Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring- A Perfect Choice for Your Home

If you are planning to install the hardwood flooring in your newly constructed home or to change your existing flooring, then bamboo flooring makes an ideal choice for you. Not only does bamboo flooring make an excellent alternative to hardwood floorings in terms of durability, strength and beauty, it also makes an environmentally friendly and “Green” gift for people who are really concerned about preserving the natural resources of mother earth.

Unlike trees, bamboo is a highly renewable resource and is beneficial to our environment in several ways. In fact, bamboo is a type of grass that grows very fast and matures in just 5-6 years. These bamboo plants are then harvested to produce “Green” products including bamboo flooring. In this way, the cutting down of the trees can be minimized, which may take 70-80 years to hit the maturity. Moreover, bamboo plants produce approximately 30% more oxygen and absorb approximately 4 times the amount of carbon dioxide than trees on the same area.

There are different types of bamboo flooring available and one can choose from the Solid Bamboo Flooring, Engineered Bamboo Flooring and Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring. Strand woven bamboo flooring is relatively a new type of flooring that is gaining popularity both in terms of its wonderful look and durability. This type of flooring is created in a unique manner, using the by-products of the manufacturing process of the solid bamboo flooring. Thus, strand woven bamboo flooring is a totally recycled product that is ecologically friendly and cost-effective.

The pieces of the bamboo that are left after the manufacturing of ordinary bamboo planks are taken and boiled to burn the natural sugar contents of the bamboo. These pieces are dried, woven together and then pressed under very high pressure with a low VOC adhesive, to produce a special type of bamboo flooring that is nearly twice as hard and dense as regular bamboo flooring. Strand woven bamboo flooring makes an ideal choice to install in the high traffic areas due to its extra-ordinary strength and high density attribute.

If you want strength and natural beauty, strand woven bamboo flooring makes a perfect choice for your home. The highly distinctive grain pattern of the strand woven bamboo flooring resembles the look of other hardwoods such as red oak and maple. Moreover, it is not susceptible to humidity and daily temperature changes. Another great advantage is this type of flooring requires refinishing less often than vinyl, maple and can be sanded and refinished the same way as other traditional hardwood materials.

The process that is used to create strand woven bamboo flooring increases its durability and strength. Furthermore, it is easy to clean and simple to maintain. Most of the cleaning can be done with either a dust mop or solution of water and vinegar. It is easy to install and can be installed with one of different types of installation methods such as directly gluing to the foundation, stapling installation or floating installation.

Adnan is a professional writer for Bamboo Connection. Bamboo Connection is a supplier of bamboo flooring and compressed bamboo flooring in Perth WA. This article was written by Adnan and Edited by Akhila Reddy and Victor Chileshe Luo.