What Is Bamboo Flooring?

New Types of Flooring for Your Home

Bamboo flooring can offer you a practical and stylish alternative to conventional wood flooring.  This type of flooring is growing in popularity as it is tough, durable and good for the environment.

Bamboo

Bamboo is a very hardy alternative to traditional hardwoods such as pine, oak and beech.  Bamboo is actually a type of grass and can grow very quickly to maturity in just three to five years.  When you compare this to the 50 to 150 year maturity span of traditional hardwoods you can see the benefits to both commercial applications and the environment.

Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo is the ideal material for flooring.  It is just as durable and tough as hardwood and can in some cases actually be more hardwearing.  Bamboo is also an attractive wood substitute and is available in a wide range of different colours and finishes.

*        Bamboo is incredibly tough and some manufacturers will warrantee their bamboo flooring for over 25 years.

*        The quality of the finish will depend on the quality of the product.  This is why it is so important that you only buy bamboo flooring from reputable manufacturers and suppliers.

*        Because bamboo grows so quickly it is easy to replenish stocks.  This makes bamboo a highly sustainable source of wood substitute for construction projects.

*        This also means that bamboo can be a much cheaper alternative than traditional hardwoods for flooring.

*        You can buy both real bamboo flooring and also engineered bamboo flooring.  The engineered option has a tough synthetic finish which provides additional moisture protection.

*        The engineered product is typically made from bonding a layer of bamboo wood over a rubber wood/pine board using intense heat and pressure.

*        Bamboo flooring is available in a range of applications.  This includes tongue & groove boards which can are offer straightforward application. 

*        Bamboo is suitable for different uses in the home.  It is resistant to moisture and varying temperatures so can be used in kitchens and conservatories.

*        Bamboo is good for the environment in a number of ways.  Not only is this a sustainable wood substitute but it also requires minimum use of fertilisers or pesticides.

*        Bamboo is also self-planting.  This means the plant will regenerate itself and there is less need for extensive crop management as with hardwood woodlands.