Saw some bamboo flooring in B&Q over the weekend, and liked the look of it. Supposedly hard-wearing and very eco-friendly. Does anyone have any experience with it?
I considered bamboo, but the sales person in the carpet shop wasn't very generally enthusiastic as he didn't think it might be as hard wearing as carpet. See http://www.crucial-trading.com/ for some nice, but probably expensive bamboo coverings.
Just go for it simp! My carpet man probably being cautious / getting more commission on the carpet! The sample pieces I got from the Crucial trading company were absolutely beautiful.
Simp, I went to the Carpet showrooms in Arnotts - Craig Dalley is the guy I was dealing with. Arnotts will ask Crucial Trading to send you samples, or you can probably go to the Crucial Trading website and email your request. (feeling a little envious of you now!)
I'd say to go for it. A friend of mine in the states has it and loves it, and my FIL (a carpenter) thinks that it's good-looking, hard wearing and well priced - and he has installed all sorts of flooring. Let us know how it goes!
Thanks for the opinion. I hear that it's far more prevalent in the states than here. Nowhere I've gone, aside from B&Q, has even heard of the engineered variety of bamboo flooring. When I went to see the Crucial Trading samples in Arnott's they only had the matting type - which is what I won't be going for - sorry Deirdra! I'll let you know how we get on...
Hi Simp, came across this website while looking for a door. Might be an alternative source for the flooring (although it takes them about 2 weeks to respond to an email) [broken link removed]
That looks exactly like the stuff we've seen in B&Q. They have the horizontal variety, in either a carbonised The price there is €79.51 per 2.21m2 (approx €36 per m2).
For the record, after much frustration in finding a decent Irish supplier, we got our bamboo flooring from a store in London. It's Aluminium Oxide finished, and has a great colour and texture. Shipping was only UK£38, and they're very helpful.