ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
Bamboo flooring is actually made from bamboo grass that can grow to harvest maturity within 5 years. When bamboo is harvested to manufacture bamboo flooring the plant is only trimmed down, which allows it to regrow its biomass over & over. When you contrast this with the 100+ years a hardwood species needs to grow you get a real sense of how earth-friendly bamboo floors truly are.
HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH
Bamboo floors have a very high tensile strength & when ranked on the Janka hardness scale it has ratings slightly higher than traditional hardwood oak floors & about the same ranking as maple hardwood floors.
LESS WARPING
What makes bamboo flooring an attractive option over other hardwood floors is its ability to withstand greater fluxuations in humidity with less warping & heaving that traditional wood floors. Bamboo flooring is better suited for installation in a wider range of climates.
TRENDY
Let us face it – bamboo is simply the hottest flooring choice of designers today. Movie stars & high-end interior designers are choosing bamboo floors over other wood floor alternatives to make an environmental statement. Of course, it helps that bamboo floors really just look so good & offer real warmth to any room.
ADDED RESALE VALUE
With bamboo flooring so trendy right now, realtors are noticing that bamboo flooring can actually add significant resale value to a home – often more than traditional hardwood floors. When you consider the fact that bamboo flooring is less expensive that solid hardwood floors, & can potentially add more resale value to your home its no wonder real estate agents & home staging companies are recommending these floors.
NATURAL INSECT REPELLANT
The bamboo grass plant is naturally more resistant to many types of insects that most soft & hardwoods used in hardwood flooring. If you live in a region where insects pose a potential threat to your new flooring investment you might want to consider bamboo flooring.
LESS EXPENSIVE
The rapid growth of bamboo plants makes them a much more economical crop to grow & harvest for flooring. A similar size forest of bamboo plants can provide almost 20 times the biomass as one comparable hardwood forest reaches its harvesting maturity.
BEAUTIFUL COLORS
Bamboo flooring products can be stained to almost any color these days, but many people still opt for the beautiful warm tones that the traditional bamboo caramelizing process can create in the bamboo grains. With bamboo flooring & today’s stains your imagination is your only limit.
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S.A. Smith is a freelance writer, contributor, & editor of the Bamboo Flooring Now information portal which reports on the very latest bamboo flooring news & developments in the bamboo flooring products industry.
