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Bamboo is not wood.

Bamboo flooring forums. It comes with a 25 year warranty and the salesman said it is hard wearing. Bamboo flooring can be made using either a plank type method where the bamboo pieces are laminated together into planks for flooring or it can be woven together to make stranded bamboo flooring. Homeowners trying to decide which kind of bamboo flooring to choose might be confused as to what the differences in each one are and why they should choose stranded bamboo flooring. He had a large dog perhaps 25 30 kg.

Let me tell you it s the worst flooring material to be used for your floor if you wear any high heels and have a cat that loves to scratch. Although it is commonly grouped with hardwood flooring bamboo is not actually a wood but rather a woody grass. 33 comments updated 16 hours ago 31. Posted by hstockwell 17 hours ago.

Nothing significant but the bamboo was prefinished and when viewed with a high incident lighting the dings were very visible. Posted by cd march 1 2020. I have bamboo flooring in my house. Bamboo is also usually bleached in the process to oxidize out the natural variation in color.

Do claw marks happen at all seeing it is a very hard surface. Flooring design dilemma basements. We just put in bamboo flooring we had the same concern as we have a dog. So far no issues but it has only been 6 weeks.

Bamboo a native plant to tropical regions with heavy rainfalls grows much faster than hardwood and has a different cellular structure. This forum is for the discussion of bamboo particularly its cultivation and propagation. That is my main concern. Properly finished bamboo flooring cleans easily with a mop and mild soap.

I do not think that the bamboo was ceramic coated. Hat s bamboo flooring like with having a large small dog. Laminated bamboo flooring with a top layer glued to multiple sub layers is diy friendly. It s quite popular here in the us in the last 2 3 yrs.

If the dog ran across the floor she would leave dings or dents from her claws. A friend 25 years ago installed bamboo flooring. So called caramel toast or carbonized bamboo has a rich color but it is not as hard as unheated so called natural bamboo flooring. 2 comments updated 16 hours ago.

Like other hardwood flooring bamboo may be refinished depending on the thickness of the planks.