A step by step guide on how to install tongue and groove bamboo flooring over underlay.
How to start bamboo flooring.
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When properly finished cali bamboo flooring is easy to maintain.
Whether you choose bamboo for its hardiness attractiveness sustainability or cost bamboo has many benefits.
Installing bamboo over joists bamboo flooring must be at least 18mm thick and have a tongue and groove profile if you want to install it over joists.
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You have the choice of either secret nailing or secret screwing it to the joists.
Use a transition strip between.
If the flooring abuts a different kind of wooden or tile flooring leave a one inch gap between the bamboo flooring and the other flooring.
Cheaper brands of bamboo flooring may contain glues the emit harmful vocs look for products that are guaranteed to emit no or very low amounts of vocs and that have been certified as sustainably harvested by the forest stewardship council fsc.
Start by marking a reference line parallel to the longest exterior wall in the room.
Bamboo is as durable as the traditional hardwood flooring options and typically offers a clean and modern look to a room.