inches.
Are you looking to find quality hardwood, carpet, linoleum, cork, laminate or vinyl planking locally in North Vancouver? Do you want a brand-name floor from the likes of Mirage, Kentwood, Kardean, Mannington, Masland and Northern WidePlank installed in your home? Then now is the time to take advantage of our once-a-year No GST Sale! Sales are a special-event at Ethical Flooring, so if you are thinking about flooring now is the time to take advantage. Click on the banner on the home-page to sign-up for your promo code.
Ethical Flooring is extremely pleased to have recently added Masland wool carpets to our collection. Please visit our showroom in North Vancouver or Masland’s website to see the best of what nature has made.
Masland Carpets and Rugs was founded in Pennsylvania in 1866 and still today boasts of its heritage as the leading carpet manufacturer in the United States. Since 1866, Masland has insisted that its carpets and rugs maintain the highest quality. The tradition of manufacturing quality products has been practiced for 150 years and continues to be practiced today.
Masland’s manufacturing and distribution plants measure over one million square feet. The facility has state of the art technology insuring quality throughout the manufacturing process. The distribution center has capabilities of storing 20,000 rolls of carpet and the rug facility manufactures all rug designs ensuring quality control and production.Today, Masland is recognized as the styling leader and producer of new original products for the marketplace. Masland products exemplify originality, innovative construction and color treatment as well as lasting beauty.
Masland Carpets and Rugs has come a long way since 1866 and will continue to make a difference in the floor covering industry. In addition to its’ superior product, Masland offers an outstanding customer service program. The company takes pride in its associates and continues to grow. Masland continues to play, what it hopes is, a constructive part in the history of its industry and community – realizing that history is only a foundation upon which to build.
Please see the video below to meet one of the farmer’s who supplies wool to Masland and other manufacturers in the wool industry.
Ethical Flooring is exceptionally proud to be the exclusive dealer in North and West Vancouver of Northern Wide Plank engineered hardwood floors. When you are ready for luxury hardwood flooring made in Canada and Europe, offered at attainable prices, then you are ready for Northern Wide Plank. The options available are almost endless; from select grade white oak floors with boards lengths up to 12′ to genuine reclaimed hardwoods made from torn-down barns, Northern Wide Plank offers it all. Learn more about the company below:
The spaces we inhabit are more than places to live, work and play. They shape our experiences, exemplify our inner esthetic and affect our well being every single day. At Northern Wide Plank our goal is to create the very finest products that have a positive effect on the world and spaces we live in. Our exclusive wood flooring and wall surfaces are at the cutting edge of design and craftsmanship. Transform any design, from residential to commercial, into truly inspirational spaces with any one of Northern’s naturally stunning collections.
Our expertise started in a small wood shop in Toronto nearly 30 years ago. Our growth moved us to Schomberg, ON, a beautiful location with 3 buildings situated on 14 acres. Although surrounded by rolling fields and historical barns, our manufacturing facilities incorporate the latest in advanced production technologies to keep our products on the cutting edge of craftsmanship and quality. Our growth, like our products, is rooted in staying true to our core values; craftsmanship, integrity, exceptional quality and outstanding customer care. Experience Northern’s exclusive collection of wide plank flooring for yourself.
Ethical Flooring is proud to be the North Shore’s exclusive retailer of Mirage Hardwood floors. Mirage is 100% made in Canada and widely regarded as one of the finest floors available on the market. When you are ready for a floor of distinctive quality, look no further than Mirage
Looking for one of the toughest, most well-built vinyl plank floors on the market? Then you need to check out Adura Max from Mannington! We have the entire display in our showroom, with samples you can take home. When you are here, ask to feel one of the planks as they come out of the box. You will be impressed by its heft and quality construction; especially when compared to some of the other WPC products on the market. Check out the video below for more information, or stop by our showroom at 11-2270 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver.
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