Last week 750 square feet of 5/8 inch thick strand bamboo flooring was put down upstairs. Our master carpenter Mike and I installed it in 2 1/2 days, it looks really phenomenal and will hopefully stay that way after our dogs start running over it… The old growth bamboo, which is 4 to 5 years for bamboo, has a “janka” (who came up with that hardness scale?!) rating of 3000, red oak comes in at 1290; which means that the bamboo is 2.3 times as hard.
We purchased it from a national liquidation chain, which had a great price and a wide variation of reviews, both positive and negative. The materials we purchased turned out to be great, no bad boards and minimal wastage – I ended up with 4 extra boxes. It’s hard to believe that the house will be in a home show tour in 10 days, it has been a long time coming.