About Enviro Floors Laminated Flooring

Enviro Floors are antique reproduction hard-wax oil floors developed in Holland. Our hardwood floors are designed to reflect the styles found in Europe from centuries ago. Enviro Floors goal is to recreate the same time worn look that showcases the character and longevity of a hardwood floor. Our hardwood floor production philosophy is to create textured hardwood floors with changing grain pattern of the natural wood characterizing true artistic design.
Enviro Floors have a character of timelessness that fits with nearly every décor. They create warmth and cosiness with lovely acoustics. Enviro Floors are ideal for commercial and residential applications.

Our Production Methods
Enviro Floors produces top quality, wide planked hardwood floors that are distressed, Hard-Wax oiled, smoked, and brushed to achieve a true vintage look.

Distressing:
Distressing a new floor means that the floor maintains its perfect fit, but takes on the look and character of a vintage floor. There are several methods for distressing floors, the most commonly used and most accepted is hand-scraping. Hand-scraping hardwood flooring if done by an artisan craftsman as it was done in Europe centuries ago will improve the look and feel of the floor as well as adding much desired character. All Enviro flooring is hand-scraped by master craftsmen.


Hard-Wax.Oiling:
A Hard-Wax oiled surface is 100% natural and pollutant-free. The natural oil is exclusively made of sustainable raw materials such as sunflower oil, natural waxes and calcium. The special features of this surface are the open pores allowing the floor to breathe. It has a regulatory effect on moisture, in this way ensuring a healthy room climate. The patina of the wood floor is determined primarily by the type of wood used and its natural colour. By finishing the wood with natural oils the ultimate colour of the floor will flourish. Oiling the floor will partly retain its open structure making it relatively easy to maintain. New developments involving Hard-Wax oil finishes have eliminated the disadvantages of smudge / dirty floors and allow the wood to maintain the same appearance as when treated with conventional lacquer techniques.

Smoking:
When smoking a floor, the tannins in the oak wood reacts to the burn, thereby giving the floor a darker and grey appearance, the extent of this depends on the duration of the treatment. Since not every part of the floor will contain the same amount of tannins, one section could appear darker than the other. The result is a rustic and authentic look.


Brushing:
Certain styles of Enviro Floors are brushed to give them an extra accent. Brushing removes the soft wood from the floor and brings out its texture, making it more durable, and impact resistant. Minor scratches and damages become less apparent and give the wood flooring a slightly rustic look. Combined with pigmented oil, brushing can give the floor a unique and characteristic appearance. Brushed floors can be maintained using the same methods as a floor that has not been brushed.