The general concept about flooring whether it be the home flooring or the same for a commercial space of office set-up, it should be durable as well as tough. There are plenty of materials being used for flooring purpose, both natural as well as synthetic. Tile materials, different types of natural stones like marble and granite, as well as wood are usually being used for flooring. Lately, among all these, one very tough and durable material, which is in fact very beautiful and eco-friendly too, is strand woven bamboo flooring.

While considering it, you can see that this material is even tougher when compared to the other flooring materials and you can easily compare it with the durability of cherry, oakwood and hickory. Bamboo is rather a plant wood, which is being used for multiple purposes like making furniture, walls, blinds etc.

It is found to be highly durable, and not say, very beautiful in its looks. Strand woven bamboo flooring is becoming much popular lately as the strength it gains through the stranding process is far higher than that of the raw material.

Different species of bamboo

Bamboo is there in plenty of species. The specific species which is being used to produce the strand-bamboo floors is known as Moso. The making process include cutting bamboo in small strips and then it is boiled. The boiling will remove any of the unwanted plant substances which may probably attract the termites on a long run.

Then the strands will be dried and high pressure will be applied on to it. Along with the pressure an adhesive also will be added, which in turn gets the strand flattened and mold it into the form of planks. As the final product, we get a very dense and strong plank, which can be used for flooring. The strand woven bamboo flooring thus withstand high traffic as well as furniture and other materials. The appearance of this material is also very unique and give a truly natural feeling.

The installation of strand woven bamboo flooring is also pretty and more or less similar to other kind of general flooring installation. The planks can be applied directly on to the asphalt floor with the use of strong glue or nails. There is also the alternate option of making use of the floating type installation, in which the bamboo planks can be installed anywhere regardless the structure of the floor. It is pretty easy to maintain also.