I recently installed a bamboo floor, and learned quite a bit about that exciting new building product.

First of all, bamboo is extremely hard, and much denser than oak or even maple. That’s pretty impressive when you consider that bamboo isn’t a hardwood or softwood or any other sort of wood. Bamboo is actually a grass. And considering it’s a grass, bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet.

Bamboo is grown in the Far East on sustainable plantations, where it’s harvested after just four years. Most hardwood trees don’t reach maturity for 30 to 60 years. And bamboo regenerates after cutting, so the same plant can be harvested again in another four years.

While researching bamboo, I discovered that there are three basic types of solid bamboo flooring: vertical-grain solid strip, strand bamboo, and flat-grain solid strip (see photo above).

Original post by Joseph Truini

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