Products - January 2008

Armstrong Migrations BioBased Tile
The Migrations line of bio-based composition tile from Armstrong was introduced at the 2007 Greenbuild Conference in Chicago for the 2008 market year. It’s made with BioStride, a corn-based polyester binder, instead of PVC. Migrations—which is identical to VCT in thickness, tile-size, and maintenance requirements but with twice the indent resistance and more than five times the impact resistance—has been certified through the FloorScore program as complying with California’s 01350 indoor-air quality standards. Armstrong Commercial Flooring; Lancaster, PA. www.Armstrong.com/ commflooringna/; 717-937-0611, 877-276-7876.

TimberSil Wood Siding
TimberSil-treated wood uses a permanent, inorganic mineralization process rather than toxic chemicals to achieve decay- and insect-resistant wood for all uses, including ground contact. The company has introduced two traditional clapboard siding profiles—other profiles may be special-ordered—that are stainable and paintable, class-A fire-rated, Cradle-to-Cradle certified, and have a 40-year warranty. The sodium-silicate-based treatment results in a product characterized by the manufacturer as a "glass/wood fusion" that’s non-toxic, odorless, and nonvolatile, as well as not corrosive to fasteners, unaffected by heat and seawater, and worked like regular wood. Timber Treatment Technologies; Springfield, VA. www.timbersilwood.com; phone 703-644-0991.