A Popular Choice: Floating Bamboo Flooring

When you are in the market for a unique and original type of flooring, then you may want to consider floating bamboo flooring.

This floor covering is quick and easy to install! It is also relatively easy to do, so it is a big hit with Do it yourselfer's everywhere. Laying the floating bamboo flooring yourself, you can help lessen, or even eliminate, the high cost of having flooring installed by “professionals”.

Even though floating bamboo flooring is something Do it yourselfer's can install well, it is best to know about specific considerations when dealing with this type of floor covering. Getting a good book on the subject is a wonderful way to avoid any problems when you are installing the flooring yourself.

Some tips to keep in mind when you install floating bamboo flooring:

1. You will lessen your total problems and have the greatest benefit from your flooring if your sub floor is prepared properly! A sub floor needs to be:
   a. Clean!
   b. Dry!
   c. Flat!
   If you do not prepare your sub floor correctly, you will undoubtedly have serious problems with your floating bamboo flooring down the road. Some problems that can occur are buckling and squeaking, which are both quite annoying.
    
2. You will need to have a suitable underlay on the sub floor when you install your floating bamboo flooring. Cork is a popular underlay, as it is shock absorbing and corrosion resistant. It also helps dull the clicking sound that can sometimes occur on floating flooring. Other possibilities for your underlay are:
   a. Recycled car tires.
   b. Foam.
   c. Plywood.

Leave a gap around the edge of your floating bamboo flooring! This is a requirement, as it will allow for changes in your flooring due to humidity. Do not permanently mount anything through your floating flooring, either, as the restricted movement may cause it to buckle.
 

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