Specifications (standard dimensions)  
   
Vertical carbonized Vertical natural
   
Horizontal carbonized Horizontal natural
   
Strip flooring (solid bamboo)
  Thickness: 3/8” , 1/2" , 5/8”, 3/4"
Length: 36 ¼”, 72 ½’
Width: 3 ½”, 6 “
   
Chi – Click floating floor (Engineered)
  Thickness: 5/8”
Length: 72 ½’, 84”
Width: 7 ½”
   
Accessories Finish
  Stair nosing
Stair tread
Reducer
T-mould
Threshold
Quarter round
  Aluminum oxide
Polyurethane
matte / gloss
 
 
Tongue and groove flooring
 
Bamboo hardwood flooring is designed and manufactured in two configurations; flat pressed and side pressed. The strips used in each configuration are precision milled to a .5 centimeter thickness to insure an optimum balance of forces in the finished board.
   
To insure dimensional stability, this material is precision milled  with tongue and groove on the sides as well as the ends. It can be top- nailed, glued-down or "floated".

In this flat-pressed three-ply tongue and groove flooring example, the prepared strips of bamboo are carefully stacked in three layers and then placed side by side to form a three-ply board.
   
There is no overlapping of the strips in the three layers. Overlapping strips in the finished board, the result of a manufacturing technique that cuts many boards from large laminated sheets, is a common practice that increases the potential for distortion and delamination in the finished board.
   
In this side-pressed tongue and groove flooring example, the prepared 0.5cm strips of bamboo are turned on edge and carefully arranged to balance natural bending forces before being pressed together in a "single" layer.  
   
The flat-pressed style of flooring presents as quite visually "open" with the nodes appearing as randomly placed delicate brush strokes. The side pressed material is more dense in appearance, some would say less delicate. The choice is a matter of style with consumer interest in each type being about equal.  
   
 
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