Bamboo Flooring
Bamboo is often associated with the forests of east Asia, but it can be an environmentally friendly floor option as well. It is one of the fastest growing, abundant plants on Earth. This flooring has seen a huge growth in popularity in recent years. Bamboo is a renewable resource. It grows quickly, thus the supply replenishes very fast.
Despite it’s rapid growth, it is an extremely strong material when cured for use in flooring . It handles high-traffic areas well and has proven to need to be refinished less frequently than other flooring surfaces. It is available in a wide range of styles and is easy to care for.
Bamboo is manufactured from processed strips of cane and compressed to be as hard and durable as a regular hardwood floor.
Benefits of Bamboo Flooring
- Can be extremely strong and durable like hardwood
- Green and sustainable
- Different tints and color options available, including cream, mocha, red, and black
- Easy installation and can be installed on many different surfaces
- Low maintenance and easy to clean
Bamboo Flooring Options
Solid
- Glue, nail, staple or floating installation for both pre-finished or unfinished bamboo
- The installation process is the same as hardwood flooring.
- Bamboo is offered in planks, tiles as well as handscraped.
Engineered
- The grain of bamboo is either horizontal or vertical. Vertical graining has a thinner, more linear look while horizontal graining is wider, showing the knuckles of the bamboo.
- With horizontal, the pieces are arranged and laminated side by side, flatways.
- With vertical, the slats are stood upright and then laminated.
- The first colors that were introduced were carbonized and non-carbonized. The results were a natural, amber, brownish color as well as a yellow based color.
- The brownish amber color is achieved by pressure steaming the bamboo, which creates a darker color through carbonization.
- More recently, colors ranging from rich reds to mochas and blacks are available.
Abode
Amorim Wood
Amorim Cork
Anderson Tuftex
Antrim (Stanton)
Armstrong
Audacity
Auskin Fibre
Beauflors
Bellbridge
Bloomsburg
Bona
Bowron
Bruce
Cali Bamboo
Casabella HW
Casabella LV
Centaur
Coretec
Couristan
Crescent Carpet (Stanton)
D&M Flooring
Dixie Home
Dreamweaver
Duraseal
Duro Design
Fabrica
Fibreworks
French Accents
Godfrey Hirst (Mohawk)
Hagaman (Nourison)
Harcourt
Hartco
Hibernia (Stanton)
Jaipur
Johnson Premium Hardwood
Kalaty
Kaleen
Kane
Karastan Rugs
Karastan HW
Karastan Cpt
Karastan LV
Langhorne
Legendary Floors
Loba
Mannington
Masland
Milliken
Mirage
Mohawk
Mohawk Lam
Godfrey Hirst (Mohawk)
Karastan
Monarch Plank
Nourison
Nova
Olde Wood
Phenix
Prestige Mills
Preverco
Provenza HW
Provenza LV
Radici
Rebel
Rubio Monocoat
Shaw
Shaw HW
Silver Creek (Bloomsburg)
Stark
Stark Rugs
Tamarian
Tennessee Hardwood
Trucor
Tuftex
Ultraceramic
Unique Carpets
Villagio
