Bamboo Gaps
		
			
			
										
							 
							
														
								expansion space							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Check relative humidity and temperature							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Gaps from impingement							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Strand bamboo cells							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Floor locked in place at heat vent							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Expansion space							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Viewed at heat vent							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Cross stacked							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Locked in at heat vent							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Gaps							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Gaps							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Gaps							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Gaps							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Moisture reading							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Restricted from floating as designed							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Shrinkage							
													 
												
							 
							
														
								Fasteners restricting a floating floor from floating							
													 
									 
			
			
						
			
						
		 
What you need to know
Woven strand bamboo is a hybrid between an engineered click and solid tongue and grove. It will expand and contract similar to a solid wood floor. The expansion and contraction are most predominant in the width, which is similar to a solid wood floor. Unlike a solid, it is installed in a floating application.
                                
                                    
                                    
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