The Benefits Of Laminate Bamboo Flooring By Marcus Peterson, Fri Dec 9th
Bamboo, a grass once conjuring up images of Pandas and ricketyboats, is now being used to make quality wood floors in manyNorth American homes. Bamboo laminate flooring is both anexcellent building material and environmentally friendly; bamboois easily renewable and matures in only five years. It isdurable, strong, hard, and dimensionally stable. Grown in China and Southeast Asia, the many species of bamboobeing used for bamboo laminate flooring are harvested after fouror five years, cut into strips, dried in the sun, and thenlaminated either vertically or horizontally into two- orthree-layer pieces. Horizontally laminated planks are referredto as “face grained,” and vertically laminated planks are“vertically grained.” Planks vary by color, which usually comesin natural shade or carbonized (darker). Carbonized bamboo istreated with heat to give it a more amber color. After the initial processing, the bamboo laminate flooringplanks are cut into various sizes and finished with a stain.Typical finishes include; no-stain (a natural look and color),glossy (distinct shine), and matte (mottled appearance).Matte-finished laminate bamboo flooring is typically morescratch-resistant than the glossy finish. Unfinished or no-stainflooring gives the buyer more choices for finishing the flooring.
Bamboo flooring installs in the same manner as standard hardwoodflooring. It can be glued to the subflooring, installed overplywood and particleboard, or nailed with a nail gun (pneumaticnail guns are preferred). After installation, laminate bambooflooring is as easy to care for as typical hardwood floors.Entrance mats for dirt, daily dusting/sweeping, and quickcleaning of spills is all that is necessary for long-lasting,beautiful bamboo flooring.
Not to be confused with the bamboo mats
that are strung togetherout of thinly sliced bamboo reeds, bamboo
flooring is ahigh-quality option to make an aesthetically pleasing,
beautifulfloor in any home or office. Besides the benefit of helping
theenvironment, a laminate bamboo flooring also adds a stylish,beautiful
floor
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