Historical: Linoleum Flooring - 2015
This information reflects our best understanding of product composition in 2015.
Linoleum flooring is a type of resilient flooring that can be applied with adhesive over a number of different substrates (concrete, seamless floors, tile, marble, approved wood, old resilient flooring, metal). It comes in 2.0 or 2.5 mm thick...
Linoleum flooring is a type of resilient flooring that can be applied with adhesive over a number of different substrates (concrete, seamless floors, tile, marble, approved wood, old resilient flooring, metal). It comes in 2.0 or 2.5 mm thick rolls or in tiles, although the 2.5 mm thickness is most common in commercial products. The linoleum sheet or tile is comprised of linoleum sandwiched between a jute backing and a factory-applied UV-cured lacquer. Linoleum comes in a variety of colors and the color runs through the entire thickness of the tile. This survey focused on white or neutral-colored linoleum; other colors will require the addition of pigments with different CASRNs and potential health hazards. After the linoleum has been installed most products require daily maintenance in the form of mopping, with periodic machine scrubbing and/or buffing. Some linoleum products also need to have polished applied a few times per year. If properly maintained, linoleum flooring will last 35-40 years. Most linoleum contains between 30-43% pre-consumer recycled content in the form of linoleum production scraps and recycled wood/cork powder.
A more up to date Common Product is available here: https://pharos.habitablefuture.org/common-products/2077807