Home Improvement Journal: April 2014

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

We’ve come a long way….

I just wanted to throw up some pictures, I haven’t added many write-ups of the projects as I have been doing them, but I have been taking pictures.

Kitchen before and after

Tiling the entry way

Tiled bathroom and bamboo flooring in the hall

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Originally submitted at Lumber Liquidators

Morning Star Bamboo - 5/8" x 3-3/4" Prefinished Strand Carbonized Bamboo Flooring - 30 Year WarrantyMorning Star Bamboo Flooring is one of the best bamboo floors on the market today. It is produced from old growth bamboo reeds that are at least 4 years old, thereby increasing hardness. Mo...

Beautiful and VERY hard flooring

By Dedicated DIY from Massachusetts on 10/2/2013

Pros: Beautiful Color, Attractive Finish

Cons: Difficult To Install, Scratches Easily

Best Uses: Office, Dining Room, Bedroom

Describe Yourself: Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

The strand woven carbonized bamboo is a very hard and dense material, this is good and bad. It's good because it stands up to wear, but its bad because it makes it hard to work with if you're not prepared. Make sure to keep all your tools sharp, and run your nailer on the highest pressure it will take, and you should be OK. Treat it more like a ceramic than a wood as a rule of thumb, for example if you hit it too hard on the end "grain" you can shatter the finish like fiberglass, it won't just dent like a traditional hardwood (oak, maple etc). If you're up to installing it correctly, you'll love the look of it like I do. More info on my install with pics at www.dedicateddiy.blogspot.com

Strand woven carbonized bamboo

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

We’ve come a long way….

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