How To Match Exsiting Bamboo Flooring

There are many interior design tricks that will help you get a satisfactory solution.

How to match exsiting bamboo flooring.

When matching new hardwood floors to existing hardwood flooring in your home it is important that you purchase planks that are of a corresponding thickness to the wood floors that are already installed. This thickness known as a wood s profile should match that of the flooring in other rooms to ensure a seamless look for the viewer. Bamboo a native plant to tropical regions with heavy rainfalls grows much faster than hardwood and has a different cellular structure. Although it is commonly grouped with hardwood flooring bamboo is not actually a wood but rather a woody grass.

It s much easier to match if you have solid hardwood. Here are some tips on matching hardwood to bamboo. When laminate or engineered flooring is involved try and match the faded tones of the existing floor to new products being installed. Here are some different thoughts from designer when matching up to existing hardwood floors.

Here are the factors to consider when matching existing and new hardwood floors. Thickness height of flooring and sub floor most houses in westchester have solid hardwood flooring which is 3 4 thick. Bamboo flooring is becoming popular due to its many natural attributes. These types of floors can sometimes be difficult to match to the more modern variety.

I did a quick price comparison to replace carpet stairs with wood to show you the cost savings of using hardwood floor vs the matching stair treads risers. Bamboo is not wood. Matching hardwood to bamboo plank width. The ultimate mix and match flooring guide by clare hiller editor and creator of checks and spots january 19 2017 with the australian open in full swing we ve created the ultimate match guide to help you stylishly incorporate more than one flooring type in your home.

Gather samples with different intensities of the same color then pair them with the existing faded floor. Each piece of bamboo flooring is 3 75 wide and 36 long. I used 6 pieces of the bamboo flooring on the mock stair. There are many different circumstances we come across when matching existing hardwood flooring.

Sun fading is a leading cause of mismatched floors.