Got most of the floor finished

Sigarms · Feb 21, 2010

Had to be one of the longest flooring projects in the history of man.

Per another thread of mine asking about flooring, my wife liked the stranded bamboo she saw, and that is what we went with.

Couple things...

1. Wife is happy, she likes the way the floor looks.
2. I am happy that the wife is happy
3. I will say this, and I can say this with some experience now, DO NOT, NEVER EVER EVER get bamboo flooring for your home unless you want a headache.

The wood is VERY hard. The wood can chip easy. The wood can scratch easy if something falls on it. If lumber liquidators gives you some wood polish for some scratches you may incur, throw the crap away. Currently, what works best on our color of flooring is a black marker on the spot, then rub lightly.

Some people say Bamboo is envriomental friendly. Personally didn't give a ratts butt, however, as mentioned, the wife liked it when she see saw it.

My wife did mention that for some upcoming rooms down the road, she will stay away from bamboo (yet another reason why I love her

)

Still have some small finishing touches, but the back breaking work is done.

The guy in the pic was a friend of mine, the brains of the operation. Although he likes the way the floor looks as well, he agrees, if I go with Bamboo again, I'm on my own (he's never seen it prior as well).

scott_vt · Feb 21, 2010

Sigarms said:
Had to be one of the longest flooring projects in the history of man.

The wood is VERY hard. The wood can chip easy. The wood can scratch easy if something falls on it. ]

Good Evenin Joe,
Soooo I gotta ask, do the dogs mark it up ???

BTW nice job JTS !

beenthere · Feb 21, 2010

Is it laminated bamboo, and the pieces snap together?

Some random staggering of the butt joints would have helped.

Glad your wife likes it. Aren't you glad to have had the experience.

Laid a complete 3 bedroom home for my daughter a couple years back, and the floor has held up well. Was pretty rough on the table saw saw-teeth tho.

Sigarms · Feb 21, 2010

Soooo I gotta ask, do the dogs mark it up ???

Dogs are not allowed upstairs

Is it laminated bamboo, and the pieces snap together?

What we picked up...

Lumber Liquidators: 9/16" x 3-3/4" Qing Kobra Strand Bamboo

Aren't you glad to have had the experience.

To some degree yes, now I know what not to pick up the next time. By the same token, it does look nice, and the misses is very happy so no complaints there.

Was pretty rough on the table saw saw-teeth tho.

You better have a good new blade to start off with or you're going to get more chipping on that wood. And yes, very tough wood on the blades. We lucked out on the nailer. On a practice piece had to bump it up to 92 and no problems there and I guess I could consider myself luck that my compressor died AFTER we finished using the nail gun.

This wood is not forgiving in the least.

Just starting this thread is by chance someone else is looking at doing a home project and is in the market for some flooring.