I'm thinking of laying down a bamboo floor in what would be a home
office with a rolling desk chair. Are the wheels of the desk chair
going to quickly turn the bamboo floor around the desk to crap? Thanks!

Consumer Reports rated different floor types recently. Check it out at the
library but my memory says that bamboo will dent just like hardwood.


"BZ" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of laying down a bamboo floor in what would be a home office
with a rolling desk chair. Are the wheels of the desk chair going to
quickly turn the bamboo floor around the desk to crap? Thanks!

"Art" wrote in message
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Consumer Reports rated different floor types recently. Check it out at
the library but my memory says that bamboo will dent just like hardwood.


"BZ" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of laying down a bamboo floor in what would be a home office
with a rolling desk chair. Are the wheels of the desk chair going to
quickly turn the bamboo floor around the desk to crap? Thanks!



Bamboo is more stable and harder than many hardwood species but I still use
a chair mat for rolling around as the contact points between the chair and
floor could be many hundred pounds/square inch. Many of the chairs use cheap
hard plastic wheels which could dig into or scratch the flooring. I use a
sheet of 1/4" Lexan which is much better than the commercial plastic floor
mats.

** Frank ** wrote:
"Art" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Consumer Reports rated different floor types recently. Check it out at
the library but my memory says that bamboo will dent just like hardwood.


"BZ" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of laying down a bamboo floor in what would be a home office
with a rolling desk chair. Are the wheels of the desk chair going to
quickly turn the bamboo floor around the desk to crap? Thanks!


Bamboo is more stable and harder than many hardwood species but I still use
a chair mat for rolling around as the contact points between the chair and
floor could be many hundred pounds/square inch. Many of the chairs use cheap
hard plastic wheels which could dig into or scratch the flooring. I use a
sheet of 1/4" Lexan which is much better than the commercial plastic floor
mats.

Good plan...

OP may also want to note that the darker "caramelized" bamboos are
significantly softer than the lighter colors for the same basic material.

Bamboo is so many species and preparation is so different from styles
and manufacturers there is no general answer. Need to look at ratings
for specific flooring products themselves.

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Thanks, everyone.

Upon further review, I've decided that bamboo poses too many practical
problems for where I was hoping to put it, so I'm looking at using one
of those Tarkett fiber floors instead. I'll still use a floor mat under
the chair, and will look for Lexan. Thanks for the tip!