For a unique look in flooring, with many additional benefits, the popularity of bamboo flooring in on the rise.
Most bamboo flooring is imported to North America from China where there is an abundance of this fast growing plant. Bamboo is actually a grass, even though most peoplke think of it as a tree.
Due to the fact that bamboo can reach maturity in as little as four years, it has become an excellent product to use for flooring.
It has many of the features of hardwood floors, with its durablilty and warmth, yet is more cost effective.
Bamboo floors are excellent for high traffic areas because it is considered harder than some of the other popular hardwood floors.
This is partially due to the process by which bamboo floors are produced, where the wood is dried first, and then cut into strips. These strips are then shaped before being laminated together and stained to form an extremely hard, colorfast surface.
As with any home product there are various different standards of product quality and more often than not, the cheaper discount products will give you a less than desired performance rating. If the bamboo hasn’t been...