Bamboo Floating Floors
Bamboo floating floors offer a sleek look and an easy maintenance alternative to traditional linoleum and carpeting. Perhaps the most welcome feature is how easy they are to install. That translates into big savings to the homeowner looking to update flooring in a cost-effective, contemporary way.
The installation of a floating bamboo floor is simple and many flooring retailers provide some level of instruction on how to do the work yourself.
The most complicated part of the whole project is doing the math to figure out the square footage of the floor space that will be covered by the floating floor.
Floating flooring can be installed over existing flooring, except carpeting, so no demolition is required.
The flooring itself comes in packets that average about 20 square feet. It varies slightly from one manufacturer to another. The boards are tongue and groove that snap together on the sides and ends to give the floor its smooth finish without nails.
The foam underlay, the glue and tools are the other items needed for installation. Read the rest of this entry »
