Stripes to Make a Zebra Jealous
by Robert Kilcrease
May 03, 2011 | 968 views | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There's nothing more renewable than bamboo. Sometimes growing up to two feet per day, this vivacious plant makes the perfect flooring material, with considerably less strain on the environment than traditional hardwood floors. It can be made to imitate hardwood flooring, or take on a truly unique character all its own. Prices range from $5.39 a sq/ft to $6.79 a sq/ft BR-111
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March 15, 2011
Less strain on the environement? Yes it is quickly renewable and grows very fast, yes it is gorgeous and yes I have it in my house. Would I do it again? Don't think so... The product itself is actually soft like a pine and shows much more wear compared to my much older maple and oak floors in only 3 years of use. Additionally, the fact that nearly all this product is made in China with its TERRIBLE environmental record, I wonder what the real environmental costs are in terms of the manufacturing and finishing processes needed to make the product and the fact that it has to be transported SO FAR by ship and truck. I'd like to see a sum total environmental workup as compared to a potentially longer lasting domestic hardwood...
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