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BambWood - Bamboo
Wood Floorings
Description
of Bamboo Floors
Bamboo flooring is one of
the hardest natural materials available for flooring(as compared in the
Janka Hardness Scale). It is also an elegant and eco-friendly
alternative to traditional hardwood floors. Bamboo has a higher fibre
rating than any hard wood, which gives it exceptional hard wearing
qualities
With a tensile strength
comparable to steel , bamboo is a fantastic building material. In the
flooring world bamboo has been made into engineered bamboo flooring,
solid bamboo flooring, strand woven bamboo flooring and bamboo flooring
for installation.
Generally sold
pre-finished, bamboo is available in its light, natural color or in
darker shades produced by carbonization.Appearance of the finished
product can be further enhanced by the various plank constructions.
Choices include vertical or horizontal solid construction, engineered
construction, and woven stranded construction.
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Benefits of Bamboo Floors
- Strong and resilient
- Moisture and stain resistant
- Uniquely attractive
- Environmentally-friendly
Bamboo has been proven to be stronger
than most hardwoods. Some species of bamboo have obtained Janka
hardness ratings higher than maple and nearly double that of red oak
– the benchmark of hardwoods. Besides of its hardness quality,
bamboo is also very resilient and can take a greater impact than most
hardwoods without denting. Hardness and resilience: a dynamic duo for
durability.
Bamboo is also more resistant to
Moisture compared to other hardwoods because of the extreme changes in
humidity where it is grown and harvested in. It is less likely to
expand and contract like other wood floors which causes gaps and other
unsightly effects. And with proper maintainance many forms of stains,
be it pets or scratches, can be removed without trace.
Bamboo Flooring
has a distinctive look fromtypical hardwood floors because of its
eye-catching patterns created by the slightly darker bands of nodes.
Bamboo is also known to be eye-pleasing because of its uniform coloring
and beautiful grain patterns. Bamboo floors that went through
Lamination is capable of producing a lined, almost uniform look to the
surface of the finished floor plank or one where the characteristic
nodes of the bamboo are randomly visible.
Bamboo is
recognized as the fastest growing plant on earth, and because of that
it had proven to be highly eco-friendly as replacement of bamboo take
only 5-7 years to harvest unlike normal hardwood which takes around
30-50 years to reach maturity. Furthermore, since bamboo is a Grass, it
can be harvested from the same stalk over and over again while typical
hardwood trees needs to be replanted everytime.
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Installation Methods
Bamboo floors can be installed nailed
down or floating method, similar to solid wood floors. Refer to EnWood
Installation Guide for more details.
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Specifications
Natural
Horizontal Bamboo Floor
15mm x 96mm x 1000mm
Natural Vertical Bamboo Floor
15mm x 96mm x 1000mm
Carbonized Horizontal Bamboo Floor
15mm x 96mm x 1000mm
Carbonized Vertical Bamboo Floor
15mm x 96mm x 1000mm
Strand Woven Bamboo Floor
15mm x 96mm x 900/1800mm
15mm x 140mm x 1800mm
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