Saturday 30 March 2013

Bamboo Flooring: A Brand New Look

Do you own a farmhouse and are worried about its flooring? Do not worry at all. Install Bamboo Flooring and give a brand new look to your dear farmhouse.

Hard wood flooring materials have become so expensive that floor designers and manufacturers are exploring new flooring materials and promoting them for both the residential as well as for the commercial purposes. Bamboo Flooring is one of them. Bamboo is not wood but a type of grass which grows in abundance in the forests of various parts of the world. Bamboo is perhaps the tallest grass among all of its kind. Because of its length, it can be cut short according to the requirement. In spite of belonging to the species of grass, bamboo has the strength and resistance of good quality timber.

You might opt for either pre finished Bamboo Flooring or unfinished Bamboo Flooring. The difference between the pre finished Bamboo Flooring and the unfinished Bamboo Flooring is that the unfinished Bamboo Flooring material comes without lacquer. In case of the unfinished flooring material, you are required to do the sanding at the time of its installation in order to get the finished look, whereas the pre finished Bamboo Flooring material does not require any sanding at the time of installation. It comes in a pre finished condition to the customer’s house for installation. Once installed, the pre- finished flooring of bamboo is ready to walk on.

Generally aluminium oxide lacquer is applied over the pre finished Bamboo Flooring material. The only other coating is used over Bamboo Flooring material is water based polyurethane. Bamboo is a gift of nature, and it goes without saying that it is eco friendly and hypo allergic. Bamboo Flooring looks elegant when properly installed and finished with sanding and the above mentioned coating.

Bamboo Flooring requires your attention before installation. The Bamboo Flooring materials are required to get acclimatised in the room temperature and humidity much before they are ready to be installed on the floors. Paying necessary attention to the pre installation guidance is important because bamboos require to get adjusted to the room atmosphere by contraction and expansion. If this time is not allowed to the flooring materials, you can be in trouble after installation since, post installation adjustment is really very troublesome and it means sheer wastage of money and time, as well.

One good thing about this kind of flooring is that, it can be installed over any kind of subfloors, be it wooden subfloor, vinyl subfloor, concrete subfloor or ply wood flooring. You can either nail down the bamboo boards onto the subfloors on your own, or you can hire a professional installer for the floor installation. You can even glue the bamboo boards onto the subfloor directly. Use quality glue that is not water based.

If you are thinking of remodelling your old flooring, let it be there as a subfloor under the brand new bamboo boards. Give a new look to your office and home and enjoy living with Bamboo Flooring Melbourne.

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