UA Floors

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

UA Floors Hardwood Flooring is a flooring product you can trust. Why? The company prides itself in high-quality, precision-milled flooring, all the while, keeping an eye on cutting-edge fashion. They believe that each floor that comes out of their factory must bring out the beauty of each piece of wood, and they’ve kept this philosophy since UA Floor first installed hardwood floors back in 1992.

This philosophy was their focus when building their own engineered flooring factory in 2002, and is still their main focus today. Recently, UA Floors has expanded their business again, when a brand-new UA Floors factory was established in Douliu City, Yunlin County, in 2008.

In addition to their commitment to producing quality products for their customers, UA Floors believes in a commitment to the environment. When you buy a UA Floors Hardwood Flooring product, you’re helping to preserve the beauty of the earth. UA Floors understands that in order to be successful in the future, it is important to think about being “green” now.

As such, UA Floors Hardwood Flooring products are imported only from sources that have followed the proper harvesting and forest management processes in the country of origin. In addition, all of UA Floors Hardwood Flooring products meet European E1 or E0 standards for ultra-low emissions of formaldehyde, which is typically emitted in products like plywood. An E1 rating refers to products that have between 0.1 and 0.5 ppm off gassing of formaldehyde; it is the standard in the European Union.

Those products that have a rating more than 0.5 ppm are not allowed to be used inside buildings. The Grecian Series meets the stricter rules of an E0 rating, which refers to under 0.1 ppm off gassing of formaldehyde.

Finally, the staff that produces UA Floors Hardwood Flooring is a top notch family. UA Floors understands that a positive team environment fosters a better product. Therefore, the company provides ongoing training to better equip our employees for new technologies and equal opportunities.

UA Floors Hardwood Flooring comes in several product lines: Grecian, Patrician, Olde Charleston, Venitian, and Milano. Each product line of UA Floors Hardwood Flooring has something a little different, a little unique. That’s because each person that selects a UA Floors Hardwood Flooring product is unique.

To learn more about UA Floors, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Mohawk Bamboo Flooring

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

Are you concerned about the environment but want an attractive flooring option underfoot? You may want to investigate installing Mohawk Bamboo Flooring in your home.

Mohawk Bamboo Flooring comes in a variety of colors in order to meet their customers’ different needs and desires. Whether you’re considering the natural or baked natural finishes of the Hilea line or the handscraped details of the Kahala line, laying Mohawk Bamboo Flooring throughout your home is a great way to be stylish in your interior’s design while still remaining true to the green movement.

Bamboo is a renewable resource – easily grown and harvested. This means that it can be reproduced on a mass scale without harming the environment. Bamboo is also durable and sustainable, in addition to being eco-friendly.

And Mohawk knows how to go green! These folks have taken the lead on eco-friendly flooring initiatives before when they introduced their flooring made from reclaimed buildings. This exciting, new product, however, seamlessly blends the unique, exotic beauty with reliable durability – ensuring that you will always be supported when you walk on Mohawk Bamboo Flooring.

Whereas traditional hardwood flooring can be taken from trees that may take years to grow to maturity, bamboo is a plant that is harvested in 2-3 years or 5-7 years. Mohawk Bamboo Flooring proves that saving the earth doesn’t mean sacrificing style.

However, just because bamboo is harvested before other traditional hardwood sources, it doesn’t mean that you will have to sacrifice durability either. Mohawk Bamboo Flooring is twice as hard as domestic oak, and is even created through an environmentally-friendly process that uses each bamboo stalk in order to create the bamboo strands.

Eco-friendly adhesive holds these strands together, formed into blocks, and sawn into flooring plants. This means that Mohawk Bamboo Flooring is a great choice for high traffic areas such as the kitchen, living room, entryways, and hallways – or anywhere else that takes a beating by your feet.

Mohawk Bamboo Flooring is a great alternative to commercial flooring as well. This is a great way to wow any clients or guests you may have into your office. An exotic wood flooring just screams power. What does your current flooring say to those who may venture to your office?

To learn more about Mohawk Bamboo Flooring, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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African Safari Woodfloors

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

For a fresh, new look in your home or office, you will want to consider a hardwood flooring that is durable and beautiful, like African Safari Woodfloors. One type of flooring to consider when making your selection is African Safari Woodfloors. This flooring is durable and low maintenance – what more can any homeowner want? When you choose African Safari wood flooring, you are making a unique statement about your room.

There are a myriad of color choices available for the choosy consumer. For those of you who have lighter furniture pieces in your home, you may want to select your African Safari wood flooring in a beautiful Mochawood to play off the lighter tones.

If you have heavier furniture pieces and want to lighten up the mood of the room, check into the African Cedarwood or African Zebrawood to visually open up the room and bring a sense of relief to an otherwise dark room.

With this unique and exciting exotic hardwood, your room will definitely be the center of conversation whenever you have guests over. You will want glass coffee tables and to go rug-less just to allow the beauty of African Safari wood flooring to be seen at all times. The sun’s effect on this marvelous flooring is also one that will make you hold your breath. As this wood was raised in the heart of Africa, it embraces the sun’s light like a lost lover.

One typical buying option for African Safari Woodfloors is one box that covers 26.910 square feet, and weighs 48 pounds. Each plank is 0.500 inches thick, and will feature an Aluminum Oxide finish.

This wood will come with a smooth surface, ready to be worked. The edge type of these planks is micro-beveled, with a micro-beveled end type as well. That means you can have little grooves between each plank.

African Safari Woodfloors has a brown color to it, and is of the Wenge species. African Safari wood flooring also has a Janka hardness rating of 1630. To compare, white oak registers at 1360 and North American maple registers at 1450. You can either glue down the planks or install them with staples – the choice is up to you. And the beauty is yours for a lifetime.

To learn more about African Safari Woodfloors, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Witex Laminate Flooring

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

Witex has been serving flooring needs for over 30 years. In fact, in 1991, Witex was the first German laminate manufacturer. Their ongoing research and development of laminate flooring has helped to shape this flooring trend into a multifaceted, quality product. Witex offers a 5-lifetime guarantee for certain collections. This is because Witex is so confident in their product that they stand behind it not for one lifetime, but for many lifetimes down the road.

The latest collections at Witex promise to excite and titillate your senses. The collection lines include: “Schlafen,” “Wohnen,” “Arbeiten,” “Objekte,” and “Kuche/Bad.” (That’s “bad” for “bath,” not “not good.”) Each collection is then divided into color, and you may choose your pattern layout for each product (where applicable). Or, check out their new multi-layer flooring system – flooring to meet even the highest of standards. Witex also has an active wall collection, where they offer a multi-functional wall system that includes a wide range of options: filing, sorting, organization, decoration, and variation are all at your fingertips with this innovative wall choice.

Witex is Environmentally Conscious

Witex’s professionals know that without help, the environment won’t last forever. This fragile Earth is home and provider, but those who live here must take resources with care. That’s why Witex’s products consist of 90% wood (a renewable resource) and 10% environmentally friendly resin glue – sustainability is of great value to Witex. Since the wood they use is a renewable resource from sustainable forest management in Germany, they opt to never use only local wood where they can be a part of sustainable practices.

They study the process from manufacturing to disposal in order to make sure each process is environmentally sound. They are the first company to offer a take back system for its used laminate floors, which means a better conservation of resources and less landfill waste. Witex’s floors are returned through special retailers and craftsmen after use, and are re-processed in combined heat and power plants. This is the ultimate in recycling! Witex is leading the way in finding alternate uses for retired laminate; currently, they have found a way to produce electricity with the re-processing cycle.

To learn more about Witex, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Quickstyle Laminate Flooring

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

When choosing a floor for a room in your home, you want to make sure you’re getting a good quality flooring product. Additionally, you want to be sure that you’re buying from a source you can trust. These two key factors make up Quickstyle Industries customer service policy. The mission of Quickstyle Industries is to “offer quality products at the right place, at the right time, and at the right price.” This Canadian company was founded in 1988, and maintains three sales and distribution centers in Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary. But we’re able to sell their products at Catalfamo Gallery, to bring their quality and savings to you.

Quickstyle Industries is committed to the environment, and the demonstrate it by manufacturing all of their laminate floors. The core of their laminate floors are made up of 90% of recycled wood fibers, typically from the byproducts of their other products, like sawdust, shavings, and other wood products. They’re bonded under a high-heat with a biodegradable resin.

When it comes to hardwood floors, Quickstyle also uses materials that are heavily monitored by the Forest Stewardship Council, an industry watchdog group that makes sure companies are complying with sustainable flooring best practices.

Quickstyle carries a number of different environmental products, including:

  • Bamboo: one of the most environmentally sustainable flooring choices available today.
  • Cork: used as a flooring product for over 100 years. Comfortable underfoot and dampens sounds.

Quickstyle’s flooring products are great for the environmentally conscious who also want a good looking floor at a reasonable price.

To learn more about Quickstyle, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Casa Dolce Casa Tile

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

As a young company, Casa Dolce Casa Tile has got a handle on the latest innovations in the ceramic tile industry. Elegant and functional are both two words used to describe tile from Casa Dolce Casa. Only the latest and most advanced production and design techniques are used to create these tiles, thus guaranteeing excellent performance.

Even though the company has only been serving customers since 1994, they have focused its attention on quality and creativity to bring a tile to you that you may not normally expect from such a new business. The goal of Casa Dolce Casa (Italian for “home sweet home”) is to create products with a natural appearance and an innovative use of color.

In fact, Casa Dolce Casa decided to partner with Florim Ceramiche S.p.A., a world-leading company in the ceramic industry, in 2005.

When you surround yourself with Casa Dolce Tile, you are filling your home with harmony — that is the company’s goal. They understand there is a delicate balance between a home and those who dwell within. As such, Casa Dolce Tile is crafted to have synergy between these two elements, people and homes, in order to bring order to a home. Think of Casa Dolce Tile as an “ambassador” to your home.

Casa Dolce Tile understands the meaning of quality. They have created a system that hits on major points throughout the production process:

  • Respect for standards and current legislation for the ceramic sector, and paying attention to safety and environmental concerns.
  • Reducing waste and reducing costs.
  • Paying attention to client needs, including evaluating the client’s degree of satisfaction with the product and installation.
  • Continual improvement on all company processes as a permanent goal for the organization.
  • Verifying the Quality System, including ongoing revision and correction of inadequacies or inefficiencies.
  • Involvement and definition of responsibilities throughout every level of the organization in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency of company processes and, finally, training and improved professionalism.

Casa Dolce Tile is available in two collections: Casamood and Casa Dolce Casa. The Casamood has seven different vibrant colors to choose from and the Casa Dolce Casa collection contains 12.

To learn more about Casa Dolce Casa Tiles, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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Triângulo Hardwood Flooring

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Catalfamo Gallery

Triangulo Hardwood Flooring is environmentally conscious, in addition to committed to making a beautiful, quality product. Not only have they received their CARB Phase II certificate, but their Tecpar Certificate, their Triângulo FSC certificate, and their Forest FSC certificate as well.

Triangulo Hardwood flooring comes in Exotic Solid wood flooring and in Engineered Hardwood flooring lines.

Triangulo Exotic Solid wood flooring is made with 3/4″ thick solid wood, and you can find this flooring assembled with tongue and groove sides. Note that the random nature of Triangulo Hardwood flooring’s exotic solid hardwood flooring will ensure that your flooring will not look like your neighbor’s floor.

As many as 9 coats of aluminum oxide will coat your beautiful Triangulo Exotic Solid wood flooring to ensure that your flooring will last throughout the ages, in addition to enhancing the wood’s natural beauty. One advantage that the solid wood flooring carries is the ability to be re-sanded and refinished over many years. Your floor may even outlast your home!

Some of the woods that are available through the Triangulo Exotic Solid wood flooring line include Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba), Tigerwood, Brazilian Chestnut, Amendoim, and Brazilian Teak. The Brazilian Cherry, Tigerwood, Brazilian Chestnut, and Amendoim can be found in 3.25″ widths, the Brazilian Teak comes in 3″ widths, and the Brazilian Cherry, Tigerwood, & Brazilian Chestnut can also be found in 5″ widths.

Triangulo Hardwood Flooring’s Engineered Flooring line has top of the line processes in place to make their engineered flooring the best in the industry. Each under layer is made of real wood (or plies) and is glued under pressure in different directions for maximum strength and long-lasting durability.

This way of constructing engineered flooring makes it a more stable choice over solid hardwood flooring. Unlike solid hardwood flooring, Triangulo Engineered Flooring line is resistant to the shrinkage and expansion caused by environmental conditions, and you can install these floors over a mature concrete slab. You can find this type of flooring in the following species: Amendoim, Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba and Royal Jatoba), Brazilian Chestnut, Brazilian Pecan, Brazilian Pecan (Coca), Brazilian Walnut, and Tigerwood. All species are available in the .5″ x 5.25″ and 3/8″ x 3.25″, however, only the Amendoim, Brazilian Cherry, Brazilian Chestnut, Brazilian Walnut, and Tigerwood is available in the 5/16″ x 5″ sizes.

To learn more about Triangulo Hardwood Flooring, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

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