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Bamboo – From Flooring To Blinds To Clothing…It’s So Versatile

BambooGalore — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:03:08 +0000

Bamboo has been around for a long, long time and it's uses have been wide and varied. From ancient times right through to modern day, bamboo has fascinated people with it's versatility.

From flooring to window shades; from fishing rods and clothing - bamboo amazes with it's varied and wide range of uses. A case study close to home: my neighbor decided he wanted to create some extra privacy to his home when an apartment development bordered his property. I suggested a row of bamboo along his fence line and he took my advice. Within a few short months, he had a thriving hedge of bamboo plants creating the privacy he was after. Problem solved.

Bamboo - A Way Of Life In Some Cultures

In many parts of the world bamboo provides the raw materials in people's day-to-day lives. These days, industry is also making use of bamboo, particularly in the construction area; house-frames, walls and roofs... you name it and bamboo can more than likely be adapted to it. What about music? Bamboo instruments have been making music right around the world; flutes, fiddles and drums, just to name three.

Some bamboo variety can shoot to 35 to 40 meters in height making them the largest grass species in the world. Some varieties will spring to just a half a meter but short or high, they produce woody perennial stems, a key to their much sought after use.

Bamboo Flooring

In recent years, western society has taken a shine to bamboo flooring. Providing a great finish and known for it's tough qualities, bamboo flooring has rapidly gained popularity during the past decade.

The use of bamboo flooring is catching the attention of environmentalists as an alternative to hardwoods. As a member of the grass family, its rate of growth is faster than most hardwood trees and is seen as a renewable resource. Additionally, the glues used to hold the layers of bamboo flooring together lacks many of the petroleum products used in most laminate flooring, making the materials biodegradable.

In addition to the strength and durability of bamboo flooring it is also being promoted as being more resistant to insects such as termites, which for some reason are not naturally attracted to this grassy growth.

Window Shades & Blinds

Window shades and window blinds; fishing equipment; food; decorative items such as mats and baskets and fashion. We haven't even scratched the surface.

Bamboo blinds have been around for a long, long time. You have probably seen these blinds before they became chic, bamboo matchsticks strung together horizontally, hanging on the outside of a home to shade a southern or western facing window.

Today's bamboo blinds have a modern twist. Modern technology flattens the bamboo canes and provides great uniformity in the width and shape of each individual can that is used to make up the blind. In addition, these natural window coverings are lined with light filtering fabrics and room darkening fabrics.

Bamboogalore.com will form part of your bamboo library with information and resources on this hardy plant and if you don't find the information your looking for here, then we can point you in the right direction to find the answers your looking for elsewhere.

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Bamboo Window Curtain

BambooGalore — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:39:53 +0000

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Bamboo curtains over windows inside room for cooling purpose?

Do using bamboo curtains over windows "inside" the room help in keeping the room cool? The bamboo curtains are like the one shown in the following link

http://www.gosuperiorblinds.com/products.cfm#provenance

I know they are used on the outside but I don't know if they are as effective on the inside.

Yes. Bamboo shades when combined with a privacy or blackout liner – help to provide effective insulation against summer’s heat and winter’s cold. Check to see if they have an option for a black out liner to maximize light blockage. Anything placed over a window will help keep a room cool. It depends on how much light filters through.

Cellular shades eliminate virtually 100% of UV rays so you may want to consider those as well.

Look at this site.

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/our-products-detail.jsp?id=8#/PD/

You will be able to click on "Explore Fabrics and Colors" to view the 77 swatches in your collection.
When you see the swatches, click on "View Detail"
You will be able to select and change the "Privacy and Light Control" to compare 1-4. #1- letting in the most light and #4- filtering out the most light.
See if comes up with your sample.

http://www.hunterdouglas.com/imagine_wrapper.jsp?sessionid=1390518C65B69E567B9072C79402DBE3&id=8&ref=http%3A//www.hunterdouglas.com/our-products-detail.jsp%3Fid%3D8%23/PD/

It depends on how much of the light you want to filter out and the look you want. That is the reason I suggested you see about the black out option. It would be a liner on the back side of the blind and you would have the natural, warm feel of the wood or grass inside.