The advantages and disvantages of heavy bamboo flooring

With the development of society, more and more floors appear in our lives. Compared with traditional wood flooring, heavy bamboo flooring has many advantages. It is an upgraded version of traditional bamboo flooring. Its durability, strength and hardness have been greatly improved. As a new green environmental protection material developed in recent years, it is ingenious using bamboo as the raw material, while overcoming the limitation that it can only be used indoors, the application scene is placed outdoors, which greatly improves the economic benefits. However, after all, heavy bamboo flooring as an outdoor building material is still relatively new. With the hot-saling in the market, many people pay more attention to it. But dialectically speaking, every material in the world has its advantages and disadvantages. 

1. The Advantages of Heavy Bamboo Flooring

1) Natural wood has the characteristics of water swelling, while the heavy bamboo floor has the advantages of water absorption and no deformation. According to the measurement, the expansion rate of water absorption thickness in 24 hours is only 0.5%, which is far better than the European standard of ≤2.0%

2) The formaldehyde emission of heavy bamboo flooring is below 0.35mg/L, which has reached the E1 standard, and has reached the formaldehyde emission standard for indoor use, so it no doubt can be used in an outdoor environment, clean and pollution-free.

3) The density of heavy bamboo flooring is as high as 1.2g/cm3, which is more 1.5 times than that of ordinary wood flooring (anti-corrosion wood generally has a density between 0.7 and 0.9). Therefore, it has the characteristics of high density, high strength, impact resistance, abrasion resistance, etc.

4) Heavy bamboo flooring uses renewable resources of moso bamboo as raw materials, instead of traditional production methods that use wood as raw materials. This production method has a high utilization rate of moso bamboo, reaching more than 90%, which is more than twice the raw material utilization rate of the traditional production method. In this way, it is a sustainable production and can effectively protect the environment.

2. The Disadvantages of Heavy Bamboo Flooring

1) Heavy bamboo flooring is relatively easy to obtain materials, so there is a great advantage in price. However, due to geographical location, climate and other reasons, there are also impacts on the promotion and market recognition of outdoor heavy bamboo. Outdoor heavy bamboo flooring is rarely seen in the building materials market (market acceptance has become greater in recent years), so consumers rarely choose this type of flooring, most of which choose traditional materials such as anti-corrosion wood and plastic wood.

2) The craftsmanship of heavy bamboo flooring is already very mature, so just from the craftsmanship comparison, the quality of bamboo flooring can still satisfy consumers. Because bamboo is a natural material, bamboo itself has color differences, so the finished floor will have a certain degree of color difference. This is also the characteristic and characteristic of pure wood material.

3) Although the heavy bamboo flooring is carbonized and dried, because the bamboo is a natural profile, it will also be affected by the climate and humidity changes. Therefore, in the use of heavy bamboo flooring, in order to have a better service life, it is recommended to do maintenance every six months or once a year, mainly oiling for surface treatment protection

4) Outdoor heavy bamboo flooring is processed by bamboo material (carbonization and drying), the main purpose is to remove the nutrients and sugar inside to achieve the anti-mold effect, but it is impossible to completely remove it, so mold may be produced in a high temperature and high humidity environment , but because the heavy bamboo floor structure is very dense, the mold basically grows on the surface, which can be restored by wiping the surface. In addition, with the progress of research, the evolution of technology, and the use of mildew preventive, this problem will be solved.