Strand Tiger
There are many species of bamboos. These plants/trees are used for many purposes such as food for pandas, lucky bamboo plants, a feng shui environment, furniture and flooring. There are other uses for this amazing renewable resource, but for the purposes of the following information it’s about bamboo flooring.
Bamboo is a renewable resource because of its amazing ability to grow much faster to maturity than other kinds of trees and its hardness can be compared and even surpass that of other hardwoods like oak. Due to its fast growth it’s considered a sustainable resource for floating, distressed, carbonized and tongue and groove bamboo flooring. This type of floor covering is beautiful in its natural state and can be stained or distressed to create some of the most unique home flooring.
Here are some examples of the brands of Eco-friendly bamboo flooring.
*Morning Star – Prefinished tiger strand #PRBAMSTT style is 2 times stronger than oak wood by combining natural and carbonizes strand processes – It’s very unique and luxurious looking
*Envirochoice – Horizontal natural light #ENVIRO36HNLGT made from solid bamboo and cured with alum oxide and polyurethane
*Woodstock – Horizontal Mill Run #WS15BBM96MR in burnt mocha is a very dark wood stained finish
*Teragren – Studio vertical grain caramelized #BFF-VGC-TL2 can be found in light to medium tones
*Far East – Unfinished #CF0009615HCUN01 is made from solid wood from the plant in a horizontal pattern using the carbonized technique
Each company provides a variety of styles like natural, carbonized, strand, tiger strand (very exotic) and handscraped stained products made from various bamboos. They also use various patterns including the following.
*Horizontal – This pattern involves the planks being layered and laid out flat
*Vertical – This pattern is created by assembling strips set with the narrow edges being at the top and the bottom of the planks
*Strand Pattern – This involves a heating process where the strips are heated and then weaved together in a pressurized process. This particular plank process makes it even more durable and strong
These are only a few of the brands and options in bamboo flooring for your home. There is a lot of information online where you can really see just how beneficial this type of flooring is for your home.
If you are looking for more great info on bamboo Dave Gorski recommends: http://www.popularbamboo.com
book titles – cryptic clues – part two?
The following are clues to the titles of books. The number in brackets is the number of words in the title.
e.g. military man’s instrument (3) = captain corelli’s mandolin
can you help me?
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Does she live in an eco friendly house? (4)
An atmospheric phenomenon (2)
Tigers, elephants, monkeys etc in case (5)
Fishy measure by this river crossing (1)
Ramblers enjoy taking one of these (5)
Ssh, the Spanish gent is gliding by (5)
Big bird’s dropped it (4)
Reflective battles (4)
All about an overgrown garden (3)
Potatoes (1)
Patriotic material (2)
Beaming brightly (2)
He’s planting cuttings with an unsuccessful royal donor (7)
Criminal bird (2)
No easy newspaper this (2)
Un homme stranded here? (2)
Creates magic down under (4)
Not the best quality for one of those round the table, we hear (4)
He’s my pal as well (3)
A cruel flock of birds (4)
1) Anne of Green Gables
15) Hard Times
17) The Wizard of Oz
First Person: Inside Tiger’s Press Conference
