I believe 60 minutes did a story on them and how they're importing cheap chinese boards that they are saying meet code but actually do not.

I'd go with Greg Mills opinion here. They may have some decent stuff but the solid I've seen from them had a huge number of short pieces.

The focus of the 60 Minutes story was plastic laminate flooring, not solid wood flooring. Their solid wood shouldn't have any environmental issues.

Jfc, you are correct about it being about the laminate. My mistake. I still wouldn't trust them though. :)

The only environmental issues they have had with solid wood flooring - that has been disclosed so far - is importing illegally harvested wood from Russia, laundered through China, then smuggled into the US. Here is the story:

http://www.sierraclub.org/lay-of-the-land/2015/10/clear-cut-lumber-liquidators-pleads-guilty-importing-illegal-wood-products

There are way too many bad experiences posted across the internet. Forums have been dedicated to them. Beware.

Thanks to all!

I would be very cautious of LL. When we were buying hardwood floors, we were warned that what they have are extras, and wood finishes under the same name can be different from different lots. They don't have installers either, so you have to hire that out or take their recommendations. Not sure how much they stand by their installation/product. We eventually went through a local dealer for our hardwood, and had to have him out a few times to correct things.

The 60 minute issue was about there laminate but they also just had to pay over $13 million in fines for environmental crimes that they pleaded guilty to involving there wood flooring. Less about the quality of there flooring, I believe it shows the charterer of there company. This is just based on what I have read in the news.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/22/lumber-liquidators-pleads-guilty-to-environmental-crimes-agrees-to-pay-more-than-13m.html

In the event that you need strong hardwood locate a legitimate nearby organization that just manages hardwood. not some rug, cover, hardwood store.

We can't agree more with johnmeto123's comment. IMO, always work with just the specialists on all contacting works.

Wood floor business is now totally different animal from a few years ago. As a prefinished wood floor specialty retailer, we are constantly approached by our suppliers with newly launched products. We even have a hard time to keep up with them all. You can imagine how confused home owners can be. So find the experts who can not only find you the right product, but also lead you through the whole process.

Speaking as someone who didn't have a huge budget for flooring, we bought bamboo flooring from Lumber Liquidators in 2012 during our kitchen renovation. The only issue our contractor had (we used our own, not LL's) was that some of the planks were not perfectly straight - but they were few and far between and he ended up using those UNDER the cabinets so they were not visible. We ended up getting more of the same flooring about a year ago when we ripped up the carpet in the adjacent TV room. Again, we had our own contractor install it and they had no complaints. The floors look great. So from a product perspective, I can say that I'm pleased with our bamboo floors from LL.