Bamboo or hardwood flooring?

I'm keen on using bamboo flooring in our house rather than hardwood because of it's sustainability and am concerned about using products that are less harmful to the environment.





Considering bamboo is a more sustainable source yet it has to be transported from the other side of the world, what will have less of an environmental impact, bamboo or hardwood flooring?





However also considering this, where does most hardwood flooring come from?





Furthermore, is bamboo flooring suitable to be used in conjunction with wet underfloor heating (as opposed to electric)?

Bamboo or hardwood flooring?
There is one drawback to bamboo. The demand is outpacing the sources and new lands are being developed. The problem - they are cutting down hardwood forests (some old forests) to grow more bamboo. Although it may not mean much, there are certification labels for bamboo that indicates sustainability. It costs more, but if you are concerned that is one way to go.
Reply:babboo grows all over the world not just china
Reply:I prefer man-made woods, looks good cheap(ish) and easy to fit!
Reply:bamboo it looks better and it a sustainable plant which means ur damagin the environment to use it.
Reply:Why don't you check out some of the vinyl flooring that they make now. It looks just like wood and I'm sure you could get it in a bamboo coloring. It is also less expensive than real wood and will last 25 to 30 years. Less maintenance and easier to keep clean.
Reply:The use of Bamboo for flooring predates any type of hardwood flooring by centuries. Bamboo has been cultivated for more than 4,000 years in China.





Bamboo flooring is stronger and harder than any other type of wood flooring. Bamboo is actually used as rebar for reinforced concrete beams, due to the fact that it has a tensile strength of 28,000 lbs per square inch compared to 23,000 for steel.





As a building material, bamboo is incredibly resistant to destruction. Bamboo survived the Hiroshima atomic blast closer to ground zero than any other life form. In Limon, Costa Rica, only the bamboo houses from the National Bamboo Project stood after their violent earthquake in 1992.





China has more than 1.6 million square miles of bamboo under cultivation and is considered a great natural resource. This species of bamboo grass grows to 40 feet and is a major CO2 converter that has no known enemies. Even man cannot, at least so far, get ahead of the bamboo forests' growth cycle.





Bamboo is the fastest growing wood type plant on this planet. It grows one third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species can grow up to 3 feet per day. One can almost "watch it grow". This growth pattern makes it easily accessible in a minimal amount of time. Depending upon the species, of which there are about 1,000, size ranges from miniatures to towering culms over 159 feet tall.





Bamboo purifies both the atmosphere and the soil. Bamboo is a critical element in the essential balance of oxygen/carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Bamboo is the fastest growing canopy for the re-greening of degraded areas and generates more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. It lowers light intensity and protects against ultraviolet rays, creating the perfect environment for myriads of other forms of life under its canopy.





Bamboo is a critical element of the economy for much of the world. Bamboo and its related industries already provide economic benefits in the form of income, food and housing to over 2.2 billion people worldwide.





Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood. In the tropics is it possible to plant and grow your own bamboo home. In a square plot of land 65 feet by 65 feet (approximately one-tenth of an acre), in the course of 5 years, two 500 square foot homes can be constructed from the harvest. Each year after that, the yield is one additional house per plot.





Bamboo tolerates extremes of precipitation, from 30-250 inches of annual rainfall. In 1882, Thomas Edison used bamboo filaments in the world's first light bulb manufacturing. Also, the needle in Alexander Graham Bell's first phonograph was made of bamboo.





Bamboo is a fascinating material and is extremely eco-friendly. Bamboo flooring is an excellent choice for your home or office.





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Reply:Bamboo because it's better for the environment. The reason it is better is because bamboo grows faster and reproduces more quickly than wood. As for transport, consider this, bamboo is hollow, where wook is solid, an obvious wt. difference.
Reply:bamboo will not last as long......................


hardwood.......comes from everywhere,,depends....exotic...brazil..... ..everywhere.........
Reply:Think of it this way. whatever you buy has already be transported into the US and probably sitting in a huge ware house some where. They arnt going to go clear cut some bamboo forest in japan, stick it on a plane and send it over the second you order it. Pick the product that will last the longest, the more durable and the easiest to clean. Having it installed, removed, reinstalled, all uses gas for trucks and creates waste, every time you have to clean it that will create waste, use water, chemicals, etc,
Reply:i install flooring





and i loved the bamboo





it will last longer than wood





and it is stronger





and if you dont like the paint you can grade it down





and paint it another color





it looks really nice too
Reply:bamboo is impervious to water isn't it? so environmentally speaking it should last longer and not need to be replaced.





As for hard wood, reclaimed wood has lots of character and is more environmentally sound. Reclaimed teak for example is beautiful.
Reply:hardwood looks better
Reply:I think bamboo looks better and it'd more environentally safe but I'm not sure the exact info on it. You should look more on google
Reply:i would go with bamboo also it is more durable.and it looks so nice.hardwood flooring comes from cutting down trees.and i don't think it matters about your underfloor heating.
Reply:Bamboo all the way!!!