San Diego flooring companies have long been in the forefront of new ideas and materials for attractive flooring solutions. You may have, or have had bamboo furniture or bamboo blinds on your windows. You will know that it is both light but also extremely hardwearing. Bamboo is an extremely versatile material and now it is available as an attractive option to solve your flooring needs.
Why might you consider bamboo flooring for your home?
Ecologically, you are making a smart decision, bamboo grows quickly is easily replaced once cut and then it matures once again. As bamboo is cut from the original plant and the roots remain alive, it is more a case of harvesting than chopping and felling. The benefits do not stop here, bamboo is actually harder that some hardwoods. Bamboo flooring will withstand the daily pressure that it gets from being walked on for some years more than many hardwood alternatives. Another important benefit is that bamboo is fire resistant and it will withstand the effects of a house fire longer than other wooden flooring alternatives.
When a wood isn’t a wood
It may seem a strange point but bamboo is not a tree plant; it is a grass. In addition it is an extremely fast growing grass. Imagine the surprise of your friends and neighbors when you tell them that you have floored your house using grass. Their surprise and doubts will be quickly swept away when they come to look and feel the quality of your new bamboo floor.
As a grass, bamboo grows from sprouts, the bamboo canes will reach maturity within 3 to 5 years. When you consider this in more detail, you will quickly understand that that means that the output potential of bamboo is far higher than that of hardwood trees. Acre for acre; Bamboo gives an output that is as much as 10 times higher than that for a hardwood tree plantation.
Sustainable farming
Bamboo shoots are cut when mature and the new shoots grow rapidly, another advantage of growing bamboo for the environment is that the root mass is extremely dense and helps to protect the soil from erosion during heavy rain or monsoon conditions. This is particularly important when considering where bamboo can be grown, as virgin jungles do not have to be cleared to make room for bamboo cultivation. Bamboo grows extremely well on hill sides and on steep slopes that are not suitable for trees. For this reason, bamboo should be considered a supplement, rather than a replacement, to traditional wood growing. The most productive bamboo growing regions are found in Southern China.
Why bamboo is a perfect alternative to hardwood flooring
Not only is bamboo ecologically extremely eco-friendly, it has a consistent strength and stability and is as much as 28% harder than Northern Red Oak, even hard Maple pales in comparison; bamboo is 15% harder than this popular hardwood flooring alternative. When it comes to laying your bamboo floors you have all the options you may want available, it can be floated, nailed down or glued into place, the choice is yours, the bamboo floor will be flat and robust. As mentioned before, it is highly resistant to fire and will not burn easily. From whatever point of view you look at, Bamboo is well worth a close look as a flooring alternative!
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