Benefits of Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo Floors, they not only appeal to homeowners today, but are also beneficial in many ways. Below you will find our September 2005 survey that will show you what factors are most appealing.

37% - Bamboo Flooring Cost

Bamboo flooring is competitive with any variety of hardwoods when you factor all of the costs involved. For developing countries, you also help sustain nonpolluting jobs!

28% - Ease of installating bamboo flooring

Bamboo flooring requires no finish work at all, unlike other wood products. Bamboo boards come pre-finished on all six sides with a hi-tech UV resistant varnish that requires no sanding, filling, or painting. With a drying time that is reasonable, no toxic fumes or dust that you have to worry about protecting yourself against, this drastically reduces the installation time. After the bamboo flooring is down, the job is complete. This flooring is suitable over a radiant-heated surface, it can also be istalled over concrete or a wood sub floor using glue or nails.

22% - hardness/dent resistance of bamboo

Bamboo ranks very high on the hardness scale of all available wood products on the market today. More impressive, according to the USDA, bamboo flooring tops the list of common wood species for its dimensional stability. Changes in relative humidity when a wood floor is installed, it will shrink and swell with the humidity changes. This becomes a big issue with wood floor installation because the movement can result in buckling or gaps between the boards.

13% - Earth-Friendly Flooring Material

Bamboo is really a type of grass, not a tree. Bamboo is wonderful because it can restore itself each spring by sprouting a new shoot that can grow to its full height and development in just one season, making it the fastest living plant on earth! All varieties of the bamboo have this ability, including the giant timber bamboo that grow over 100 feet tall, this type has a growth rate that can measure at over 4 feet in just one day!