Bamboo hardwood floors are an excellent alternative to regular hardwood and exotic wood floors. This is because bamboo is a grass that only takes five to seven years to mature and replenish, while hardwoods are trees that take 50 to 100 years to mature and replenish the supply. Bamboo floors also are slightly more durable than other wood flooring is. They resist scuffing and gauging, and they are easy to maintain. Bamboo flooring is also less expensive than most hardwood flooring options.
When you are shopping for bamboo hardwood floors you want to keep a few things in mind. First you will need to decide between bamboo flooring and bamboo laminate flooring. These two options are available for most hardwood flooring options. The regular bamboo flooring will be more expensive than the laminate flooring, however, the laminate flooring will tend to slightly easier to install. The second thing that you will want to keep in mind when shopping for bamboo flooring is that you will need to buy all of your flooring in one stop. This is because the color of bamboo varies greatly from growing season to growing season based on the weather conditions and the amount of water that the plants receive. Because of this, your floors will not have a consistent color palette if you buy flooring planks from different bamboo plank batches. The final thing that you will need to think about when shopping for bamboo is whether you want horizontal or vertical bamboo planks. The direction refers to how the grain of the bamboo lies on the plank.
After you have installed your bamboo hardwood floors you will need to learn how to take care of your floors. Like hardwood floors you want to avoid getting your bamboo floors too wet. Regular sweeping is about all your floors will need to stay clean. However, occasionally you will want to use a mild bamboo wood floor cleaner to remove built up dirt and debris. Make sure that the product that you use to clean your bamboo floors is recommended, or designed, for bamboo floors.