Bamboo Gaps

Bamboo Gaps

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expansion space

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Check relative humidity and temperature

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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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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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