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This time of year when most of us have the heating system running in the
house, there is a great need to acclimatize any natural material before
installing it. The swelling / shrinking can be significant in the
materials.

I haven't noticed my bamboo floor moving around at all, though the
directions did say that acclimation was required.

What are those marks that look like bruising or machine made marks going
across the surface of the boards? The pattern of the marks appears too
regular to be natural.

Those are the bamboo nodules. This is "horizontal" bamboo.
"Vertical" alignment doesn't show the nodules as much. Both are
interesting, though we went with the vertical. There is more
information linked off http://www.diyflooring.com.

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Keith



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"Tippi" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have purchased some tongue and grove bamboo flooring. Got it
delivered this afternoon. I just tried fitting a few pieces together,
to my dismay they don't fit properly. Please see
http://tinyurl.com/78br8
(pardon the barrel distortion of my digicam)

They are to be installed by myself and friend, glued down over Regupol
over concrete. Which of the following is true?

1. after a day or two they should acclimatize and fit better
2. tapping with hammer during installation will fix it
3. I got a bad product (they came in plain white boxes with no
branding)

Thanks in advance!