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Bamboo floors have recently become an extremely popular choice for home flooring, and with good reason.
For decades other nations, especially those in Asia and the Orient, have used bamboo floors in their homes.
There are many benefits of selecting bamboo wood floors and here are the top five reasons you should consider bamboo flooring for your home.
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Top Five Benefits of Bamboo Floors
Environmentally Friendly: With the concern about old-growth hardwood forests being depleted and the decades and centuries required to replenish these forests, plentiful, rapidly growing bamboo is an eco-friendly alternative. All the parts of harvested bamboo are utilized in some way so there is no waste from the bamboo harvested. It requires only a short period of time -- about three years -- for new bamboo shoots to replace those removed to create flooring.
Easy Installation: There are several types of bamboo floors from which to choose. Perhaps the most popular is the floating floor which requires no adhesive and uses tongue-and-groove or mitered joints between bamboo boards. Anyone with basic do it yourself skills and a basic tool set can install bamboo flooring in an average sized room in a day or weekend. Bamboo floors simply do not require the skill level of more difficult materials such as ceramic tile.
Expense: The price of bamboo floors varies based on material grade, whether the bamboo is imported or domestic, finish, type of veneer, and other factors, but the investment is reasonable for the many years of enjoyment you'll receive from the beautiful floors in your home. And... the cost of installing bamboo floors yourself is even lower than if professionals are called in to do the job for you.
Strength and Durability: Bamboo is very strong; in fact it is so strong that Japanese construction contractors use it to build scaffolding many stories tall. Its weight to strength ratio is incredible, allowing the material to carry many, many times its own weight. What this means to the home owner is that their bamboo floor will be nearly as strong as concrete and the flooring will be durable, lasting for decades of daily wear and tear. With basic care to avoid gouges into the bamboo, your floor will age beautifully with time, developing a patina unlike any other flooring material.
Easy to Clean and Maintain: Bamboo floors are the lowest maintenance floors possible. Basic cleaning with a dust mop or soft broom and periodic thorough cleaning with a wood cleaning product recommended by the manufacturer of your bamboo is all that is required to keep bamboo floors beautiful. After many, many years of wear and tear, the floor may need to be refinished, but this happens far less frequently than with other floor materials.
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