Bamboo flooring is fast becoming a good choice as a flooring material and it is one of the most durable and attractive material from Mother Nature. Bamboo flooring is comparable with many types of the wooden flooring available on the market today and you can make a prudent and intelligent decision as to the type of flooring you want for your home during the home renovation project. The one factor that was bothering those who want to go for the bamboo flooring was its hardness. But now we have methods and technologies that make us possible to measure the hardness of bamboo called as the Janka Bamboo floor material hardness Scale.
With this method you can easily find the hardness of the bamboo material you are selecting for your home and you will find that the hardness of bamboo is comparable to that of many of the wood based flooring materials. The measure of 1150 to 1750 is for the natural solid bamboo while it is 1300 to 1700 for the engineered Bamboo. You have even the hardest of the bamboo flooring materials made of strand woven bamboo that reads more than 3000 for hardness.
So select the right type of bamboo flooring material and you can have a very comfortable flooring for your home. As with any flooring made of wooden materials the bamboo flooring is also susceptible for dents, marks and stains and these can be set right by periodical maintenance and you will be proud of your bamboo flooring for your home for a very long time.

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