Bamboo Floor

~ bamboo flooring test report ~Hardness:Testing to astm 1037 procedures, bamboo shows an average hardness of 1642, which makes it over 27 percent harder than red oak and more than 13 percent harder than rock maple.Dimensional stability:Bamboo flooring produced a dimensional change coefficient of.00144 making it more than 2.5 times more stable than commonly used wood flooring.Compressive strength:Testing to astm 3501-86 a produced:Compression parallel to grain:7600 psiCompression prependicular to grain:2624 psiModulus of elasticity:940,000 psiFlammability:When tested according to astm e648 critical radiant panel test, bamboo passed with a class 1 rating per nfpa life safety code. This means that bamboo flooring can be used in all classes of buildings.Smoke density:When tested according to astm e622, bamboo passed with a 269 flaming mode and a 329 non-flaming mode. A passing score was 450 or less.Tensile strength:Testing to astm 3500-90 a yielded results of 15,300 psi parallel to grain.A
Bamboo Floor