Bamboo flooring is an eco-friendly option for homeowners to decorate their home with. The flooring is very versatile and can be installed in a number of different ways. If you have a wooden sub floor in your home you can have the bamboo stapled or nailed down. You can also float the bamboo flooring for a more cushioned feel or have it glued down. The flooring comes in a vast array of different finishes and colors which makes it easy to match the flooring with any house’s décor.

Even before bamboo is treated it is naturally durable, naturally moisture resistant and resistant to insects. These factors are increased during the process which transforms the bamboo into flooring. Bamboo flooring will also last longer than most flooring options.

Due to all of these features it would make sense for bamboo flooring to be very expensive. But that just isn’t the case. The reason for the low cost of bamboo is due to the way it grows. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world. It can grow 6 or more inches a day but there have been recordings of a single plant growing over 45 inches in one 24 hour period. It only takes five years for bamboo to be strong enough to be suitable for use in flooring which is much shorter than other building materials.
This is how bamboo flooring avoids being labeled as overpriced. LW Flooring Solid Bamboo offers solid bamboo at only 2.11 per square foot. You can go over some of their products and see for yourself.

It’s always a risk when purchasing bamboo flooring due to the influx of low quality bamboo which has hit the flooring market. A lot of things can go wrong with lower quality bamboo flooring. For one, if bamboo is harvested too early then the flooring that is produced from it will be too soft. This will lead to scars in the wood, dents and severe wear in high traffic areas. In low quality bamboo formaldehyde is usually utilized in high quantities. Formaldehyde is used in the adhesives of many bamboo flooring and is considered toxic.

This shows that just as important as the type of bamboo you get is where you get the bamboo from. LW Bamboo Flooring is one of the brands that I’ve found that offer the highest quality of bamboo hardwood flooring available and at incredibly low prices. LW Flooring has grown to become one of the largest manufacturers of wood flooring in the world, and a leader in the “Green Movement”. They produce more flooring from rapidly renewable and recycled material sources than any other hardwood flooring manufacturer.