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Floor coverings for children’s rooms

In chil­dren’s rooms, life takes place on the floor: there are all sorts of fun and games, paint­ing and craft­ing. As small chil­dren are par­tic­u­larly sens­it­ive to emis­sions from toys, fur­niture and build­ing mater­i­als, the floor cov­er­ing should not only be hard-wear­ing and hygien­ic, but also installed with low-emis­­sion products to ensure healthy liv­ing. This is what you must pay atten­tion to.

Tip 1: Follow your personal preference

There is no such thing as the right floor­ing that per­fectly meets all require­ments. Wheth­er cork, car­pet, rub­ber, lam­in­ate or par­quet: every type of floor­ing has its pros and cons. One is soft and fluffy, the oth­er extremely robust, and a fur­ther one is par­tic­u­larly easy to clean. There­fore the fol­low­ing rule applies: Let your own taste decide and fol­low your per­son­al pref­er­ence.

More import­ant than pure func­tion­al­ity is the aspect of healthy liv­ing. The fol­low­ing two tips will help you achieve this goal.

Tip 2: Pay attention to the composition of the flooring

Floor cov­er­ings can emit organ­ic sub­stances and oth­er pol­lut­ants. You should there­fore pay atten­tion to the com­pos­i­tion of the floor­ing mater­i­al. The “LGA Tested Qual­ity” mark awar­ded by TÜV Rhein­land or the “Green Tree” seal of “Gemeinsch­aft umwelt­fre­und­lich­er Tep­pich­boden” (Asso­ci­ation of Envir­on­ment­ally Friendly Car­pets) can serve as a guide.

Tip 3: Use low-emission installation products

In prin­ciple, all types of floor­ing can ensure healthy liv­ing. How­ever, when installing the new “play­ground” for your chil­dren, only use low-pol­lut­ant and above all low-emis­­sion install­a­tion products. For example, solvent-free adhes­ives and lev­el­ling com­pounds that carry the EMICODE® seal on their pack­aging are guar­an­teed to be low-emis­­sion.

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Floor coverings for children’s rooms

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7 May 2019