Where should bamboo wood flooring be/not be installed?
Bamboo wood is a versatile and tough flooring product. It is decorative, useful
and globally popular. Bamboo wood flooring is not only meant for laying
aesthetically beautiful floors but also has multiple uses in construction, from
building exterior rafters and walls, to doors and roofing tiles.
Where can you install bamboo wood flooring?
Bamboo wood flooring can be installed in almost any room, above or below the
ground, over wood, OSB (Oriented Strand Board), and existing vinyl flooring.
Bamboo wood flooring does not dent, scratch or wear as quickly and easily as
many varieties of hardwood flooring. As a floor, it can become a part of any
place that receives maximum public foot traffic like corridors and living rooms
in homes. Bamboo wood flooring also serves in offices, schools, studios, hotel
lobbies, auditoriums, conference halls and restaurants.
Where bamboo wood flooring should not be installed?
Bamboo wood is naturally moisture resistant to some extent due to its tropical
nature. Also, part of its manufacturing process includes lamination which
increases it's resistance to moisture.There are several locations that are not
recommended for bamboo flooring. Bamboo wood flooring is not suitable in areas
prone to excessive wetness such as bathrooms, washrooms, saunas, enclosed
porches or verandas, or anywhere that may require wet-mopping or be exposed to
other forms of wetness. Extended exposure to moisture can cause a bamboo wood
flooring to warp, bend or swell.