Bamboo flooring and dog
- Thread starter SAMI
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I don't think bamboo is any harder on dogs than Pergo. My dogs have held up just fine for 8 years on ours.
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- Never Far From Nowhere
Where did you guys end up buying a house?
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
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- Price, Utah
^^^Thats funny
We are putting wood floors in our house next week and it was the recommendation of the contractor to go with a harder wood and a handscraped finish, so we are going with hickory. It will show less marks made by the dogs and will hold up better.
We are putting wood floors in our house next week and it was the recommendation of the contractor to go with a harder wood and a handscraped finish, so we are going with hickory. It will show less marks made by the dogs and will hold up better.
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Growing up with Hardwood floors (not necessarily bamboo) and dogs the biggest thing is just to keep their nails trimmed and filed smooth (not just trimmed the filing smooth makes a huge difference). Hand scraped finish will help hide the inevitable scratches but no matter what floor the finish will get scratches in it.
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- Never Far From Nowhere
Couldn't you just get in nano-sealed?
Coreshot brought the funnay!
Our last apartment was 70% hardwood flooring and our dog was brutal on it.. But, the floor never showed signs of abuse. So i'm not entirely worried, but, I have no clue what type of wood it was.
Not that I overly care too much but bamboo is considered a renewable resource since it can grow so damn fast. I'm all about my carbon footprint guys..
Our last apartment was 70% hardwood flooring and our dog was brutal on it.. But, the floor never showed signs of abuse. So i'm not entirely worried, but, I have no clue what type of wood it was.
Not that I overly care too much but bamboo is considered a renewable resource since it can grow so damn fast. I'm all about my carbon footprint guys..
Hardwood vs. softwood oddly enough doesn't refer to the hardness of the wood
Balsa is also considered a hardwood
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
Yes there are. Stand is the most dense, denser than the horizontal or vertical grain bamboo. They key with bamboo is getting it when it's been harvested at the correct age, which is about 6 years old. Before or after that and it gets softer and softer.
MR.CJ-7
Your Realtor
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- Woods Cross, UT
I have a bamboo floor in my kitchen, but don't have a dog. It looks good, but I wouldn't recommend it. It is really soft and dents and scratches easily. It does clean up really nice and I always get tons of comments on how good it looks. It's like anything else...you pay for what you get.
Skylinerider
Wandering the desert
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- Ephraim
Bamboo is grass, Hardwood is from angiosperm (think broad leaf) trees, and softwood is from coniferous trees.
We're on a budget, though not 100% sure what it is just yet.. We're looking at approx 200 sq feet, maybe less if I do some tile work in the main enterance.
Looking at maybe a 8mm Mountain Pine Laminate... I'm just barely looking into floors, so I know very little.
Looking at maybe a 8mm Mountain Pine Laminate... I'm just barely looking into floors, so I know very little.
No, I looked in to it a lot a couple years back when we did my Dad's floors. He ended up going with a brazilian cherry floor. Also my brother seems to think that he's mister enviro-friendly so I like to prove him wrong Are you planning on laying it yourself? With the right tools, it's really easy to do. Myself, my Dad, and my brother did my Dad's entire upstairs (about 2000 sqft.) in less than a weekend (about a day and a half). The prep leading up to the laying of the floor was a ton of work, but actually laying the floor was cake.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
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- far enough away
I have a question for you, Jason-- I really wanted bamboo but was sternly warned about installing it here in UT due to the low humidity causing cracking issues-- which made me ask "Well then why the $@#%# do you have it for sale, then?" but anyway. Have you been cautioned similarly, and if yes, what coping mechanisms were suggested, and if no, was anything said at all?
I like the look of it. And I only need about 100sq ft of it for this useless front "room".
I like the look of it. And I only need about 100sq ft of it for this useless front "room".
