While some sources list as many as five different types of bamboo flooring all types fall into two general categories.
Production of bamboo flooring.
Solid bamboo products in which solid pieces or stands of bamboo are pressed and glued together to form flooring planks.
Bamboo flooring has the appearance of a hardwood floor and is often chosen over other types of natural floors because of it s beauty eco friendliness durability and affordability.
Moso bamboo is the species most commonly used for flooring.
Upon arrival in the factory the stalks are split into individual strips.
Proper selection of raw bamboo ensures the high quality product that bamboo revolution is known for.
But technically bamboo isn t a hard wood.
A bamboo floor is a type of flooring manufactured from the bamboo plant.
And engineered bamboo.
All bamboo utilized in flooring and panel production is between 5 6 years of age.
The high density bamboo production process includes all the steps to create a material that is harder stronger and more durable than almost any wood and an attractive natural alternative to many non renewable materials.
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 material is produced from bamboo strips fibers which are compressed into beams or panels as a base material for many products.
High density bamboo production.
Splitting milling and boiling.
Actually it s not even wood at all it s a grass.
It is the least expensive and least durable form of bamboo flooring and it cannot be refinished.