Chinese Hardwood Flooring Problems
There are 9 engineered wood flooring problems suppliers mainly located in asia.
Chinese hardwood flooring problems. I have laminate flooring made in china in my home. The wood products are fused together with heat glue and pressure topped with a. Avoiding common problems with wood flooring companies. Chinese made flooring sold in north america has high levels of formaldehyde a known carcinogen according to tests done by the hardwood plywood and veneer association.
Other laminate flooring made in china were not evaluated. The internet is filled with complaints from folks buying hardwood flooring across every brand imaginable yes even the very best. Complaints problems with laminate floors. Lumber liquidators insists its chinese made laminate flooring is safe but it doesn t appear that way based on what we learned from our own reporting and from the work of people like denny larson.
And found higher than acceptable levels of formaldehyde in products labeled carb compliant. Are we safe to stay in our home. Lumber liquidators recall to test program involves only laminate flooring the company sourced from china and sold between february 2012 and may 2015 when the company stopped selling it. You can also choose from online technical support return and replacement and none.
Health risks from formaldehyde in some laminate wood flooring are 3 times higher than initially reported. The top supplying country or region is china which supply 100 of engineered wood flooring problems respectively. During 2012 2014 by lumber liquidators were evaluated by cdc and atsdr. In 2014 the hpva conducted tests of wood flooring manufactured in china and sold in the u s.
Laminate flooring is made from wood products but not from solid wood.