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Bamboo Hardwood Flooring
If you are looking for a hardwood for your floor with an exotic look, bamboo flooring is one that you should consider. It has gained in popularity due to its durability, as well as its appearance. Being used by manufacturers to create beautiful patterns in borders, many people are choosing bamboo over many other popular woods, such as oak and birch. In China, there are many bamboo forests and as it can be replenished and easily harvested, bamboo is considered to be the eco-friendly wood. However, bamboo is not actually a wood at all. It is a grass, however, many use the term wood as it holds up well against real wood. The fact is bamboo only takes between three and five years to mature, while other hard woods can take as much as 100 years. Therefore, bamboo is a wood that is considered to be a renewable source and should you decide to lay a bamboo floor in your home, you?ll be helping the environment. A bamboo hardwood floor is also relatively cheap in comparison to many others. Generally, you can purchase bamboo flooring from anywhere between $4 and $9 per square foot. This price, of course, does not include the installation of the flooring, however, you may also choose to install the floor on your own. Many people, in fact, choose to install the floors themselves to save on the cost. Even better than the price, however, is the beautiful patterns and honey-like colors that come from within this wood. With both dark and light wood and an almost amber-like color, that can be achieved during a smoking process to carbonize the grains of the wood, you?ll have many choices in using this type of wood for your hardwood floors. The patterns will be varied, anywhere from a vertical pattern to a flat-grain pattern. The patterns will vary with the length of the wood. You should be able to purchase bamboo wood for your floors in both pre-finished and unfinished panels. If you have decided to put down a bamboo hardwood floor in your home, you've made a wise decision. You?ll be able to enjoy the floor for many years and they are very cost effective and require little maintenance. You should never have to re-stain your floor as the color comes out naturally when it is manufactured. The best part, however, is the bamboo floor is so easy to clean. |