what do you think about bamboo floors?

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Bamboo, the new product for the 2000's, is a naturally beautiful and durable alternative to our limited global supply of hardwood. Strong, long-lasting, and beautiful, bamboo will add style and distinction to your home.

Advantages

25% harder than Red Oak, 12% harder than Rock Maple.
More dimensionally stable than commonly used wood flooring including oak and maple.
High quality, tongue and groove, precision-milled.
Environmental Benefits
Botanically, bamboo is not a wood at all, but rather a grass and like grass it has a short growth cycle of approximately five years, depending on the variety. As a result, bamboo is considered a highly renewable and sustainable product that saves our ever dwindling hardwood forest.

Availability

There are two main colors to choose from: Natural (light) and Amber (dark).

Natural reflects the color of the bamboo. When Bamboo is smoked, the carbonized grains take on a color that is darker through out. This is not a stain, but rather the result of the smoking process. The resulting color is an Amber hue.

Bamboo is available in both a vertical-grained orientation as well as a horizontal (face) -grained orientation. In the vertical-grain, the individual nodes are hard to discern. In the horizontal-grained, each individual node is visible with about 4 node strands apparent per piece. Both orientation offer the same strength characteristics. Personal preference is the main reason for picking a particular orientation.

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I think it looks nice. My brother just bought a dining room set made out of bamboo, but I dont care for the furniture.

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I think its a great way to get the look of a hardwood floor and still be environmentally conscious. I've seen pictures and think it looks great.

How do prices compare? I would imagine its cheaper since more bamboo is readily available.

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I love the look of the bamboo floors!!

Harry and I had looked into that for our office floor...we are still comtemplating it but the office is on hold right now!!

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it is so much cheaper than hardwood and laminate

I saw it on sale for $2.50/sq foot I seriously thinking of doing it

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Wow - Bamboo floors - that is a new one. First I think they look great! Second, I really like the environmental benefits. I am going to have to keep this in mind!

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I love bamboo floors.. I think they look fabulous!!

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Friends of ours did these in the kitchen...SO GORGEOUS!!!! They did this, added black granite counters, and tiled the entire kitchen pale green clear glass tiles...omg I have never seen anything so beautiful!!

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I don't need flooring yet, but I love this idea! Very cool and looks gorgeous from the pic.

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misty...I'm so glad to hear of someone who has it...I'm definitely leaning towards bamboo over oak

thanks