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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.
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.
