What is laminate?

Laminate is a thin layer of wood-color plastic, adhered to a composite. Both the creation of the composite and the adhesive use chemicals with dangerous emissions known as VOC’s. Mobile homes are the only place you might could argue that laminate makes sense, even then it is a coin toss. At SYP Direct, we sell real wood, nothing else. We can mill 1/2 floors, for glue down floors. What good are floor covers?

Is Laminate Green?

What is Laminate? How about what it is not, it is not green; in fact, it is the opposite of green. Laminate has a huge carbon footprint based on the manufacturing process, which can include dangerous chemicals in the manufacturing process. The bi-product of these chemical s are called Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOC’s. No to mention the massive energy output needed to ship trees to China, process them and ship back to U.S.! Laminate is not renewable or recyclable and every bit of it will end up in a landfill.

Laminate and Vinyl are the fastest growing components of our landfills. It’s difficult to quantify what chemicals, will leach from laminates once they hit the landfill versus the emissions if placed in an incinerator. To put it simply, this stuff doesn’t decompose, because of all the chemicals and glues, the material never breaks down organically.

About SYP Direct

Founded in 2012, SYP Direct specializes in pine flooring. Our mission from day one, target homeowners and not builders or re-sellers. The relationships we build with homeowners has been the key to our success, as 75% of business are referrals. This relationship was built one job at time and we make sure we take care of each customer no matter what the order size.  Our A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau; simply results from putting the homeowner first.  No laminate! No engineered flooring and we do not lie; the transparency shocks most first-time callers; “we seem too good to be true”.