Bamboo: Install a green floor
- by Kelly Smith on Apr 21st 2008 5:00PM
- Filed under home decor, weekend projects, staying green, flooring, remodeling
Bamboo is fast becoming one of the hottest green flooring materials. Why green? There are at least two reasons. First and foremost, it's sustainable. If you've ever had any in your backyard, you know how hard it is to contain. Even worse if you don't want it, but it's an under-the-fence gift from a neighbor!Yes, I know there are non-spreading varieties. But the point is, compare bamboo's renew rate to hardwood.
The second green aspect of bamboo is that it's a natural product. Carpet usually has a lot of synthetics in it, and that means petrochemicals and gas-off issues. Formaldehyde may also be an ingredient. Yuck.
There's a variety of choices for installing bamboo flooring. It requires a dry floor and a membrane or layer of felt. Other than that, it can be nailed, glued, or floated like laminate floors. There's something for whatever kind of subfloor you have!
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4-22-2008 @ 2:29PM
Kristi said...
This might be a silly question, but can bamboo floors be refinished like hardwood? We're looking at installing new floors in parts of our house, and are seriously looking at bamboo, but I wasn't sure about the refinishing thing.
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