Bamboo Flooring,Awesome!

[soblessed53]

This is beautiful,and such an easily renewable resource.

IMHO,this should be the ONLY product allowed for wood flooring!

http://bambooworld.com/bamboo%20flooring.htm

 

[Maynard Keenan]

So how is this news? And if we force people to use this the precedent is set to force people to use anything. The free market and personal liberty would be destroyed.

 

[pgp_protector]

This is beautiful,and such an easily renewable resource.

IMHO,this should be the ONLY product allowed for flooring!

http://bambooworld.com/bamboo flooring.htm

So for those of us that like carpets, we become criminals ?

 

[soblessed53]

How about for the sake of saving our planet's trees?

Let's see free market and peronal liberty,you mean like the Global Warming Alarmists advocate?

 

[pgp_protector]

How about for the sake of saving our planet's trees?

Let's see free market and peronal liberty,you mean like the Global Warming Alarmists advocate?

How many trees are used in creating Carpet, or Lamanents ?

 

[soblessed53]

So for those of us that like carpets, we become criminals ?

LOL, if you note,after reading your post I edited my OP to say the only product allowed for "wood" flooring. So that does include those floors,"under" carpeting as well,much healthier than formaldehyde-laden pressed wood,too! And Laminates are a petroleum product,nuff said.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

So for those of us that like carpets, we become criminals ?

But when timber is outlawed, only outlaws will have parquetry.

Mind you Bamboo is amazing stuff. I can still remember when builders in many asian countries used bamboo scaffolding

 

[pgp_protector]

LOL, if you note,after reading your post I edited my OP to say the only product allowed for "wood" flooring. So that does include those floors,"under" carpeting as well,much healthier than formaldehyde-laden pressed wood,too! And Laminates are a petroleum product,nuff said.

Well that sorta changes it

But Some still like the texture & patterns of Other Woods.

There is no Single Solution for ALL Wood floorings

 

[pgp_protector]

And on a more practical note.

how well dose this flooring handle water damage, impact resistance, chipping, UV Exposure ect When compared to the other flooring products out there?

 

[soblessed53]

But note the variety of color and patterns available in Bamboo! There are even more by comparing other sites,offeriings

 

[Maynard Keenan]

How about for the sake of saving our planet's trees?

Let's see free market and peronal liberty,you mean like the Global Warming Alarmists advocate?

This has nothing to do with global warming and you know it. What you propose is unconstitutional in the United States (though I do recognize that the link you posted is from Canada.)

 

[soblessed53]

Let's see trees do not help the environment? How many giant white and red oaks are remaining? How many even decent sized?

 

[Maynard Keenan]

No, I mean what you are proposing has nothing to do with "global warming alarmists" as you call them. None of it matters. What you propose is illegal. Period. Can't happen. Won't happen. Get over it.

 

[soblessed53]

And on a more practical note.

how well dose this flooring handle water damage, impact resistance, chipping, UV Exposure ect When compared to the other flooring products out there?

Here are a couple more sites that address your questions.

http://www.urbaneflooring.com/about_bamboo.htm
http://www.duro-design.com/index.cfm?page=bamboo

 

[flicka]

Bamboo floring is beautiful. But in reality all woods are "renewable" so I can't see banning others.

 

[soblessed53]

But other hardwoods certainly are not renewable in 5 years!

"Bamboo is made from quick growing bamboo stalks. Botanically they are not wood but grass and are the fastest growing woody plant on earth. They grow in large amounts and to a height of 60’ within the first several months of growth and thereafter are harvested every 5-6 years. If it is not cut within 5 years, the bamboo will fall. It must be used or lost unlike the use of hardwood trees which are normally decades old when cut. This makes bamboo one of the most renewable and abundant natural resources on the planet. By selecting bamboo flooring you reduce the consumption demand for rainforest hardwood materials, and in the process help save the environment for our future generations."

http://www.urbaneflooring.com/about_bamboo.htm

 

[Voegelin]

The aluminum oxide lacquer finish doesn't sound so great. Aluminum is everywhere and I assume its bonded tight but still, why cover your floors with it.

 

[soblessed53]

Possibly different companies use different finishes,we could select from?

 

[acivilengineer]

Free market and liberty is overrated.

Some things have been forbiden and I don't see mass cries against it.

 

[soblessed53]

Free market and liberty is overrated.

Some things have been forbiden and I don't see mass cries against it.