It is very light but incredibly strong.
Using bamboo flooring on ceiling.
Bamboo paneling at forever bamboo is a cost effective and eco friendly way to add beauty and flare to your home or business.
Using flooring materials on the walls of your home adds an interesting and unexpected visual element.
It has a thin layer of bamboo laminated.
Engineered wood flooring is the most popular choice for tongue and groove wood ceilings due to the lighter weight and flexible construction.
Bamboo re grows quickly after it has been harvested so it is sustainable and easily renewable.
The sheetrock on the ceiling is probably or 5 8 inch thick so your nails should be at least 1 inch long plus the thickness of the tongue on the bamboo.
The least expensive bamboo option is engineered bamboo flooring.
In this video my life long best friend don shows me his method of doing a hardwood ceiling on a budget.
These flooring planks will place less strain on the ceiling joists and subfloor while being a fraction of the price of thicker engineered wood floors.
He uses laminate flooring inst.
Here the bamboo wood flows from the floor to the ceiling.
It features a beautiful natural grain that can be stained to warm or cool a room.
Consider the weight and opt for woods with a light core.
When treated it is stronger than most.
The strips are then dried and laminated into a single ply veneer.
The fasteners should penetrate the ceiling framing at least inch to hold the bamboo securely.
The malleable strips are 11 16 inches wide and can easily be cut to fit any specific space.
I would use nails that are long enough to pass through the sheetrock to secure the bamboo.
You can see the grain and nodes the knuckles on bamboo stalks in the flooring.
Advantages of bamboo ceilings.
Bamboo flooring offers a different look than traditional hardwood with a different grain texture.
Ceiling planks are manufactured from timber bamboo that s cut and milled into long strips.
However horizontal bamboo flooring isn t nearly as hard as stranded so it isn t the best bamboo choice if your floor will get heavy use or abuse.
Advantages of using bamboo as a ceiling accent include.
Each panel comes 4 feet tall by 8 feet wide and 1 8 inches thick.
Bamboo floors and ceilings form the basis of the interior with white smoothly finished walls.
Bamboo ceilings look more like wood than like bamboo.