Who we are

Bamboo Flooring Hawaii is a limited liability company, specializing in the sales and distribution of bamboo flooring material. Mark D. Elwell, owner operator of Bamboo Flooring Hawaii, has been a successful importer for over 20 years. During his travels to the far corners of Asia, he has imported many different products. Bamboo flooring is by far the most impressive and exciting product Mark has found yet. Grown in various regions of Asia, the durable bamboo trees are capable of complete regeneration within 3 to 5 years - without the need to replant. Its beauty and durability makes bamboo a worthy flooring alternative.

Our Products

While bamboo flooring has been our main focus, we also carry a wide range of environmentally friendly products. These products include: bamboo flooring and moldings, E-BOO flooring, cork flooring, cork underlayment, and bamboo table tops.

Bamboo Flooring Hawaii is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, near the world-renowned Aloha Tower and the Ala Moana Shopping Center. We are conveniently located in the Foreign Trade Zone, at 521 Ala Moana Boulevard, suite 213. Our proximity to the downtown business district, as well as to the shipping and receiving ports, gives us an obvious advantage in terms of operations efficiency and flexibility.

Bamboo Flooring Hawaii procures all its bamboo material from Shanghai, China, where the best quality bamboo is produced.

To ensure product quality, Bamboo Flooring Hawaii has done extensive research on quality control, and has engaged in a partnership with experts in this area. Quality measures are undertaken through our partner's offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

So what is bamboo? A variety of grass, bamboo is nature's substitute for the beautiful yet endangered rain forest hardwoods. Bamboo is much easier to produce and equally versatile.

Producing four to five times more bio-mass than the trees felled for wood production, bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world and in enormous variety. In both the tropics and sub-tropics, it achieves great height and thickness in a very short time.

Bamboo flooring is constructed by laminating three layers of bamboo-veneer, glued together under high pressure. Bamboo is extremely easy to handle as a flooring material. It is versatile, durable and appreciably harder than even the majority of oak floors.

Bamboo does not shrink and swell as much as most hardwoods used in flooring, thereby making it a very stable flooring product.

Why choose bamboo?

A Bamboo floor can withstand a great deal more than your average hardwood floor. In addition to being attractive, extra-hard and easy to install, it also represents a considerable ecological savings. Bamboo is manufactured from a natural resource that can be harvested and replenished both easily and safely in a short period of time, and at no cost to the environment. Due to its rapid regeneration properties and low environmental impact, bamboo is a responsible choice for flooring material. Bamboo is pleasing to look at, stand on and walk on, and has a natural decorative beauty.

Bamboo facts

• The second fastest growing plant on this planet

• A critical element in the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• An enduring natural resource

• Versatile with a short growth cycle

• An essential structural material in earthquake architecture

• A renewable resource for agroforestry production.

• A natural controllable barrier

• An ancient medicine

• Integrally involved in culture and the arts

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