Bamboo Flooring NYC

Bamboo floors are also excellent choices for high-moisture areas like the bathroom or basement. When shopping for bamboo floors, look for solid bamboo that has also been engineered, giving it a very high-stability rating in a natural product; thus, it doesn’t move a lot, which is important in high moisture areas like a bathroom.

You’ll be able to see more of the natural decorative knuckles (growth spurts) in the Horizontal/Flat Grain Bamboo flooring, because of the way the bamboo strips are orientated when manufactured.

In addition to the difference in graining above, you will also see there’s a difference in color. Natural Bamboo Flooring offers the lighter natural color of the board. Carbonized [also referred to as “Spiced” or “Caramelized”] offers the darker color that appears on Bamboo through a pressure heating process. This warm color is different and more beneficial than a stain because it is present through the entire thickness of the Bamboo board. If in the future you choose to sand and refinish your carbonized bamboo floor, you’ll simply be able to put a coat of finish on it and the flooring will retain its warm color. With stained products, in order to retain the color you’d have to re-stain the floor after sanding.

Bamboo Flooring - Environment Friendly

Environmentally, it’s hard to argue with a replacement for hardwood that matures in three to four years, regenerates without need for replanting, and requires minimal fertilization or pesticides. And contrary to beliefs, the harvesting of bamboo is not a threat to Pandas, as they live at much higher elevations and eat a different species of bamboo.

With over 500 species, China has the richest bamboo resource in the world in terms of number of species, area and reserve of bamboo, and has long been known as “the bamboo sea”. Nearly all bamboo wood flooring sold in North America is produced in the southern Chinese province of Hunan. China has accelerated its efforts in the protection of natural forests, resulting in a substantial reduction in timber harvest. Consequently, this has created opportunities for the growth of bamboo wood flooring, which is rapidly claiming greater market share.