If you are looking at getting wood floors for your home, you should take a look at bamboo flooring. Not only does it have the warmth and durability of the other wood floors on the market, it is an easily renewable resource as well. Europeans have been using bamboo flooring for many years now, but it is just becoming more popular in the United States. Take a look at the many aspects of bamboo and the styles and finishes available before you decide what your next floor will be. Green Products Green products refers products which are either recyclable, or easily renewable. Bamboo flooring is a green product because bamboo plants reach maturity and are ready to harvest at about 5 to 8 years. Compare that to most hardwood trees and you will see the difference. It can also be grown close together because it is a grass. China and ...
4-02-2012
Bamboo flooring is one of those products that has two sides to it. It is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and for whatever reason is not as popular or advertised as it should be. It is a lot harder to find good information about bamboo flooring than it is to find any other type of hard wood flooring or flooring in general. Lets go over some of the bamboo flooring pros and cons.One of the biggest pros of having bamboo as your floor style, is its ability to be beautiful as well as environmentally savvy. It is the nations "green" way to go as far as wood flooring styles. It also has many different style to choose from. If it properly cared for it can last a very long time. Bamboo is a very fast-growing plant which means that there is high availability of the product and also can be ...
1-02-2012
The first thing you need to do before installing hardwood flooring is to find out what type of sub-floor you currently have. The sub-floor is the actual base floor, which is either made of plywood or concrete. This requirement is essential as there are numerous types of hardwood floor installation methods and not all can be used to all kinds of sub-floor. By determining the kind of sub-floor you have, you are automatically narrowing down your options making it relatively easy for you to decide which one is best for the application.Depending on the method that you are going to use, you will need some tools for cutting and drilling, measuring and marking, installing, and finishing and refinishing. The most common methods of installing hardwood floors are as follows:Nail-Down Installation. Ideal for solid wood floors. As this kind of hardwood floor is usually thicker it tends to expand and contract ...
30-01-2012
If you're looking for a fast-growing, all-natural and totally renewable product that is the ultimate in versatility, you just can't do any better than bamboo. And because it's so solid and durable, it is ideal for things like flooring. Oh, sure, the durability of bamboo flooring has been debated among builders and decorators everywhere, but there is but little doubt that it is at least as durable and as long-lasting as other flooring materials. A lot of this is due to the climate conditions in the geographic areas where it grows. To be more specific, it is the temperature extremes in those areas that make for such a hardy plant, and it only stands to reason that a hardy plant produces a strong and sturdy material that is sure to stand the test of time.One major drawback about bamboo is that it tends to grow in rather thin stalks, which ...
20-01-2012
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