Bamboo a native plant to tropical regions with heavy rainfalls grows much faster than hardwood and has a different cellular structure.
Bamboo or hardwood flooring.
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Moreover it is not recommended to use radiant floor heating 4 under a plank wider than 3.
This flooring is comparable to engineered hardwood and is installed in the same way usually with click lock planks that float over a foam underlayment.
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We give them both 10 out of 10 for natural variation in the grain.
It is the least expensive and least durable form of bamboo flooring and it cannot be refinished.
In addition bamboo doesn t have a grading scale like most hardwood floors.
While hardwood flooring can last up to 75 100 years bamboo floors have a lifespan of 10 25 years.
For example bamboo flooring that isn t properly boiled steamed and dried can shrink after installation causing unsightly gaps.
However bamboo does have a few detracting points.
Both types of flooring are prone to warping from humidity in the environment.
Both bamboo and hardwood flooring exhibit beautiful natural variation in the grain with a superb look and feel that oozes quality.
All in all.
Bamboo hardwood flooring.
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Although it is commonly grouped with hardwood flooring bamboo is not actually a wood but rather a woody grass.
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Bamboo is not wood.
This lack of scale can make choosing a quality bamboo flooring brand more difficult.
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Cali bamboo fossilized 5 375 in boardwalk bamboo handscraped solid hardwood flooring 26 89 sq ft item 1242816.
Both bamboo and hardwood floors can be installed over radiant heating.
Both are available in a wide range of styles and are highly versatile equally suiting traditional homes ultra modern decors and anything in between.
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However the installation should be floating or made with an interlocking tongue and groove edge rather than a glue down or nail down installation.