FLOORING: Mohawk explains why their carpet is green home ready

When a carpeting company claims to offer a green home remodel solution, what do they mean?   This week Mohawk puts their stamp on an explanation:

• Today, Mohawk will recycle 8 million plastic bottles, turning it into 275,000 square
  yards of beautiful carpeting.
• Today, Mohawk will divert more than 475,000 pounds from going into a landfill,
  recycling it into usable materials.
• Today, Mohawk will produce hardwood flooring that reclaims wood from torn-down buildings.
• Today, Mohawk will use renewably sourced materials instead of petroleum-based
  products to make soft, durable, stain-resistant carpeting.
• Mohawk will do all this and hundreds of more Earth-friendly efforts. And Mohawk
  will do it tomorrow, the day after that and every day following.

                    

                  

 

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LANDSCAPING: How do you preserve your existing landscape when you remodel?

Look out!  During your remodel your existing landscaping could be in for a beating!  

Construction workers, Bobcats, piles of lumber, nails, gravel, etc.  You can imagine, or maybe you already know what I am talking about.  Well there are precautions you can take to reduce the damage to your wallet, to your trees and plants, and to limit the impact on the environment overall for the energy it takes to replace them!

Here are a few things you can do to preserve:

• Agree with your contractor before the project starts that your landscaping is important.
• Install temporary fencing around roots, and trees.
• Don’t allow materials to be stacked under trees, as the weight can damage roots systems.
• Watch for washing of wheelbarrows in planted areas, as the lime in the mix can create harmful pH levels.
• Schedule waterings on weekends, or when workers are gone so they are not walking through wet soil.

There are many more ideas in Tom Dominguez’s recent article:  Tips for your landscape during construction projects.

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