Bamboo is not wood, but a plant with hollow and knotty stems of infrequent flowering, which adapts well to the extreme conditions of the tropical climate; as well as constant temperature changes and high humidity.

Bamboo floors are as durable and resistant as those made of wood. Bamboo is considered the ecological future; since it contributes directly to preserve our forests and the indiscriminate deforestation.

This grass stands out for being the plant that records the fastest growth rate. Bamboo takes approximately seven years to achieve maturity and growth, unlike hardwood that takes 15 to 20 years or more.

Once cut, the bamboo grows and grows again until reaching a maximum height of 30 meters in just six months. 

Bamboo is a renewable and sustainable product that can be processed in 1 week after being cut. It has very strong natural fibers that allow the development of industrialized products such as the floor. It also highlights its resistance property and its ability to absorb energy and admit more flex. Bamboo contains neither resins nor tannic acids. The cut trunk is smoothed, heated and dried after separation. Below are some of the highlights of bamboo flooring:

Ecologically friendly: Bamboo is made of natural vegetation. It is highly renewable resource that can grow to maturity in only three or five years. 

Easy maintenance: Wooden flooring is relatively easy to maintain. Simply sweep or vacuum regularly to remove small particle debris. You can also mop wet occasionally or clean it with a floor cleaner made of wax, non-alkaline, hardwood or bamboo.

Price: This material has a price approximately the same level as most wooden floors. You will often find bamboo that ranges from $ 2 to $ 8 per square foot. You must avoid the basement materials of negotiation, as they are often of low quality.

Durability:  The unbonded natural bamboo that was harvested and manufactured correctly can be as durable as red oak. The woven bamboo thread can be made even harder than that.

Style: Bamboo is a fashionable floor material that can elevate the elegance of a space almost instantly. It has an appearance and a feeling that is similar to hardwood and yet remains distinct and different. This can add unspeakable quality to a room.

Refinishing: Over time, bamboo floors may lose color, become scratched or marred. Fortunately, the surface of this material can be touched up, sanded and reapplied the finish layers to give it a unique look.  

The way to locate the bamboo at the time of compacting will depend on its strength, so you can get floors of medium traffic and high traffic. The pieces have a pre-finished polyurethane; and on this, an acrylic layer with ultraviolet protection, which prolongs its duration.

According to how the rods are arranged, the following parquet structures will be obtained:

Wide or horizontal knot: the strips are arranged horizontally and glued together. In the horizontal knot bamboo floors, the characteristic knots of the plant will be very evident, and the parquet style will be broad and exotic lines.

A narrow or vertical knot: this structure makes the bamboo knot less visible, and the parquet style will be more modern and minimal, with fine lines. The strips are glued together but vertically.

Flexible: in the flexible version the strips are connected by means of a latex or fabric support. In this case, the bamboo is arranged in a kind of small piece with a thickness of just 3mm. The result will be a parquet particularly comfortable to the walkway and with excellent sound absorption characteristics but less resistant than other structures.

Density or pressed: the parquet that is obtained through this process is the so-called strand woven, where the blades are broken and then compressed at high pressure. You will get a floor with very high strength and very similar to the classic wooden parquet, elegant appearance and with irregular veins.

Speaking of formats, however, generally can be divided into three different:

Solid wood: it is bamboo of first choice of thickness between 14 and 15 mm

Pre-finished or two-layer: the thickness is around 10mm and is the most suitable for those who want to lay it on a floor heating system. Usually, it consists of a top layer of fine bamboo and a lower layer of a different type of bamboo.