ter Hürne floors for your healthy living environment
We create products that you come into contact with every day. They are an important part of your home. Our floors support the sense that you and your loved ones are in good hands. A healthy living environment is important in ensuring things stay that way.
At ter Hürne, we have a responsibility towards you for a healthy living environment. As such, we take it upon ourselves to equip our floors with the best possible characteristics to offer you precisely that: a healthy living environment.
good for you
Healthy living with Ikō
In a world in which we spend up to 90 per cent of our life in
closed rooms, the air quality becomes a decisive factor for
our health and well being. The floor covering, which comprises
a large part of our living space plays a central role for
the room climate and is becoming increasingly important.
Because modern building insulation reduces the exchange
of inside and outside air: Harmful substances from carpets,
furniture and conventional flooring thus remain in the room
atmosphere longer.
Not with Ikõ: The floor consists almost entirely of wood,
is free of plastic and harmful components such as
plasticisers and chlorine - and thus guarantees that you
can feel completely at ease in your home.
PLASTIC-FREE
The materials we use make it possible
The healthy centrepiece of the floor is its compressed baseboard made from timber fibres. This is stabilised on the underside by a stabilising layer also made from wood fibres. The surface of the Dureco floor consists of resin, into which we mix the natural mineral corundum.
ter Hürne laminate floors make a sustainable contribution to a better carbon footprint in the same way as engineered hardwood flooring made from natural wood. One cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO². That helps to reduce the CO² levels in our atmosphere. Some of the wood in the baseboards comes from storm-damaged trees. These are thus put to good use and also continue to store CO².
4 natural layers
1. Top layer
2. Design layer
3. Baseboard
4. Backing layer
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
Because we need nature – and not the other way round
3 green reasons for Ikō
From sustainable sources
Ikō laminate floor captivates not just with is aesthetic appeal but equally with its environmental awareness. Manufactured using almost entirely natural materials, we systematically avoid harmful ingredients. Moreover our manufacture is based on wood from sustainable forestry and about 80 per cent comes from local forests - a clear commitment to regional responsibility.
Durable and designed for the circular economy
Our commitment to sustainability goes even further: in line with the circular economy, we are increasingly using waste wood in our board production. We do not waste any part of the tree, but even use what would normally remain unused. The compressed core board of Ikō laminate flooring, consisting of wood fibres, is stabilised by a backing made from the same materials. Even the adhesive we use is derived mainly from the resins present in the wood. The result: a floor covering that is not only environmentally friendly, but also extremely durable.
Good for the environment, good for you
Our Ikõ Premium laminate flooring fulfils the highest ecological standards as well as the requirements for a healthy room climate. Our floors outperform the legal requirements for emission free living. So you don't just live stylishly but you can also feel good. You can find out more about this on the next page.
DID YOU KNOW?
Trees are natural climate protectors
Trees are important for our climate. Their trees produce the oxygen that is essential to life. And they absorb and bind the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. Every cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO². This CO₂ even remains bound if a construction material is made from the wood, such as a floor covering for example.
Trees are important for our climate. Their trees produce the oxygen that is essential to life. And they absorb and bind the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. Every cubic metre of wood stores one tonne of CO². This CO₂ even remains bound if a construction material is made from the wood, such as a floor covering for example.
Building with wood thus helps to support the climate.
ANTIBACTERIAL
More than just clean
So your floor is more than clean.
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR HEALTHY HOME ENVIRONMENT
Not a trend but an attitude!
For your safety and ours
You come into close contact with your ter Hürne floor every day. Want it to be healthy and sustainable for you and your environment? Do you need to feel safe?
So do we!
To ensure safety, we are building on third-party assessments.
These independent institutions are the warranty of our products:
