On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:47:08 -0500, goaway wrote:

I have bamboo floors, very nice to look at for a SHORT WHILE !!!!!!!!
Bamboo is VERY soft it dents faster than pine. If anybody wants to use this
material I would restrict it's use to bedroom floors. In my dining room and
kitchen it is a complete and total disaster. For a simple check, take a
sample of what you what as a floor. Then drop a plier on it from waist
hieght. This does a close aproximation of a "normal" female in spike heels.
Aslo the sliding action of chairs, either on rollers( Nice ruts) or standard
chairs, as they are pushed back by a typical 200 lbs male, again nice ruts
in the floor.

I could have written this about my bamboo floor.

Mine is a floating product from Ikea called Kvist. Not only is it soft
(yesterday I dropped a cabinet knob on it from about 3 feet and it dented)
but it has a very poor finish. I have coated it with two coats of
polyurethane which is a great improvement.

It looks beautiful when you first install it, though.

I have read that some bamboo is very hard and durable, so if you decide on
bamboo, do some research.