May 27, 2008
Bamboo Flooring Tips: How to Buy and Care for your Bamboo Flooring
For centuries, bamboo flooring has been a very popular flooring choice for people around the world. This simple addition to your home can make it warmer, friendlier, and more attractive to potential buyers by raising the home’s resale value. Hardwood is also very ecologically minded choice because many manufacturers create the bamboo flooring.To make an informed decision about what kind of hardwood to choose read on.Choosing Flooring - Bamboo Flooring comes in many different wood types, colors, and installation styles. We have the space age wood: acrylic impregnated flooring. This flooring is exactly how it sounds. Acrylics are injected into the wood, giving it an almost concrete-like harness, which is good for high traffic areas.Hardwood also comes in several different installation styles. Strip flooring and plank flooring are long strips of wood that are from one-fourth to six inches wide. This will give your room a very nice, long, sleek line. Parquet flooring is just large pieces of wood that is laid out like quilt pieces to make an interesting design that are usually in different stains or wood types to add extra interest.These floorings can come in several different shapes. The most common is strip flooring and plank flooring. These are long strips of wood that are from one-fourth to six inches wide. Another choice is parquet flooring. This is large pieces of wood that are laid out like quilt pieces on the floor in geometrical forms to make an interesting design.For the most part, hardwood flooring only needs to be swept or vacuumed regularly. Then, once a week or so, the wood needs to be mopped with a wood floor cleaning product recommended by the manufacturer of the flooring. Hardwood flooring should not be wet mopped because standing water can cause discoloration in the wood.Hardwood flooring is an overall good choice for any home’s flooring needs. Just a little thought when buying, and a little loving care when cleaning, is all a family needs to have a beautiful floor for years to come.