Flooring

I’ve ripped out composite bamboo flooring twice. Not because the product failed, because I chose the wrong type for the wrong room. Composite bamboo flooring […]

Bamboo flooring comes in four main types: strand-woven, solid (horizontal or vertical grain), engineered, and SPC/hybrid. Strand-woven offers the highest density and dent resistance. Solid bamboo

Bamboo floor gaps fall into three categories: seasonal movement gaps (normal and expected), installation error gaps (addressable), and progressive structural gaps (require professional repair). The

My first bamboo floor installation sounded fine for six months. Then winter hit, and the thing groaned every time someone walked across it. I blamed

After replacing 1,100 square feet of strand-woven bamboo because of warping I caused myself, I stopped blaming the floor. Bamboo flooring warps when moisture content

My engineered bamboo floor failed at year six. Not because bamboo is a bad material, because I glued it down in a basement where the

The first time I tried to repair a scratch on my strand-woven bamboo floor, I used a standard wood filler, same brand I’d used on

My first bamboo flooring quote came in at $4.20 per square foot. The final invoice was $7.40. Here’s what happened between those two numbers ,

Most bamboo floor failures I’ve seen had nothing wrong with the bamboo. They had the wrong installation method for the subfloor. Bamboo flooring installs using