Bamboo Flooring For The Bathroom

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Bamboo flooring for the bathroom. Even engineered bamboo looks just like the natural thing. Laminated bamboo flooring with a top layer glued to multiple sub layers is diy friendly. Turned out very nice and i m happy with it. This flooring is comparable to engineered hardwood and is installed in the same way usually with click lock planks that float over a foam underlayment.

The world s hardest floors not all bamboo flooring is created equal. Engineered bamboo flooring is made by bonding a thin layer of bamboo onto a plywood or mdf core. L eng click bamboo flooring 25 88 sq. The least expensive bamboo option is engineered bamboo flooring.

Home decorators collection hand scraped strand woven almond 3 8 in. Along with regular strands and grooves bamboo features signature knuckles in the grain giving it a natural pattern. However horizontal bamboo flooring isn t nearly as hard as stranded so it isn t the best bamboo choice if your floor will get heavy use or abuse. Properly finished bamboo flooring cleans easily with a mop and mild soap.

It is the least expensive and least durable form of bamboo flooring and it cannot be refinished. Bamboo is a very nice material and can look particularly striking in a bathroom where it s not expected much like a hardwood countertop in a kitchen can draw attention. Bamboo bathroom floors mimic designs often found in vacation spa resorts. W x 72 7 8 in.

Hardwood and bamboo flooring can be installed in powder rooms half baths containing just a washbasin and toilet. Reservations aside you certainly can use bamboo flooring in a bathroom if you have to have it. Case model yy5001 487. While bamboo is a more sustainable source for flooring and provides a high quality lower cost option for putting in a hardwood bathroom floor there are some concerns about certain sources of bamboo flooring.

Like other hardwood flooring bamboo may be refinished depending on the thickness of the planks. But be prepared for some babying of the floor. T x 5 1 8 in. Our bamboo flooring is crafted using a proprietary fossilized manufacturing process making it twice the density of any other hardwood floor in the world.

Unless stained or painted bamboo will brighten up your bathroom with its light wood tone. For those who prefer modern décor bamboo flooring has a clean contemporary look. Despite their and warm feel underfoot wood and bamboo floors are not recommended for use in full bathrooms for a variety of reasons the most notable of these is that wood is not a waterproof material and bathrooms are pretty much guaranteed to be a very wet environment.