• Eco-friendly: As a grass, bamboo is one of the world's fastest-growing plants, reaching maturity in five years or less. It is highly renewable, self-regenerating after harvest, and produces 30% more oxygen than a comparable hardwood forest.

• Durable: High-quality strand-woven bamboo is exceptionally hard and resistant to wear, making it suitable for busy households.

• Moisture-resistant: Bamboo is more resistant to water damage and stains than many hardwoods, though it is not waterproof.

• Aesthetically flexible: Offers a clean, modern, and often uniform look, with a variety of colors available through a process called carbonizing.

• Easy to maintain: Basic care includes regular sweeping and occasional damp mopping with a pH-neutral cleaner.

• Can be refinished: Like hardwood, solid bamboo floors can be sanded and refinished multiple times to remove scratches and restore their luster.

Bamboo flooring is an eco-friendly and durable material known for its modern aesthetic and sustainable properties. Made from the bamboo grass plant, it offers a stylish alternative to traditional hardwood.

Types of bamboo flooring

Bamboo flooring comes in three primary constructions, with significant differences in strength and appearance.

• Strand-woven: The most durable type, manufactured by shredding bamboo stalks into strands, compressing them with resin binders under extreme heat and pressure, and cutting them into planks.

  • Durability: Strand-woven bamboo is twice as hard as horizontal or vertical bamboo and often surpasses the hardness of oak.

  • Appearance: Features a unique, random grain pattern.

  • Applications: Ideal for high-traffic areas in homes or commercial properties.

• Horizontal: Created by gluing strips of bamboo together horizontally. This displays the distinctive, wide grain of the bamboo stalk, including the characteristic "knuckles" or growth rings.

• Vertical: Made by gluing narrow strips of bamboo together vertically. This construction results in a more uniform, lined pattern with a thinner, less prominent grain.

• Engineered: Features a thin veneer of bamboo bonded to a plywood or medium-density fiberboard (MDF) core. It is generally less expensive and durable than solid bamboo.