Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring

Strand woven bamboo flooring, while being very beautiful, is also durable enough for a high traffic commercial setting. One type of strand woven bamboo has a Janka hardness rating of 3000 PSI.

Janka hardness measures the pound per inch density of a specified type of wood flooring. The higher the density rating the harder it is to indent or gouge the flooring material. Strand woven bamboos Janka hardness rating is actually about two times higher than the hardwood oak trees Janka rating.

There are several steps in the process of making raw bamboo into strand woven bamboo flooring. After the bamboo is harvested, the poles are cut and shredded into strands. The strands are then fused into a tightly compact bundle by applying 2,500 tons of pressure using a cold press. At this point, the compressed bundle resembles a railroad tie or landscape timber, and can actually be cut into different size planks just as real hardwood can. The compact bundle is usually cut into planks 6” long. These 6” long planks are then mill processed so all four sides are tongue and groove. The tongue and groove construction allows the planks to slide into each other and join together perfectly.

Rather than use ecologically dangerous stains and varnishes, carbonization is used to obtain varying shades of the bamboos natural color. The strand woven bamboo is processed with heat and steam which causes the sugar in the strands to melt or caramelize. This caramelization causes the bamboo strands to become darker and richer looking in color. Another positive feature of this type color attaining process is that even when sanded, the strand woven bamboo flooring retains its color, because it is the same color all the way through it.

This type of bamboo flooring may be installed by using any of the approved bamboo flooring installation methods. It can be nailed, glued, stapled, or even floated over an existing sub-floor or a thin foam mat.

Any type, style, make, or model of bamboo flooring is ultimately, extremely, eco-friendly. Bamboo replenishes (replaces) itself, so it just keeps going, and going, and going. Strand woven bamboo flooring is the newest type of flooring in the bamboo flooring choices. It seems that the choices just keep getting better with every new type developed.

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