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Natural Bamboo Flooring

Natural Bamboo grows in many regions of the world especially in warm climates where the earth is kept moist with frequent monsoons. Throughout Asia, from India to China, from the Philippines to Japan, Natural Bamboo thrives in natural forestlands. Twenty percent of the world's Natural Bamboo grows in China, much of that in the wild. Today, due to increasing demand, it is being cultivated more and more in managed forests. In this region, Natural Bamboo is emerging as an important agricultural crop of increasing significance to struggling economies.

Natural Bamboo is a member of the grass family. This fact goes a long way toward explaining several of Natural Bamboo's unique characteristics. We are familiar with grass as a rapidly growing invasive plant, as is Natural Bamboo. Maturing to a height of 20 meters or more in a mere four years, Natural Bamboo is ready to harvest.

And, like grass, cutting Natural Bamboo does not kill the plant. An extensive root system remains intact, allowing for rapid regeneration. This quality makes Natural Bamboo an ideal plant for areas threatened with the potentially devastating ecological effects of soil erosion.

Please note that some of the stains are named after wood types, while the floor is constructed of bamboo.

Traditions

Natural Bamboo Traditions features the best of traditional horizontal and vertical bamboo floors in solid and engineered construction with widths up to 7 1/2". Solid stained and handscraped bamboo styling highlights this trendsetting Natural Bamboo assortment.

Precision milled solid and engineered planks

7 coats of ultra durable aluminum oxide keep your floor looking new

Harder then red and white oak

Lifetime wear warranty / lifetime structure warranty

5 year light / medium commercial warranty

2 LEED credits for recycled content, rapidly renewable materials, and low emmissions

Meets European E1 standard for low formaldehyde emissions

Stained Golden Harvest

Horizontal Natural

Horizontal Spice

Stained Cognac

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Exotiques

The exotiques collection showcases a designer palette of colors and textures to accentuate your distinctive style. The engineered construction of these natural bamboo floors offers the flexibility to install in any room on any level in the home or office.

Extensive selection of richly stained colors, handscraped planks, and exotic strand woven looks.

7 coats of untra-durable aluminum oxide protects your bamboo floor

Harder then red and white oak

Lifetime wear warranty / lifetime structure warranty

5 year light / medium commercial warranty

15 year heavy commercial warranty for strand woven floors

2 LEED credits for recycled content, rapidly renewable materials, and low emmissions

Meets European E1 standard for low formaldehyde emissions

Engineered Hand Scraped Chestnut

Engineered Stained Ebony

Strand Woven Natural

Strand Woven Tiger

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More About Bamboo

There are three different types of fabrication when it comes to bamboo flooring, each type with a very different look. These types consist of a vertical grain, horizontal grain, or a strand construction. With in these types there are two different ways of manufacturing. With vertical and horizontal the bamboo is cut into long strips and planned down until they are the correct dimension. These strips are compressed back together using a high pressure process with environmentally friendly adhesive.

For the vertical grain bamboo planks, the strips are laid up on end and then compressed together so that your top plank view is of the thin edge of the bamboo strips.

For the horizontal grain bamboo planks, the strips are laid flat in several layers and rows, then compressed together so that your top plank view consists of the wide view of the strip in which you can see the rings of the bamboo plant.

The strand construction is manufactured in a different way in that instead of the bamboo cut into small strips the bamboo it is processed in a way that it can be broken up into strands. These strands are then compressed back together, either with all the same color or the two different natural colors creating a tiger wood look.

These different types of fabrication can be either a solid construction meaning the planks consist entirely of bamboo or they can be an engineered construction meaning the planks have a layer of bamboo on the surface and the rest of the plank is a plywood backing. This is shown in the side view of the strand image.

Click on the photos below to enlarge and view their differences.

Vertical

Horizontal

Strand

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