Installation
There are three different ways to install your solid bamboo flooring:

1. Floating floor - gluing the tongue and groove joints together over an underlay.
2. Secret nailing the floor down to a wood sub-floor.
3. Gluing the floor down to a concrete or wood floor.

All methods of installation need careful preparation. The floor must be clean, dry and level. Newly laid concrete must be checked for moisture content. The bamboo flooring is a natural product and needs to acclimatise. Place the flooring in the room/s in which it will finally be laid, lay the boxes flat and open, and leave the product in the boxes for a minimum of 72 hours. Allowing the product to acclimatise will assist in avoiding any future problems. As there will be variations in colour and patterns, due to the bamboo being a natural product, it is recommended that when the product is removed from the boxes, it be sorted into groups of light, medium and dark. When laying the floor, stagger the colour/pattern throughout the whole area. With all panel flooring lay the boards in the line of the greatest natural light source.

Floating Floor. Once an appropriate underlay is in position, place some 10mm spacers round the room. When the spacers are removed they will leave an expansion gap. Start to lay the flooring by gluing the tongue and groove joints together with waterproof PVA glue. Do not glue the boards to the underlay. Position the planks in desired pattern.

Secret Nailing. Prepare a plywood sub-floor, nail any loose areas that move or squeak. Sand and/or plane any high spots and fill any low areas. Once the floor is level, sweep/clean the surface. The first row of the bamboo must be secured leaving a 10mm expansion gap. When the first row is straight and secure carry on building up the rows, secret-nailing into the groove (minimum three nails per plank) being careful not to go too close to the end to prevent splitting. Stagger the planks in desired pattern.

Gluing down (concrete or wood floor). Prepare the floor first. If it is wood, sand and/or plane any high spots and fill any low areas. If it is concrete, use a self levelling compound to level the floor. Once the floor is level, sweep/clean the surface. Remove any chemicals/adhesives that may affect/react with the adhesive used to secure the flooring down. The first row must be secured leaving a 10mm expansion gap. Once the first row is straight and secure carry on building up the rows by gluing them to the floor. Stagger the planks in desired pattern.

We recommend Bostik Ultraset SF or similar.

WE RECOMMEND 10mm EXPANSION JOINTS EVERY 6 metres