Buying a Bamboo Floor Perth

Bamboo Flooring - Vital Information

Bamboo can be a great floor. However a brief online search will quickly discover a lot of negatives and positives. Why do some floors fail? How do you make sense of all the urban myths around Bamboo? This article attempts to answer key questions.

At VCS we have never had a floor fail using Bamboo. Then again we are very choosy in supply and we use a proven installation method. This is different to the norm.

First Tip

You cannot be price driven with Bamboo.
You cannot be price driven with Bamboo.
You cannot be price driven with Bamboo.

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With Bamboo you genuinely get what you pay for. They look the same but time and experience will tell you that there are serious concerns with some sizes, thicknesses, finishes and grades. It is really worth paying the extra for a proven product.

Second Tip

The number one reason for floors lifting, twisting etc is insufficient adhesive under the floor. Concrete must be prepared well. Moisture primer must be applied at the correct rate. There must be an adhesive bed under the floor: Sika T55 TROWEL APPLIED as a bed of adhesive that completely covers the primer. Unless there are other problems, this installation is amazingly strong.






Third Tip

Bamboo should be treated like timber with correct expansion allowances. Extreme claims are made about Bamboo's strength and stability. However it does expand and contract. So install it as you would timber. Some suppliers have had a lot of problems with floors installed minus the correct amounts of adhesive and with incorrect expansion gaps. Some even claim that you should float install all bamboo without adhesive at all. This demonstrates what happens when floor issues are not correctly investigated. Treat it like timber and you can direct fix good quality bamboo without issues.

Fourth Tip

You need to know what the surface is. Some surfaces are very difficult to work with. Re-Coating can be very difficult with some surfaces. In fact with some surfaces it may require a full re-sand.

Ask for Bamboo finished in Bona coatings. This is Australia's universal coating system for re-coats using a products called Mega with Link additive. Make sure of this point: it will save you a lot of money down the track.