Both types are 1 2 to 5 8 inch thick and 3 1 2 to 7 1 2 inches wide with variable lengths.
How to layout tongue and groove bamboo flooring.
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For full installation details please read the instructions which are included in the packs of the bamboo flooring.
The nail needs to go in at an angle so it isn t in the way of the next board image 2.
Each plank of bamboo flooring has one long side and one short side with a tongue a protruding edge and one long side and one short side with a groove a rebated edge.
Lay the first floor board in and secure it with an 18 gauge pin nailer driving the nail right into the shoulder of the tongue image 1.
These fit into the slots cut by the 25 grooving.
Stagger the planks in whatever pattern you want to achieve.
Do not glue the boards to the underlay.
Bamboo flooring comes as solid tongue and groove planks and engineered boards with a veneer of bamboo glued to a plywood backing.
Bamboo smells a little bit like pot when cut.