How Do You Install A Bamboo Floor?
It may be hard to believe, but bamboo is now being used as a replacement for hardwood flooring. Bamboo floors can be installed above or below grade as well as on top of wood or concrete. Not only are bamboo floors versatile and attractive, they’re environmentally friendly. Bamboo is actually a grass that grows to maturity in less than five years and the same plant can be harvested repeatedly without damaging the mother plant. Hardwood, on the other hand, takes 20 to 25 years to grow to maturity and once a tree is cut down, it’s gone forever. Bamboo flooring is available in a wide range of formats. Boards that are installed just like hardwood or as manufactured planks similar to a laminate floor, which are installed by either gluing them together or creating an interlocking floating floor. Preparation Step 1 Measure the room where you plan to install the bamboo flooring. Determine how much flooring you’ll need based on the coverage provided in each box of flooring; (add 10% for continge
