Bamboo Wood Flooring and Fitting

What do you know about your flooring options? 

Many of you inherited your wooden floors - they came with the property and you probably never really thought changing them was an option, but look at this.

Oak, engineered wood, pine; it’s all very nice, but sometimes you look around and see something truly unusual, well, unusual for Cambridgeshire that is.

Bamboo flooring is unmistakable. It seems to have a rhythm all of its own. The way the strips are glued together - horizontal or vertical - they create a floor that almost acts as an optical illusion. Some tones seem to contrast heavily, while others combine to form almost a wave effect.  

The benefit of bamboo flooring over, say, solid pine wood, is temperature and humidity. Where solid wood tends to bend and warp when the temperatures change, solid Bamboo flooring is stable. There are other options too. You can try strand woven bamboo flooring. Created by compressing the bamboo fibres under immense heat and pressure, this allows for increased strength and durability. It is then treated to colour the bamboo, sometimes resulting in that deep, coffee shade. A resin follows and then the bamboo is compressed into planks.

As you might imagine, Bamboo flooring is eco-friendly, like many of the products we pride ourselves in using. Bamboo reaches maturity in all of five years, so it is a sustainable flooring resource.

Before you lay your bamboo flooring, you need to decide whether you want an underlay or not. 

Typically an underlay is used to provide sound insulation or thermal resistance. For this we would recommend Silver Balm underlay; it’s good for both the sound and the heat.

When your fabulous new flooring is in place, you’re going to want to maintain it. Here’s a simple and easy guide:

Sweep the floor with a soft brush on a regular basis and then, each week, use a microfibre mop and wood spray.

Use protector pads on the underside of your chairs and tables; best to prevent a scratch than fix one. 

Clean spills and water as soon as you see it and make use of door mats at each entrance.

Don’t use a steam cleaner. Only use a vacuum that has a soft cleaning head and if you don’t have a PH neutral wood spray, a damp (wrung-out) mop/cloth will work just fine.

We love floors, all kinds. We're specialists in the field and if you need a helping hand or a listening ear, call...

Art of Clean is a specialist cleaning firm in: 

Wood Floor Sanding,

Stone floor Cleaning,

Carpet Cleaning,

Rug Cleaning,

Upholstery Cleaning 

Leather Furniture Cleaning, 

Working for domestic or commercial clients throughout Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire.

For more information on our services contact our friendly team on 01223 863632 or email us at info@artofclean.co.uk