Bamboo Flooring Installation Service

Bamboo Refined specialise in installation of our bamboo flooring products.  Our tradesmen have a reputation for leaving our clients happy, with the most professional, best quality, installations.

If you are a DIY Handyman, we offer the following instructions for the installation of our bamboo flooring.

Please read and follow our installation instructions carefully to ensure best results.

Pre-installation Considerations

• Examine flooring regarding grade, style, quality and straightness in a well-lit surrounding
• All major construction work involving any moist substances should be completed before installing bamboo flooring
• We do not recommend installation in bathrooms, laundries or wet areas unless sub-floor as well as bamboo floor has been sealed beforehand

Acceptable Sub-Floor Types

• Plywood (min 10mm)
• Existing wood floor
• Resilient tile and sheet vinyl
• Underlay grade particle board
• Concrete slab
• Ceramic tile

Notes to Installing – In most cases it is preferable to “float” lay the bamboo flooring, as this method increases tolerance to sub-floor and/or laying imperfections, may cost less to install, and provides the best quality, most comfortable and stylish finish.

• Lay foam underlay first, placing edges together. Tape the full length of the joined edges
• Be sure to leave sufficient spaces for expansion. Small layouts or square rooms may only need as little as 4-5mm, but be sure to leave 6-8mm every 6 meters
• Do not install floating floor “hard” against fixed objects such as fireplaces, fixed walls etc.
• Use wood or plastic spacers to aid in maintaining spaces
• Sub-floor must be swept or vacuumed thoroughly and any loose or raised particles removed
• Sub-floor surface uneveness or variation must not exceed 5mm per metre
• If you have “floor squeaks” cure them before covering with bamboo flooring, by screwing or nailing sub flooring securely
• Where bamboo floor is to glued to a full sub-floor (eg. concrete or ply), we recomend using “ULTRASET Polyurethane Flooring Adhesive”  (Note: We generally DO NOT recommend gluing down these floors)

Laying Bamboo Flooring

• Lay out flooring for visual selection. The careful placement of colour and grain will enhance the beauty of the finished floor
• Check boards, interlocking edges, or tongue and grooves for irregularities
• Ensure boards used for initial runs are straight
• Door casing should be undercut or notched so that flooring will fit underneath
• Begin each row of boards from the same end of the room
• Ensure an expansion joint is left at a maximum of every 6 meters
• Leave room for expansion against solid walls
• First row should be laid parallel to the longest wall, preferably along any hallway to be floored
• Secure first row by wedging
• Always place wedging between wall and flooring to assist in accurate spacing
• Remember to “stagger” end joints from row to row and always start each row with a cut end which is longer than 200mm
• Always use correct ‘tapping blocks’ to tap ‘click system’ flooring together, ensuring edges are never damaged.
• If using ‘tongue-and-groove’ flooring, glue board joints by applying wood glue to bottom of the groove.