7 Facts About Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo floor is a pleasant to eye, eco-friendly, durable and cost-effective alternative to the floor of hardwood or tile floor. If you are looking for creative ideas to be realized in your house for a limited budget, consider bamboo as a perfect material for your floor.

Bamboo flooring has several advantages.

1. Bamboo is an environmentally friendly material, which grows very fast. After its stem is cut down above the root, a new bamboo grows in a few years. It takes a couple of decades for an ordinary tree like oak or cherry to grow after it was cut down completely.
2. Bamboo fast growth is one of the main reasons why the price of bamboo flooring is slightly lower than the floor made of hard wood. The cost of installation is also a little lower, especially if it comes to a floating bamboo floor.
3. Bamboo, used for the hallway floor, is very firm and reliable and excels even oak floor at its quality. If to lay bamboo flooring in the places of constant people's moving, it's better to use light bamboo planks that are considered to be much stronger than bamboo fiber and are very easy in installation which doesn't require glue or nails.
4. If your old flooring is difficult to remove, then you can cover it with a floating bamboo floor. It's very resistant to small flaws in the underlayment, doesn't require perfect evenness of the floor and can be easily dismantled in case of being damaged.
5. You can choose a bamboo color according to your taste. Light bamboo will be appropriate for a kitchen and a bedroom designed in a modern way, while darker shades will suit to any elegant living room design performed in a traditional classic style.
6. Bamboo flooring can boast high quality due to the top layer, made of another kind of wood, usually pine or something similar. The thicker the top layer is, the longer the floor will serve you.
7. It's important for bamboo flooring to be taken care of and repaired from time to time.  You can install it by yourself, but if the room features unusual shape with all that difficult turns or corners, it is better to hire professional workers.