Perhaps one of the most misunderstood concerns when it comes to both bamboo and wood flooring is gaps between boards. These gaps can be seasonal, site related, maintenance related, manufacturing related or installation related. The gaps can be normal or abnormal. An excellent paper on gaps was written by NOFMA an organization for wood flooring manufacturers. While bamboo is a grass and not wood the information in this article applies to bamboo just as it does to wood. Click Here and you will be taken to the full Technical Paper.
Gaps in Flooring
Bamboo Flooring Problems Identification and Resolution
As with any product including bamboo flooring one can expect to at some time experience problems. Many of these problems will be as simple as a trying to figure out the best way to correct a small ding from a dropped object. Other problems may include the correction of more severe damage or perhaps what to do about the development of a blemish. At Bamboo Flooring Problems we have listed an overview as to the types of bamboo flooring problems seen by inspection companies such as The Weinheimer Group LLC. Below you will find this information that should help you should the need for the resolution of a claim develop. [Read more...]

