Bamboo Flooring

Durable and naturally tough when grown wild, bamboo floors also undergo further strengthening treatment before being used so that some products are actually even stronger than oak. It is also still an unusual choice of flooring, making it a great feature for a room.

Bamboo flooring is environmentallyfriendly as the trees can be replaced more easily than most trees. These floors have the added advantage that, unlike many types of flooring, they are rarely prone to shrinking, expanding or water warping as they have moisture resistant qualities.

The bamboo floors are finished with satin lacquer which provides an easy to clean, durable sheen. With great discounts to be had on bamboo flooring our stock is running out fast so place your order now to ensure you are not disappointed and pick up a bargain.

There are many types of flooring available for people to choose from when they’re considering redoing their floors. Some of the more popular flooring options include carpeting, tiles, laminate, or traditional hardwood. However, you may also consider bamboo flooring if you want a more unconventional, green alternative. Most professionals agree that bamboo flooring is some of the best flooring out there.

Bamboo is an incredibly strong wood. Its naturally tough when it grows wild no matter what soil its grown in. The fact that the bamboo always undergoes further strengthening usually in a company's factory before its shipped out to be used as flooring ensures that you have a very strong, durable wood that's great for use in a home or other building. Its even stronger than oak.

Bamboo is technically a grass and grows extremely quickly compared to any other type of wood. In fact, it only takes a bamboo tree 3 years to reach full maturity while with most other trees, its twice or three times as long. This means that bamboo can be replaced much more easily, making their use better for the environment. Of course there are reasons why people insist it is not as good.

There are currently no official certification standards for bamboo flooring even though its approved by the (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) LEED. That means that quality or hardness of the bamboo flooring can actually vary, depending on the company you’re using.

Bamboo floors can be easy to scratch or dent if they’re damaged by heavy furniture that’s moved or jolted. Many people with rowdy children choose not to get bamboo flooring because children tend to be hard on floors.

Under direct sunlight, bamboo loses its colour easily especially if its in naturally-lit rooms. That means its better suited to darker rooms where direct exposure to sunlight is kept at a minimum, which may not be an option for some.

Going by the pros and cons, bamboo floors may be suitable for some people, but probably, not all.

All bamboo flooring is the result of an engineering process which takes the strands of natural bamboo and presses or laminates them together to produce a very strong and attractive material.

The different methods used by various manufacturers are one reason for the variation in patterns and shades that are available.

Bamboo floors referred to as ‘Solid Bamboo’ are created in a lamination process similar to engineered hardwoods, where the layered cut bamboo is pressed together under immense pressure of steam, heat and force.

The wood is naturally very strong and durable but further strengthening treatment during the manufacturing process means that this product is actually even stronger than oak.

Bamboo is a fast growing grass which grows in high, narrow stalks that are cut into individual strips, glued together in many layers and made into flooring planks by applying heat and pressure. This method produces a structurally strong and solid bamboo floor.

There are options of vertical and horizontal bamboo flooring – each of which comes with its own benefits – and these are manufactured with different methods.

A vertical pattern is made from bamboo strips that had been laid on edge, with the wider faces of the strips bonded to each other.

The horizontal pattern in bamboo flooring is made from wider strips laid on top of each other to give it its overall thickness. It is typically three-plies thick on a 15mm floor.

Not only does bamboo work well and look great in areas like the living and dining room, it can also be a fantastic option for your bathroom.

This is because while wood can soak up water and expand – as well as contracting when it gets too dry – bamboo is grass.

It has a high capacity for dealing with moisture thanks to its origin in the tropics where it high humidity and rainfall are very common. 

Solid bamboo flooring is a durable, attractive material that provides strong floors capable of dealing with more moisture than normal hardwoods, thanks to the fibrous nature of the material - which is in fact a grass - and its adaptation to humid tropical conditions.

There are several different varieties of solid bamboo flooring available, each of which is 14 or 15 mm thick and consists of planking, which is created by taking the strands of natural bamboo and pressing or laminating them together to produce a very strong and attractive material. The different methods used by various manufacturers are one reason for the variation in patterns and shades that are available.

In addition to this, different lacquers and other finishes can create darker hues for those who prefer such a rich colour, while there are also options to have bevelled edges for extra definition. As a tough material, the bamboo products come with between 20 and 30 year warranties.

These are then pressed together to produce a tough material that has a similar appearance to oak hardwood, with a distinctive grain and twice the normal bamboo plank density. The adhesive used is low on volatile organic compounds, which avoids having a negative effect on the air quality of the room the floor is in.

Coated in a satin lacquer to provide a light-reflective sheen, Most bamboo floors are 14 mm thick and 96 mm wide, with a 20-year warranty.

The range includes variations in the darkness of the wood and is also available in different patterns, due to both natural markings and the alignments of the slats.

The floor planks in this range have V-groove bevelled edges to provide extra definition and a sense of contemporary style.

Buyers can choose between floors with uniform light colours or those where the slats are arranged to produce darker areas, thanks to the nodes traditionally associated with bamboo. These variations come from the slats either being fixed together vertically or horizontally.

Assembled using T and G installation, the products are created using a high-pressure laminate system that compresses the slats together. These tough floors come with 30-year warranties and have a light-reflective sheen produced by the application of a stain lacquer.

Bamboo flooring is a natural, tropical material that looks and in many respects behaves like a hardwood. However, it is in fact a type of grass and this brings some advantages over wood. One of these is that it is a renewable material, being harvested from the bamboo plant and then re-growing, unlike wood from timber which kills the tree when it is felled.

As well as being green, it is designed for a moist environment as a plant used to humid tropical environments. This enables it to withstand a greater amount of moisture in the air without excessive expansion. Yet at the same time bamboo floors offer the strength and durability of hardwood, particularly strand woven bamboo, which is incredibly strong.

Bamboo flooring can also be available in different styles, shades and patterns, with flat-edged and smooth floors or those with bevelled edges for extra definition, light colours or dark and a large amount of markings or very few. Due to its strength and long life, bamboo floors offer long warranties of 20 or 30 years.

Carbonised bamboo flooring is produced by taking the bamboo fibres and boiling them in a way that darkens the wood through the caramelisation of the sugars in the substance.

This enables rich colours to be developed in the wood and the products available can form different patterns depending on the way in which the slats of bamboo are fixed together in a process of lamination.

Those that are aligned vertically can produce a series of narrow bands of varying tones, with the node markings commonly associated with bamboo being particularly prominent.

The horizontally aligned slats produce much wider bands of light or dark colour, often in a stripey pattern rather than one punctuated by nodes. This variation caused by the different slat arrangements means that those looking for a carbonised bamboo floor will have plenty of choice. The products come with planks of over 90 mm width and 15 mm of thickness, as well as warranties of 30 years.