My wife started getting headaches two days after we installed bamboo flooring in our master bedroom. The flooring was CARB Phase 2 certified. I’d done […]
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I tested formaldehyde levels in my strand-woven bamboo installation expecting readings near the CARB Phase 2 limit of 0.05 ppm. On a 73°F day, I
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Plant running bamboo (Phyllostachys species) in early spring before new shoots emerge; plant clumping bamboo (Fargesia, Bambusa) in spring through early summer when soil temperatures reach 55°F.
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My dog had an accident on strand-woven bamboo I’d installed eight months earlier. The internet said enzymatic cleaner would handle it. Three days later, I
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My first DIY bamboo shelf cost $127 and collapsed within six weeks. The bamboo wasn’t the problem, my joinery was. Since that 2021 disaster, I’ve
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Three weeks after installing solid bamboo flooring in 2019, my 70-pound Labrador left scratch marks visible from across the room. I’d spent $6,200 on flooring
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