Flooring ‘N Tiles

Engineered bamboo flooring has made a rapid ascent in the last 10 years in terms of board feet used.  It is a hard and durable surface, very much a “composition board” typically featuring a formaldehyde and epoxy glue base and utilizing bamboo itself as the primary base.  Much of the reason for its popularity deals with its “Green” nature as an plant product with a rapid recovery time, thus able to harvest more often than almost any other tree or plant. Bamboo is actually a grass as opposed to a tree, yet it’s durability is unquestioned.  Hard and resilient, it acts as a terrific base for a composition piece of flooring. Being fast growing, self regenerating and rapidly renewable bamboo is an alternative to the world’s extremely rare and preservative treated hardwood.

Now, since it has the amount of formaldehyde it needs to bind itself for the composition process, it emits and unpleasant odor which is somewhat infamous in installation circles. This does die out over time, but it is a bit of a problem for homeowners facing a fresh floor made of engineered bamboo flooring.

Lightweight and easy to assemble depending on the engineering specifications, for the most part bamboo flooring is a mid range item in terms of durability and cost.  Actually, it may be a bit cheaper than most flooring boards.  Currently, almost all bamboo products come from China, so I would imagine oil prices for the shipping costs would almost always apply at least tangentially to the price.