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Carbonized Bamboo Flooring

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Originating from China, the art of using bamboo from the bamboo plant for flooring is now a common trend. Very much similar to wooden flooring, it needs low maintenance and reflects a rich look. Not only is it eco-friendly, but it is of great strength and is naturally insect-resistant.

Carbonized bamboo flooring is engineered by condensing bamboounder heat and pressure making it thrice as hard as wood. It has many properties similar to hardwood flooring.

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Experienced professional installers of hardwood flooring will find themselves right at home installing bamboo hardwood flooring. Although every installer has a style of his own guidelines for installing bamboo flooring are the same as those recommended for installing hardwood flooring in general. Those recommendations have been developed over several years by the national wood flooring association, the national oak flooring manufacturers association and the hardwood council.

Another good source of installing and finishing information can be found online at wood floors online.

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Bamboo floors which are actually made of bamboo are stronger and harder than many hardwoods!

Bamboo flooring boasts a tight grain and uniform color. With its rapid harvest time and regeneration properties, bamboo flooring is the leading eco-friendly flooring choice. Just like wood or laminate options, bamboo flooring comes in strips or planks that fit together. Our selections of bamboo floor products are chosen for their distinctive styles that can really make a room come alive. Our warranties on our bamboo floors are also sure to please!

Why Bamboo Flooring?

* Easy to clean surface

* Superior stain resistance

* Superior fade resistance

* Install in/on all grade levels, even below grade

* Install over many different types of subfloors

* Great impact and indentation resistance

* Exceptional realism at affordable costs

* Easy to replace later on, if desired

There are 4 methods that can be used to install Bamboo flooring

a) Tongue & groove flooring: the tongue and groove are glued together. 10mm space gaps are allowed around the room to leave space for expansion of the flooring due to temperature changes.

b) Uniclic method: The ends of the floor planks are interlocked by clicking the joints of two adjacent planks together. 10mm space gaps are allowed around the room to leave space for expansion of the flooring due to temperature changes

c) Secret-nailing the floor down to a wooden subfloor: First row of bamboo planks is secured in a straight line; a second row is lined up by secret-nailing into the grove with a minimum of three nails per plank.

d) Gluing the floor to a concrete floor: A first row of planks is glued directly to the subfloor. Once the first row is secured, the rest of the rows are set up in the same manner one by one.

It is important to leave a space of 10mm around the room in order to allow the planks to expand and contract depending on the temperatures of the room. Also, to make sure that the flooring is completed perfectly, we must first make sure that the floor is even. If it isn’t so, it will need to be floor-levelled to make sure the final product is perfect.

Bamboo floors are best known for how their toughness and easy maintenance. Cleaning bamboo flooring does not require much hard work. The regular sweeping and mopping process is good enough to maintain your floor looking good as ever!

Enjoy your floor.