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Why
Bamboo
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It's beautiful.
The delicate grain of bamboo, whether natural or amber-toned, makes
it a distinctive, elegant, and subtle material for flooring, veneer
and fine furniture.
It's strong.
Bamboo can withstand a great deal of use without damage. It's stronger
even than oak, considered the most durable hardwood. When laminated,
bamboo is nearly as strong as soft steel. Bamboo doesn't swell or
shrink as hardwoods do, making it ideal for floors and furniture.
It grows fast.
Bamboo is not a tree - it's a grass, and it grows like one. Many
species of bamboo can grow two feet or more a day. When it's harvested,
it need not be replanted, because it will grow a new shoot from
its extensive root system. So bamboo renews itself readily, unlike
hardwood trees, which, once cut, are gone forever. Bamboo is an
endlessly renewable resource.
It enhances the environment.
Farmed bamboo stabilizes the earth with its roots, preventing erosion.
It takes in greenhouse gasses and produces oxygen. In fact 35% more
oxygen than an equivalent stands of trees. It can also provide habitat
for birds and animals (though our bamboo is not preferred by pandas,
and is therefore panda-safe).
It's world-wide and historic.
Our bamboo grows in China, but the adaptable bamboo will grow most
places on earth. Wherever it is native, bamboo has been integral
to the economy and culture, used for cooking, beverages, paper,
houses, and bridges. In China, it's known as the "friend of
the people".
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Why
Our Bamboo Flooring?
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It's
healthy.
Our bamboo flooring is made with E-1 glue, which meets tough European
standards for off-gassing. Some laminated products emit formaldehyde
long after manufacture, but BothBest bamboo flooring in your
home or business are virtually formaldehyde-free.
It's efficient.
Parts of the bamboo that aren't suitable for flooring and furniture
are used for many other products, like crafts, carpet, wallpaper
etc. Though the bamboo is fast-growing and renewable, we're still
committed to using each bamboo stem without waste.
Bamboo has been cultivated for more than 4,000 years in China. It
has been used in everyday life in Asia for centuries. Bamboo is
a food, a "paper like" medium for messaging, for art works,
utensils, furniture, vessels, decoration and more recently as building
materials including flooring, veneer and paneling, decoration as
in moldings and wall coverings and pallets and shipping crates.
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