About Bamboo's Sustainability

We have been in the sustainable business for six years now. After deciding that there was a need to offer home owners an alternative to traditional timber that still "did the job" but was a lot gentler on the environment, without a price premium.

The community awareness over this time has increased dramatically. Over the last two to three years in particular we have seen a much stronger awareness from the mainstream consumer being prepared to look at our products and choose bamboo.

In regard to sustainable building products adhering to a formalised standard for sustainability - at this stage there is no minimum requirement or standard that I am aware of. So the market can be confused by the sustainability tag.

As far as price is concerned, a similar grade hardwood timber floor will normally cost you 15 to 25% more than our premium grade boards.

Better Homes and Gardens did an article in March comparing the "timber" floors on the market and the one they chose as the best was our Bamboo compressed string board and it was featured on both the tv show and in the magazine.

We did the installation in Sydney and we have very good installers in Melbourne (we have been using them for three years) who can go to peoples homes for a final inspection and manage the whole process. The purchase is managed regularly from Coffs Harbour, we send people samples, do quotes from plans, or visit the site but exclude the middle man and keep the process efficient.

Sustainable Bamboo Flooring looks at the whole picture

Bamboo is a plant that grows 20 metres in four months and during the growth phase it is the greatest carbon sink known to man (it converts carbon dioxide into oxygen).

Bamboo grows where it's too steep for other plants to grow, when it's 5 years old the plant is ready to harvest and no one is required to plant the replacement tree as bamboo shoots from the roots as soon as the old plant is cut.

This gives a replacement cycle of just five years rather than 30 to 150 years for most timber products. Without the need for someone to replant (a major issue for hardwood forests as the practice of clear felling means they log and go).

Another point to note is that most of the bamboo is utilized in finished products - trapping the carbon in the plant, rather than burning off the branches and leaves as they do when clear felling (clear felling contributes up to 25% of the total carbon emission into atmosphere worldwide).

Bamboo as a flooring product is:

• Hard as Jarrah, (our compressed string board flooring is twice as hard)
• Termite resistant
• Has half the expansion or contraction of hardwood timber
• It's a lot more versatile than timber
• You can float it, direct stick it, or secret nail it
• Our flooring is all pre finished so the consistency of the finish is better
• The composition is formaldehyde free
• Passing the most stringent standard by 300%
• All glues and treatments used in the manufacture of flooring formaldehyde free
• The installation into your home is also all formaldehyde free so no toxic off gassing issues
• The speed of installation is quicker with no need to sand and seal after laying
• No need for battens when installing over concrete

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