bamboo flooring
Bamboo has proven to be an excellent choice of material for flooring and has quickly grown in popularity in Greater Vancouver over the last decade. It has a modern look, is easy on the environment and is hard and durable.
Vertical, horizontal and strand grain options offer a variety of patterns. This product also comes as a solid for nailing to plywood or engineered for floating over concrete. Resanding and finishing bamboo is also an option should you wish to renovate your floors in the future.
Vertical, horizontal and strand grain options offer a variety of patterns. This product also comes as a solid for nailing to plywood or engineered for floating over concrete. Resanding and finishing bamboo is also an option should you wish to renovate your floors in the future.
Manufactured
The bamboo flooring commonly found in North American markets is highly processed. Bamboo flooring is typically made by slicing mature bamboo poles or culms into strips. These culms are crosscut to length and then sliced into strips depending on the width desired. The bamboo is then dried and planed.
The two major colors are natural (similar to Maple) and carbonized (similar to oak). If a darker color is desired the bamboo will go through a carbonizing process of steaming the bamboo under controlled pressure and heat. The bamboo will change to a brownish color. Bamboo can also be stained a variety of different colours in the same way that prefinished hardwood is stained.
The bamboo flooring commonly found in North American markets is highly processed. Bamboo flooring is typically made by slicing mature bamboo poles or culms into strips. These culms are crosscut to length and then sliced into strips depending on the width desired. The bamboo is then dried and planed.
The two major colors are natural (similar to Maple) and carbonized (similar to oak). If a darker color is desired the bamboo will go through a carbonizing process of steaming the bamboo under controlled pressure and heat. The bamboo will change to a brownish color. Bamboo can also be stained a variety of different colours in the same way that prefinished hardwood is stained.
Eco friendly
Bamboo has gained a reputation as an eco-friendly, highly renewable source of material. Compared to wood it grows much faster because bamboo is a grass not a wood. Bamboo can grow up to 47 inches in 24 hours and 78½ feet high in 40 to 50 days. It takes about 3–5 years for bamboo to reach full maturity. Traditional hardwoods can take 20 – 120 years to mature
Bamboo has gained a reputation as an eco-friendly, highly renewable source of material. Compared to wood it grows much faster because bamboo is a grass not a wood. Bamboo can grow up to 47 inches in 24 hours and 78½ feet high in 40 to 50 days. It takes about 3–5 years for bamboo to reach full maturity. Traditional hardwoods can take 20 – 120 years to mature
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