About the bamboo flooring

Before choosing bamboo flooring for your home or business, you might like to find out a little bit more about it. Here are the essential things you should know:

BAMBOO IS AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT

Bamboo is actually a fast-growing grass that reaches maturity and can be harvested in around 5 years, compared to hardwood trees that take decades to mature. The root of the bamboo plant also has the ability to self-regenerate, which means that the bamboo continues to grown even after being harvested. With bamboo there is not deforestation.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BAMBOO FLOORING

The main types of bamboo flooring are horizontal bamboo, vertical bamboo and strand woven bamboo. Horizontal and vertical are similar in strength and stability, but have a different grain pattern. Strand woven bamboo is made in a completely different way, it looks different and has added stability and durability.

STRAND WOVEN BAMBOO IS OVER TWICE AS HARD AS OAK FLOORING

Strand woven bamboo has been designed in such a way that the bamboo fibers are shredded and then compressed to create a strong, versatile and durable floor covering. It is over twice as hard as Oak flooring can suitable for use in busy areas and even commercial properties.

BAMBOO CAN BE USED IN ALMOST ANY ROOM IN YOUR HOME

Bamboo flooring is extremely versatile so can be used in almost any room in your home. The exceptions are any wet areas, such as bathrooms or utility rooms.

YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN A RANGE OF COLOURS AND STYLES

You can find a wide range of colours, styles and sizes of bamboo flooring. Engineered bamboo has wider and longer planks, but you can also find:

• Solid bamboo flooring

• Strand woven bamboo flooring

Carbonized horizontal bamboo flooring

What is carbonized bamboo flooring:

Carbonised bamboo is a colour of bamboo flooring that has darker brown tones than the natural golden shades of bamboo. Many think that this brown coffee colour is from a stain added to the surface. This is incorrect. The raw bamboo is ‘carbonised’, or smoked, during the manufacturing stage

The raw bamboo is carbonised during the manufacturing the flooring. To obtain this beautiful rich brown colour, the bamboo is smoked which changes the colour from its natural golden tone. Here is a quick guide to how it is done:

• After the bamboo is harvested, the outer green layer is removed.

• The remaining raw bamboo is cut into thin, flat strips (for horizontal or vertical flooring), or shredded into fibre strands (for strand woven flooring).

• The strips or strands are then naturally dried to remove any excess moisture.

• Next, the strips or strands are smoked under extreme heat to create a deep brown, coffee colour.

• The newly carbonised strips and strands are now checked for any imperfections before the production of the flooring begins.

• Finally, the bamboo is now made into planks or blocks of flooring.

The carbonisation process is very different from adding a colour stain to the bamboo. A colour stain is only added to the surface of the planks of flooring, whereas a carbonised floor is the same colour throughout the whole plank.

The main model specifications :

980*98*10mm, 980*98*12mm, 960*96*15mm

1020*130*15mm, 1020*130*17mm

1900*190*15mm