Bamboo Flooring

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Bamboo flooring is an extremely popular alternative to traditional hardwood floors. Although bamboo is really a type of grass, not wood, once it goes through the manufacturing process it is very difficult to tell it from a hardwood floor. Bamboo is a renewable resource that is a very hard and dimensionally stable, which makes it a good flooring choice for many areas of the home. The floors are installed and maintained in the same manner as the better grade hardwood floors.

Bamboo floors generally come in both vertical and horizontal graining and in both a natural and carbonized color. After cleaning and purifying the bamboo grass strips the natural color is a light blonde. To acheive the natural-looking darker coloration bamboo strips are put through a steam and pressure chamber which completely saturates the fibers and creates a soft medium-brown color. This process is called "carbonized".