DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES

Bamboo is very hard, strong, and dimensionally stable.

Environmentally it's very difficult to argue with this "grass" that matures in three years, regenerates without need for replanting, and requires minimal fertilization or pesticides.

Bamboo is slit into strips which are boiled to remove the starch.The strips are dried and laminated into solid boards, which are then milled into standard strip flooring profiles.

 PROS

It provides a very rich visual texture.

 CONS

The products now available are laminated using urea-formaldehyde adhesive.

The embodied energy increases remarkable when we consider the transport of the products, in fact, bamboo is produced mainly in China and Vietnam.

Workers safety is an issue because of the lack of proper rules in those countries.

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