| Bamboo Flooring has become a very popular | | | | The hardness and durability of bamboo flooring |
| flooring material in the last few years because it is | | | | depends on a number of factors, and hardness |
| a very environmentally friendly, sustainable building | | | | and durability are two different things. |
| material. Unfortunately, because of this popularity, | | | | Hardness of bamboo flooring depends on a |
| a large number of fly-by-night companies have | | | | number of factors, including where the bamboo is |
| started to import and sell bamboo flooring of poor | | | | grown, the species, and the age of the harvested |
| quality. These companies oversell the durability | | | | stalks. Perhaps surprisingly, color also affects |
| and performance characteristics of bamboo floors | | | | hardness; natural bamboo flooring (the blonde |
| and under-deliver on quality product. The result | | | | color) is generally harder than carbonized. |
| can be unhappy customers. | | | | |