The Health Impact of the Eco-Friendly Polished Concrete Flooring

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Today's homeowners and businesses are much savvier about reducing their environmental footprints. With polished concrete, it's possible to achieve the most practical, aesthetically pleasing result, yet without the environmental impacts associated with flooring materials like carpet, hardwood and other types of coated or painted concrete floors. Polished concrete is virtually high VOC chemical free, produces very little waste product, and makes effective use of existing material - recycled concrete - that can literally last for centuries.

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What's more polished concrete won't give off harmful VOCs during its lifespan, and because it's so durable, it won't end up in a landfill with mountains of synthetic material like carpet and laminate flooring. These products are all based on plastics that do not biodegrade, and are known to continue to off-gas for their entire lifespan. Imagine that in your home of place of business?

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Concrete is also a recyclable material, and you'll sleep better knowing that your design choices aren't contributing to the production of pollutants. In fact, a polished concrete floor is destined to outlive its owners - how's that for leaving a lasting legacy with a responsible ecological footprint?

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Where you and your families health is concerned, concrete flooring performs much better! They are very easy to clean and do not harbour dust mites and other allergens typical of other flooring materials.

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Concrete also works very well in combination with radiant floor heating and solar design homes for their heat retention capabilities. As the sun shines all day on these floors the heat is absorbed and is later released into the home when it needs it at night. The heat produced from the floor rises naturally in the home and does not force allergens into the air as it would with other heating systems.