Understand Bamboo Flooring
When it comes to an eco-friendly and more affordable alternative to wood flooring, bamboo is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. With bamboo flooring, you can get the look and feel of wood floors at a fraction of the price and while doing less damage to the environment. You the consumer have the power to make a choice for a better environment by choosing bamboo flooring over wood which takes much longer to replenish naturally.
Traditional hardwood flooring can take 100 years or more to grow to maturity and be harvested but bamboo can be harvested in about 3 years. Bamboo also re-grows in the same spot as the original stalk and it can take very little to no fertilizer to do it.
There are different types of bamboo flooring today so you will need to learn a bit about them before choosing a type for your house. Bamboo flooring has different types of stranding such as vertical, horizontal or strand woven. This will affect what your flooring looks like and what kind of patterns it has, just like with traditional wood flooring.
Bamboo also comes as non-carbonized or carbonized. This applies to the color of the boards used for your floors. Then you also have to choose from stained and unstained. The type of installation will also affect the type of flooring choice you have.
When choosing bamboo, you can make the choice to get great flooring and help the environment at the same time. If you’re looking for new flooring for any room in your home or office, you should put bamboo at the top of your list.
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