It is not always easy to find the ideal solution for the home floor. A lot of people look for an option that can be installed in all rooms including the kitchen and bathroom, and that is also a natural and ecological product. For these people, bamboo floors, parquets or pallets may be what they‘re looking for. Environmentally friendly, or "green" materials are increasingly appreciated and popular, something that also influences the style they can bring. A bamboo wood floor, although not exactly a wood, is a durable, economical solution that looks really good in both modern and traditional environments.

What is Bamboo Really?

Bamboo is a fast-growing herb, much more than any tree, so it is a highly renewable resource. That‘s why many owners, concerned about the environment and its ecological footprint, decide to use bamboo for the floor of their home, including kitchen and even outdoor bathrooms. This accelerated growth rate allows to have in 3 years a plant with the optimal size for exploitation, while according to what kind of tree we would be talking about decades. This is one of the reasons that allows the price of bamboo to be significantly lower than that of most woods.

Features and Types of Bamboo Soils

Solid bamboo flooring is manufactured by joining bamboo boards or strips. They have a more natural appearance and can be dyed or varnished of any colour. They are somewhat less resistant to moisture than processed ones. When they start to show signs of wear, simply apply a fine sandpaper and give a new layer of the finish for which you have opted. Installation is usually done by gluing the pallet to the ground or by nailing it on track. These types of installation are more complex and offer greater stability. Soils from bamboo fibres, that go through an industrial process, end up looking very similar to the original and gain some additional characteristics:

Increased moisture resistance.

Easier to maintain.

Increased shock and torque resistance.

They are available in click-system slats that allow anyone to install them easily. It is a type of floating platform that is installed without attaching to the subfloor. It is greatly simplifying, an alternative to a laminate floor or a multilayer platform. This type of bamboo flooring is ideal for use in kitchens and bathrooms. The main drawback is that once it has worn out, after many years of use, it cannot be repaired with a simple sandpaper, and must be replaced.

The Price of Bamboo Pavements

One can find a huge range of variability in prices and qualities as per the design and types. Bamboo flooring manufacturers and importers can provide the services at an affordable price as compared to alternative products like wood flooring, vinyl or laminates. 

What kind of finish does the bamboo floor use and what are its virtues?

Bamboo floors are finished with seven layers of 100% cured solids, UV of urethane, which makes the floors resistant to abrasion, chemicals and stains, fire, indentation and oiling. In addition, bamboo floors with this type of special finishes have another great virtue in electrostatic prevention.

Compared to hardwood floors, what virtues does the bamboo floor have?

Compared to hardwood floors, bamboo floors have many virtues. First of all, the bamboo flooring is a product that contributes to the environment and the bamboo growing season is much shorter than the decades of hardwood forests to mature. Each year, a "mother tree" makes several new stems that grow in their entire length in a few months to mature and give hardness in about five years, so bamboo floors have abundant natural resources. Secondly bamboo floors have higher hardness, so it is more durable than hardwood flooring. The third, bamboo floors can be installed in a very short time being this very conveniently, (as it comes ready and finished there is no need to polish, sand and give additional finishes like woods, which take up a long time until months for installation). Once installed, can be nailed or glued. Except for the above, bamboo floors have better grain and are more elegant and graceful than hardwood floors.

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