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Bamboo Flooring by Natural Cork Bamboo Flooring by Natural Cork
When it comes to the environment, cork and bamboo are a perfect combination. Both are renewable, are harvested with no harm to their natural habitat, and produce materials that promote a healthy human environment.
Natural Cork offers bamboo flooring in these colors and styles:

Natural and Carbonized: Horizontal (visible nodes) and Vertical (cleaner).
Carbonized Vertical Carbonized Horizontal Natural Vertical Natural Horizontal

Solid: All Bamboo layers. 3' and 6' long, 5/8" thick 3 3/4" wide.

Engineered: Sandable bamboo wear layer with stable fir/poplar backing. Only this product may be used in appropriate below grade areas and over properly operated radiant heated floors.

Stained: 
Solid bamboo in 4 colors. 3' long, 5/8" thick 3 3/4" wide.

Handscraped: 
Solid bamboo in 4 colors 78 3/4" long by 5/8" thick by 6 5/8' wide.

Caveat

Bamboo flooring, like that from many wood species, requires careful acclimatization in the Intermountain West with our low and fluctuating humidity. To minimize or avoid gapping and cracking related to shrinking be sure to follow Natural Cork instructions (provide link www.naturalcork.com/bamboo_install.html). Solid bamboo will likely benefit from acclimating here longer than the recommended period. Use a moisture meter to ensure moisture content is 9% or less. Make sure wood or concrete subfloor is dry and no more than 2% different than flooring. The warranty for bamboo like that for all wood flooring in the United States requires 30-50% average relative humidity, a difficult task to achieve consistently in this region. Mechanical humidification may exacerbate the problem if it simply cycles on with the heat.

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