What will happen if the floor is not environmentally friendly?

In home decoration, the floor is a big expense. After the renovation, the floor also released a large proportion of formaldehyde. After many home renovations, indoor formaldehyde exceeded the standard, resulting in a pungent smell, which was caused by buying unqualified floors.

At present, solid wood flooring, solid wood composite flooring and laminate flooring are the three most popular floors in the market, and the most intuitive gap between the three floors is reflected in the price. It is understood that many consumers, even those who have experienced decoration, have a vague understanding of the floor, so there are not a few who regret being cheated. This issue of Decorative Building Materials starts with flooring enterprises, market conditions and material selection.

Methods The floor was uncovered from three aspects.

Floor enterprises: still responsible for consumers after the new tax rate

/kloc-The new tax rate policy implemented in April, 2000 (that is, the consumption tax on solid wood flooring was levied at the rate of 5%) made the sales of solid wood flooring reach a peak in late March.

Many people in the industry believe that in addition to consumption tax, the problem of raw materials this year will put most solid wood flooring manufacturers in a dilemma. The production of enterprises is limited, and the direct consequence of insufficient market supply is that product prices remain high.

The actual situation is that after April 1, reports from manufacturers and building materials markets in various places show that solid wood flooring has increased a little, but the extent is not large. Even the price of solid wood flooring has only increased by about 5%, which is equivalent to the consumption tax rate. Experts said that even if the price of solid wood flooring is raised in the future, the range will not be too large.

Shanghainese always pay attention to brands. With the arrival of the peak season of floor sales, the building materials industry association has launched 20 fine solid wood floors and 20 solid wood composite floors. These 20 fine solid wood floors are Anxin, Fuji, Xinggang, Guang Ri, Haolijia, Hefeng, Hong Chen, Hongxing, Huaming, Wu Ji, Lu Jin, Junpai, Kanglong, Mo Lifeng, Linpai, Long Sen and Hongxing. The 20 brands of solid wood composite flooring are Anxin, North American Fengqing, Hong Kong Star, Haolijia, Hongxing, Tiger Dragon, Huaming, Huili, Junpai, Kanglong, Yang Leyang, Mo Lifeng, United, Long Sen, Icon, Shuxiang Family, Gleiter, Vodafone, Sakura and Yufeng. (in alphabetical order).

With a positive attitude of being responsible to consumers, these flooring manufacturers take the lead in promising to operate in good faith under the condition of increasing tax rate, ensuring product quality and E 1 environmental protection standards, and accepting the supervision of the flooring association. The sales staff of Jianpeilong Building Materials Store also advised consumers to buy brand floors with quality assurance, and problems can be solved in time.

Building materials market: solid wood composite flooring is more suitable for people's homes.

The author visited the best furniture store in this city and learned that after the implementation of the new tax rate, the price of solid wood flooring did rise, but the magnitude was very small. Only the bamboo wood floor (commonly known as pineapple lattice) has the largest increase, and some brands have increased by 100 yuan per square meter.

The salesperson said that the price of this kind of floor has been rising since the Indian Ocean tsunami. At present, among the brand floors on the market, solid wood floors are basically above 200 yuan per square meter, solid wood composite floors are basically between 100- 200 yuan, and some special composite boards are sold above 300 yuan per square meter. Maple leaf flooring in North America, which focuses on solid wood composite boards, has recently been promoted by individual products, and one of the composite boards named Peach Blossom Core has fallen below 100 yuan.

An interesting phenomenon is that because many brands have solid wood and solid wood composite board, when the author asked the sales staff which to buy, more sales staff recommended solid wood composite board for similar reasons: solid wood has good foot feel and stability, but it is more worthy of recommendation from the perspective of environmental protection.

Solid wood composite board is made of multi-layer solid wood plates pressed vertically and horizontally according to wood grain, also known as multi-layer solid wood floor. At present, there are three layers on the market, which also belong to solid wood composite board. The performance of solid wood composite flooring is good in all aspects, but the price is much lower than that of solid wood flooring, which is a very affordable choice for ordinary people.

The author calculated an account, based on the need to lay an area of 60 square meters, the total cost of solid wood flooring per square meter plus labor costs in 220 yuan, and the keel and steel nails per square meter in 38 yuan are 15480 yuan; If you use the solid wood composite board per square meter 125 yuan (it is not necessary to lay the keel, and the general quotation of the composite floor already includes the labor cost), then the total cost is about 7,500 yuan, which is only half of that of the solid wood floor. In addition, the solid wood composite floor relieves the pressure of forest resources.

From this we seem to see that environmental protection consumption will become the mainstream of floor consumption in the future.

Three kinds of floors: choose materials first.

At present, solid wood flooring, solid wood composite board and reinforced board have the trend of dominating the world. When consumers choose these three floors, they still need to have a specific understanding of them. Let's talk about the difference between solid wood flooring and solid wood composite board.

From the sales point of view, the consumption of solid wood composite flooring is a development trend in the future; This year, the price of solid wood flooring rose slightly, and the decline in sales was caused by the state's control of deforestation and the rise of logs.

From the perspective of environmental protection, solid wood flooring is a pure natural forest, which can only be produced by decades-old trees. The country has always restricted logging, so a large part of it depends on imports, and a large amount of funds flow out of the country, which is not a long-term trend for ecology and future development. Solid wood composite flooring is made by cutting wood into thin slices and then pressing them according to the horizontal and vertical directions of wood grain, which has low requirements for wood.

Compared with the installation, the installation of solid wood composite floor is convenient and quick, with short construction period and low cost, which is more worry-free and labor-saving. The installation of solid wood floor is more delicate and complicated. Due to the long construction period and high cost, some problems often appear in mixed construction.

Of course, compared with the sense of feet, solid wood is more comfortable and stable, especially suitable for laying in the bedroom. The foot feel of solid wood composite floor is almost poor, but now there are some 18mm thick plates, which are not much different from solid wood. Anxin has a kind of solid wood composite board with as many as 1 1 layers, which is quite comfortable for feet.

Of course, the most worthy of comparison is the price. The price of solid wood composite floor is more reasonable and more suitable for ordinary people, especially young people. Moreover, the price of solid wood flooring has risen a little this year, which is already on the high side, plus some annual maintenance costs, so we should choose it as appropriate when the economy is abundant.

As for the choice of laminated wood flooring, we should distinguish it from the following aspects: first, whether the fireproof and wear-resistant surface layer is uniform and flawless; The second is whether the wood grain of the facing layer is realistic and clear, and whether it is tightly pressed with the substrate; The third is whether the substrate is fine and solid. It is recommended to buy brand reinforcement board.