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Moisture Management for you Bamboo Floors
Bamboo is an organic material that reacts to its environment. It is
hygroscopic, which means that it absorbs and loses moisture in reaction
to its surrounding environm
gains moisture and swells. In dry environments, a bamboo floor loses
moisture and shrinks. This is completely normal and h
stages of the bamboos’ life cycle, even as the plant
forest.
Why is it so important to manage the moisture in my
environment?
If bamboo floors gains or loses too much moisture,
problems can occur.
Bamboo floors that gains too much moisture can
cup. Cupping occurs across the width of a floor
board, with edges that are raised on each board
and centers that are lower than the edges. Cupping always happens due
to a moisture imbalance through the thickness of the boa
Bamboo floors that lose too much moisture can gap. Gapping occurs
between floor boards. Gaps can vary in size and are considered normal
if they appear and disappear during seasonal changes in humidity. Gaps
are not considered normal if they are large o
humid months.
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