In April 2020, Lumber Liquidators officially changed its name to LL Flooring in order to better reflect who we are. No lumber. No liquidation.
Lumber Liquidators has officially changed its name to LL Flooring.
CDC/ATSDR found that exposure to formaldehyde in the CPSC-tested laminate flooring sold at Lumber Liquidators® could cause irritation and breathing problems. However, you can take steps to reduce formaldehyde levels in your home.
Today's announcement comes after Lumber Liquidators suspended the sale of Chinese-made laminate flooring in May 2015 and announced its decision not to sell about 22 million board feet of this flooring.
The following types of Lumber Liquidators lumber may contain excessive and illegal amounts of formaldehyde: 8 mm Bristol County Cherry Laminate Flooring. 8 mm Dream Home Nirvana French Oak Laminate Flooring. 12 mm Dream Home Kensington Manor Antique Bamboo Laminate Flooring.
According to Home Depot, “Laminate flooring at The Home Depot is verified by either GREENGUARD® Gold or FloorScore® certification to contain 0.0073 ppm or less of formaldehyde, which is a stricter standard than CARB 2 of 0.05 ppm.”
Lumber Liquidators Flooring was started in 1994 by Tom Sullivan, a building contractor who began purchasing excess wood from other companies. He then resold the wood from the back of a trucking firm's yard in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Three years later in 1996, the company found their niche market in hardwood flooring.
Formaldehyde is more common in laminate flooring, where it's found in the adhesive and resin. However, formaldehyde is also a concern in vinyl flooring, although its levels tend to be lower than in laminate flooring.
Not necessarily because the amount of formaldehyde in the laminate flooring, if present, can vary due to how the flooring is made. Formaldehyde is normally present at low levels, usually less than 0.03 parts per million (ppm), in both outdoor and indoor air.
Floor & Decor wins the war for the floor
Its stores are beautiful and shopping there feels more luxurious. As a result, it does more business than Lumber Liquidators, $1.7 billion in FY 2018, with about one-fourth the total number of stores.
Our flooring vendors are required to partner with Underwriter's Laboratories or SCS Global Services to meet stringent GREENGUARD Gold or FloorScore certification standards for indoor air quality.
As recently as 2020, Lumber Liquidators continued to appeal the court decision and the terms of its settlement with the plaintiffs. On March 10, 2020, the court affirmed the fairness of the settlement. On September 4, 2020, the court ordered all claims and distributions be made by the end of that year.
In April 2020, Lumber Liquidators officially changed its name to LL Flooring in order to better reflect who we are.
Our Lumber Liquidators stores in Canada are now permanently closed. It has been our pleasure serving our Canadian customers, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please call 844-455-3566 for any questions. Try different search words, check your spelling, or use the exact phrase.
Laminate flooring also wins out over vinyl when it comes to environmental sustainability. Vinyl is produced using petroleum, which isn't a renewable resource. Its production generates toxic chemicals.
To wrap it up, you have to know that vinyl plank floors are not that toxic not unless you get a heavy expose. Also, most companies today choose to make vinyl planks that are not toxic elements or free of phthalates. So, don't worry about buying them because they will be safe to use.
A recent study from HealthyStuff.org, a research group affiliated with the Ecology Center, found that the majority of vinyl flooring tiles sold at major retailers, including Lowe's, contain toxic phthalates, which are commonly found in flooring at levels exceeding U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission children's ...
About half of Lumber Liquidators' products are manufactured in China.
In the US and Canada, timber is typically used to collectively refer to trees—or the wood of such trees—that have yet to be cut or processed, while lumber typically refers to wood that has been processed as a building material (boards and planks).
FSC CERTIFIED PLYWOOD. Okay. The first item one our list of non toxic materials is FSC certified plywood. I looked it up online and Home Depot has Columbia Forest Products plywood.
Porcelain and Ceramics. Porcelain and ceramic are safe if lead-free and do not contain radioactive substances. It is also formaldehyde free.
These days, Pergo is owned by Mohawk and, as you might imagine, they also make non-toxic laminate flooring. Pergo's laminate, on the other hand, is certified as low-VOC with a Nordic EcoLabel, which is similar to FloorScore and GreenGuard certification.