Bamboo flooring
Whether you are in the process of building or remodeling a home, the type of floors you will put down can have a big impact on the resale value, the look and feel of your home, and your pocket book!
Bamboo flooring is a rising trend in home flooring and a great alternative to traditional hardwood floors. It is the most environmentally friendly natural hardwood flooring alternative you can select for your home.
Bamboo grass (while it can grow to the size of a large tree, bamboo is techincally a grass) is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet, only taking 5 years to grow to maturity, and can provide 25 times the bio-mass of a comparable stand of trees. Bamboo is harvested every 5 years, and starts to re-grow immediately with new shoots when harvested.
So why look to bamboo to save the environment? Bamboo is an excellent replacement product for much of the hardwood species that are being harvested in our equatorial rainforests. Once harvested, these hardwood species often never grow back due to the thin layers of soil and lack of sunlight under the jungle canopies, and if they do grow back it can take up to 200 years! Our global rainforests are the lungs of our planet and provide a significant contribution to our global oxygen production, second only to the ocean.
By selecting bamboo flooring you reduce the demand for rainforest hardwood materials, and in the process can help save the environment for our future generations. Horizontal and Vertical bamboo flooring is harder than the most popular hardwood, Oak. Strandwoven bamboo is harder than the most expensive hardwood - Brazillian Walnut. It’s also less expensive!
For more detailed information on building and remodeling environmentally friendly, as well as being friendly to your bank account, contact Realtor Wilma Gunnesch, at 919-951-1944, or visit our website at www.GreatTriangleHomes.com.
