What are the advantages and disadvantages of installing a bamboo floor compared to similar wooden floors and other floor finishes?
• Solid Bamboo performs very similarly to Red Oak, but is significantly more stable, moisture tolerant and eco-friendly. • Strand woven bamboo is all of the above but is much harder and therefore a lot less susceptible to indentation by shoe heels, piano wheels, etc. • Our bamboo planks are supplied with a factory pre-finish. Solid wood is normally finished on site (normally a smelly & time consuming process) at additional expense. Our flooring also includes an Aliminuim Oxide hardener in the finish resulting in a very durable (against scuffing, cigarette burns & chemicals). Solid wood floors typically will not have such a hardener applied on site. • Bamboo planks are available in standard T&G and slightly more expensive click lock options. Click lock installations can take a third of the time of a T&G installation. • If excessive water exposure is a high possibility, then Bamboo, laminates & solid wood floors are not a good choice for the floor covering. However, our outdoor decking i
