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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Home Legend Bamboo Flooring is the product line of the reputable Home Depot home improvement store chain.

Home Legend is known for producing a quality product at an economical price, with a warranty the company honors and stands behind completely.

Home Legend’s bamboo flooring has many options available to the purchaser. The process used during manufacturing produces three choices of construction. The three choices are: vertical, horizontal, or woven. Vertical construction is just as it sounds; the bamboo pieces are laid vertically and glued. The horizontal method is just as self explanatory; one inch strips of bamboo are horizontally laid and glued. To obtain woven bamboo flooring is a harder process, but it also produces a harder floor. The bamboo is thrashed and then compressed into logs by tons of pressure. The logs actually resemble railroad ties or landscaping timbers. These logs are cut into flooring planks usually six inches in length. Strand woven bamboo flooring actually has a Janka hardness rating of over twice the Janka hardness rating of oak flooring. Janka hardness rating measures the pound per inch of density of a specified type of wood flooring.

Another available option is the finish of the bamboo floor. Home Legend bamboo flooring is available in two finishes; the familiar, smooth, flat finish, or the hand-scraped finish, where the flooring is actually individually sculpted by hand.

Bamboo flooring comes in a wide variety of beautiful colors or shades. The lightest shade available in the Home Legend Bamboo Flooring line is Natural; it is a light blonde color. There are also several elegant shades of cherry; ranging from the lightest Pacific Cherry to a darker Sonoma Cherry. Also available are a medium dark Brazilian Hickory and a lighter Pecan Natural. There is a color shade available to fit perfectly in any décor.

Affordability and availability are huge selling factors in the Home Legend Bamboo Flooring line from Home Depot. This line of bamboo flooring is one of the most economical on the market today. As for availability? Home Depots are coast to coast in the United States, and the internet makes the Home Legend Bamboo Flooring line available anywhere.

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A smart consumer will carefully evaluate a major purchase, before spending any money. This is just a short listing of bamboo flooring pros and cons, but it does show that the pros seem to far outweigh or outnumber the cons.

Bamboo flooring is extremely eco-friendly, perhaps one of the most eco-friendly products in existence. Why is bamboo flooring so eco-friendly? Because it is made out of bamboo poles which mature in just four to five years, and these poles actually replenish themselves. Wow! What a ‘pro’ for bamboo flooring.

Another eco-friendly ‘pro’ is the varying colors available in bamboo flooring are obtained through a process that darkens or lightens the bamboos natural color. There are no artificial or toxic stains used. There is, however, a ‘con’ side to this method of obtaining color in the flooring. If exposed to sunlight (through a window, day after day) the bamboo flooring will fade. A question needs to be asked here. What wouldn’t fade under direct sunlight day after day after day? The solution? Drapes or mini-blinds!

Bamboo flooring is hypo-allergenic. Bamboo flooring is mold resistant.

Durability seems to be questionable. The ‘con’ side being-some of the softer bamboo flooring systems aren’t very durable. Furniture indentations in the flooring become permanent, and high heel shoes can even press into the bamboo causing damage. The softer flooring systems are usually the cheaper systems on the market. The consumer must realize that in order for the cost to be very cheap, manufacturing must keep the processing costs extremely cheap. There is also a ‘pro’ side to the durability issue. When bamboo is processed into strand woven bamboo flooring, durability is outstanding! The newest type on the market, strand woven bamboo flooring has a Janka hardness rating of over two times the Janka hardness rating of oak flooring. (Janka hardness rating measures the pounds per inch density of a specified type of wood flooring).

Bamboo flooring pros and cons? It seems the pros far outweigh the few cons which have actually been found. In researching, it actually is difficult to find hardly any ‘cons’ against bamboo flooring. That would be another ‘pro’, wouldn’t it?

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