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For Outstanding Bamboo Flooring Salt Lake City Is Worth A Visit

By Mattie Knight


Bamboo poles have been used in making floorings for a long time now. The many important benefits the material exhibits are the main reason many people prefer products made from it. Today, Asian countries, particularly China are the main producers and exporters of bamboo-based floorings. When in need of a good bamboo flooring Salt Lake City should be the place to consider making the first visit.

Poles from bamboo have same qualities as hard woods, which makes them very preferable. They are strong, durable, and hard. Natural and carbonized horizontal measure 1380 and 1180 respectively on the Janka hardness test. The hardness has improved even further to between 3000 and 5000 as methods of manufacture and technology improve. The end-products are as hard as common hard woods like red oak, white oak, rock maple, hickory, and Brazilian Cherry.

The product has natural resistance against insects and moisture, attributes that further make them suitable and preferable. It does not warp like in the case of conventional wooden products when exposed to water or moisture. That property improves durability greatly. The degree of eco-friendly has also been rated very high. In modern times, people want commodities that are friendly to the environment because they do not want to cause more pollution. Bamboo floorings win the debate against most other synthetic-based commodities.

Bamboo floorings are available in various varieties. People prefer the varieties differently both locally and internationally. They also vary in their methods of manufacture. Commonly available varieties are produced by slicing thin stems to produced strips of varied lengths. They strips must be very flat and they may be vanished or stained although some use them in their raw form. The strips are then pinned on bigger frames of wood using nails. They are very useful in summer because they allow free circulation of air.

Another kind involves slicing mature poles into strips. The length of the strips varies according to need. Nodes and outer skins are removed. The strips are then boiled in a solution of lime or boric acid to remove sugar. The strips then get dried and planed to produce the final product. Steaming under controlled heat and pressure can produce a darker color if desired.

The process of lamination uses urea-formaldehyde as the adhesive. Urea-formaldehyde is harmful because it emits volatile organic compounds into the environment. Therefore, it is used in minute quantities. When compared to particleboards and other products, these ones use relatively lower amounts.

The use of urea-formaldehyde is avoided in certain products altogether. The boards are cured using heat prior to being sanded, planed, and milled. Ultraviolet curing lacquer is the final curing process used on the boards before shipping. Finished products are available in two main orientations, that is, vertical-grain and horizontal-grain.

Nodes usually show on surfaces that are installed with horizontally oriented floorings. Locking floorings are the simplest to have installed because of the interlocking mechanism in them. The interlocking mechanism clicks easily into position during installation. To ensure longevity of the installed floor, water should never come in contact with it.




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