Polished Concrete Flooring Vs Bamboo Flooring

In order to give an warm, intimate, and modern look to your home, you need to choose the flooring that not only matches your interior décor, but also complements your lifestyle. Therefore, it is important that you choose a right floor for your home that meets your needs and adds beauty to your rooms at the same time. The following article aims to compare two popular types of flooring including factors such as style, design, eco-friendliness, durability, noise, cost, wear, fashion, elegance, warmth and cleaning.  Take a look and decide which type of flooring suits you best

Flooring is one of a few parts of your home which immediately grabs the attention of your visitors.  A perfect floor is one which not only adds a new feeling of warmth to your home, but is ecologically sound and manufactured in keeping with the international flooring standards. In this article we compare two popular types of flooring for a variety of factors such as sustainability, cleaning, maintenance, colour, style, wear, cost, elegance, durability and hardness.

Polished Concrete Flooring:

Polished concrete flooring gives a modern touch to your rooms if laid in the right design environment.

The finish of this type of flooring can be guaranteed and a high gloss is usually applied to the finished concrete surface.

To achieve a beautiful polished floor the concrete must be laid evenly making sure that the correct mix is used ,ideally it should all be from the same batch .

Once installed, polished concrete flooring is minimalist, durable, and is easy to clean and maintain. It is a hardwearing flooring choice and is suitable in modern minimalist environments.

On the downside it could  also be argued that it lacks a natural touch, and can be a bit stark.

Bamboo Flooring:

Bamboo flooring is a wonderful ecologically friendly flooring option that gives the feel and look of the conventional timber flooring at the same time.

Bamboo flooring has all the attributes to make it popular among homeowners as well as the business sector . Not only does it add a feeling of warmth to your rooms, but its wonderful natural look can also be retained and even improved by sanding and polishing.

Bamboo flooring scores high marks when it comes to cleanliness and health. It can be easily cleaned by using a micro fibre mop . Moreover, it is allergen free as it doesn’t make use of formaldehyde and other banned harmful chemicals in its manufacturing.

The scratch resistance of bamboo is very high, making it a perfect choice to install in those homes which have pets and children.

Why Bamboo Flooring?

Flooring is the only part of your home that you touch everyday.

The choice of Bamboo flooring offers its countless benefits for our already compromised natural resources.

Bamboo belongs to the grass family of plants, and as only the top of the plant is removed leaving the roots in tact, it can regrow on its own within 5-7 years of its harvest.

Therefore, bamboo makes a continuous source of hardwood thus reducing the cutting of rain forests on a large scale. 

Bamboo gives your flooring a natural glow, and flows seamlessly from room to room. Traditional timber floors can’t match bamboo flooring for consistency of grain pattern .

The durability and hardness of the bamboo material also plays an integral part in its selection. Bamboo flooring is 70% harder than Jarrah and 50% stronger than Maple.