Bamboo Gaps

Bamboo Gaps

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expansion space

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Gaps from impingement

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Strand bamboo cells

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Floor locked in place at heat vent

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Expansion space

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Viewed at heat vent

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Cross stacked

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Locked in at heat vent

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Gaps

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Gaps

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Gaps

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Gaps

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Moisture reading

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Restricted from floating as designed

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Shrinkage

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Fasteners restricting a floating floor from floating

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Bamboo Gaps (Strand Woven Bamboo)

Floor Detective® Claims and Conditions Guide

Summary

Bamboo gapping is an appearance-related condition in which visible separations develop between adjacent strand woven bamboo planks. The condition results from dimensional change associated with moisture loss or environmental variation after installation. Although strand woven bamboo is a dense, resin-bound product, it remains dimensionally active and responds to changes in ambient conditions. In floating floor systems, movement is cumulative across interconnected planks and may be expressed as

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