Bamboo Flooring

When we started the process of building this house we knew we didn't want carpet.  Once you tear carpet out in a house and see how much dirt never makes it into the vacuum it's hard to want to put it down again.  Besides, I tend to have allergy problems so with all our hardwood and tile floors paired with the in floor radiant heat (no blowers) I am allergy free here.

We chose bamboo.  It's very hard and a renewable resource and it's really pretty.  One suggestion I have if you are in the process of choosing hardwood flooring is to check the finish they put on it.  While our bamboo is great and a lovely color the finish sucks and scratches easily.  Ask for a scrap piece and do some tests on it.

The reason for this post is to also point out an installation problem I had.

At the deck doors there across the room I put a long carpet runner to protect the floor.

Meanwhile, unknown to me, all the traffic coming in and out of that door caused a split in the floor (at the seam)  Dunno if it was the traffic alone or if I didn't get enough glue on that piece.

It's smack in the middle of the entryway and is about an 1/8th inch thick.  There is about 4' of flooring on either side. 

It is quite noticeable.  I don't know if there is a way to bring that back together short of tearing up the flooring or am I just going to have to go the filler route.

I believe it happened because I had not cut the flooring that would fill the gaps on either side and I took out the spacers. 

My suggestion would be not to remove the spacers until you do that, especially in a high traffic area.

Comments

[Amanda]

I looooove that blue wall!
The wood furniture looks great next to it.