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Bamboo flooring has been used for centuries in Asia because of its beauty, hardness, durability and environmental friendliness.
Bamboo is the most environmentally friendly flooring available. Bamboo is a sustainable, fast-growing grass that offers an alternative to the world's limited supply of hardwood.
Recognized as the fastest-growing plant on earth, bamboo offers 25 times the yield of hardwood, yet is much more sustainable and renewable. Bamboo can be harvested without killing the plant and replenished with virtually no impact to the environment. Bamboo is such a hardy plant that it requires no pesticides or fertilizers.
There are two primary colours of bamboo flooring to choose from; Natural Blonde, which reflects bamboo’s true colour, along with its beautiful grain, growth patterns and joints or Smoked/carbonised Bamboo which is a darker, amber tone, this dark, rich colour is achieved by a smoking process. When bamboo is carbonised, it takes on a darker, caramel or amber tone throughout. With new staining techniques, more colours are being added to the range.
Bamboo flooring is manufactured in both a horizontal-grain with the characteristic nodes visible or in a vertical grain which produces an even colouring and grain.The final product is also available in door and window moldings, parquet flooring strips, wall panels and stairway treads.
The benefits of bamboo flooring:
- Same design appeal as hardwood flooring.
- Harder than Oak and Maple.
- Durable.
- Environmentally friendly.
Caring for bamboo floors is easy - bamboo requires you to run a mop or vacuum over it twice a week and maybe use a little mild detergent & non abrasive cleaners.
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