Until now, you might have heard of using hardwood, stones or laminates for flooring; but have you heard of using grass for flooring. Surprised, you should be; because, these days use of grass for flooring is one of the latest trends making buzz in interior decoration industry. Well, you guessed it right we are speaking about bamboo flooring.

Things You Need to Know About Bamboo

Having tree like structure and growing in shrubby form with hollow woody stems, bamboo is one of the most ancient building materials used by our ancestors. Although bamboo is hollow from inside, it gathers its strength from this same structure as it has rigid and sturdier internodes. Within six to seven years, matured bamboo trunks are utilized for manufacturing highly durable, aesthetically pleasing and long lasting bamboo floor planks. The best thing about bamboo is you need not have to replant the grass as it regrows from the remnants of the rhizomes from cut bamboo. Not only bamboo is fast growing natural flooring product but it also takes less space for harvesting compared to that is needed by other hardwood options. Initially it is hard to think or consider bamboo as flooring material but after processing and compressing techniques bamboo becomes hardest and sustainable flooring material.

Pros of Using Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo is supposed to have developed natural moisture and fire resistance and have natural insect repelling abilities.

As bamboo is no place where dust, dander and mildew is harbored it provides completely allergen free home environment keeping every family member safe and healthy.

With staining technique, it is possible to get bamboo flooring matching the overall or existing interior decorum of home.

Bamboo floor planks are available in wide variety of styles, patterns, textures and colors so choosing the most suitable flooring are always possible. Additionally the ease it provides in installation is simply unmatched to other options present in flooring.

Harder than red oak and maple wood, bamboo is also durable and renewable which makes it first choice for environment concerned people.

Being easy top clean and maintain, look, feel and texture of bamboo flooring can be preserved for years.

Cons of Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo has a hard surface therefore rather than absorbing sound, it reflects it making them noisier.

If exposed to direct sunlight, bamboo with its natural property to bleach changes its color from original or stained color that might deteriorate your purpose of installing bamboo floorings.

Lastly, bamboo has been in market for a short while so its long-term implications, effects and durability is still not known properly. Therefore, it is hard to pass any judgment on wear and tear of bamboo flooring in long run.