Bamboo is not a wood in the true sense, but rather a type of grass. In the wild it exudes a raw and natural beauty with its knotted joints, smooth glossy rounded surfaces and intense green leaves. The use of Bamboo as an architectural and interior medium evokes a whispering essence of the East into any contemporary style.
Bamboo furniture board is made from solid bamboo strips laminated together into sheet form. It offers a modern ecofriendly alternative to solid wood and traditional veneers. Bamboo is a sustainable and renewable resource, fast growing, ecologically friendly, and harder and more durable than most common European hardwoods.
Bamboo furniture board is made from solid bamboo strips laminated together into sheet form. It offers a modern ecofriendly alternative to solid wood and traditional veneers. Bamboo is a sustainable and renewable resource, fast growing, ecologically friendly, and harder and more durable than most common European hardwoods.
See below for the different types of bamboo available from Cabinetworks in it’s raw sheet form, finished, or transformed into a beautiful piece of furniture.
Solid bamboo
Bamboo terminology can often be misleading, all the bamboo used at Cabinetworks is in fact ‘solid’. Nevertheless, the term ‘solid bamboo’ refers to the type of furniture board made by laminating strips of bamboo, and then putting the resultant boards through a heating and drying process. The end product has a distinct look, easily recognisable for it’s striking linear feel. Solid bamboo is undoubtedly the most contemporary and cleanest looking of all the woods. solid bamboo – horizontal lamination - natural |
 solid bamboo – vertical lamination - natural |
 solid bamboo – horizontal lamination - caramel |
 solid bamboo – vertical lamination- caramel |
| Lamination:Single/3/5 ply cross laminated 100% bamboo throughout. |
| Hardness: Horizontal lamination 745 kg/m2 Vertical lamination 1120 kg/m2 Average hardness 1100 kg/m2 (ASTM D1037) |
| Moisture Content: Kiln dried to 8 - 10% MC |
| Relative Stability: Parallel: 0.14 Perpendicular: 0.08 (ASTM D1037) |
| Internal Bond Strength: Exceeded test requirements (ASTM D1037) |
| Adhesive Bond: Exceeded test requirements (ANSI/HPVA HP-1) |
| Emissions: 0.00 (below detection level (FTM 1-1983) |
| Fire Rating: Class 3 UBC/BO (ASTM E-84) Bamboo can be treated to meet Class 1 fire requirements. |
| Sizes: Sheet size 1219mm x 2439mm Thickness 0.6mm – 30mm (0.6 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 16 / 19 / 25 / 30mm) |
| Finish: Low resin, open grained material that accepts any finish and polishes to a beautiful sheen. We use either durable and eco friendly Envirotouch oil finish or our water-based lacquer system, polished with natural wax. |
| Sustainability: Moso Bamboo reaches maturity in 6 years. CO2 intake during growth exceeds output during manufacturing. Bamboo is an infinitely replenishable resource with a positive carbon footprint. |
| Environmental: Bamboo furniture board is manufactured with no VOC (volatile organic compounds) during the lamination process. Bamboo furniture boards are certified Formaldehyde free. |
| Certification: LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Bamboo is a contributing finish under the 6.0 section of the US Green Building councils LEED materials and resource point system. |
Strand woven bamboo
Once again the terminology here can be misleading, strand woven bamboo is not actually a woven material at all, but rather a highly compressed material. The process followed involves the breaking down of the strips of bamboo taken from the bamboo shoot, which is then placed into a standard sized mould where it is compressed under dramtically large amounts of pressure. This is then followed by heating a drying process, eventually resulting in a ‘sleeper’ of extraordinarily strong and stable wood. Strand woven bamboo has a completely unique and very natural ‘wood’ look, it is often compared to other hardwoods for it’s aesthetic appeal, though in strength it far out-performs them all. strand woven bamboo - coffee |
 strand woven bamboo - natural |
strand woven bamboo -suede |
| Hardness: 1820kg/m2 (ASTM D1037) |
| Moisture Content: Kiln dried to 8 - 10% MC |
| Internal Bond Strength: Exceeded test requirements (ASTM D1037) |
| Adhesive Bond: Exceeded test requirements (ANSI/HPVA HP-1) | Emissions: 0.00 (below detection level (FTM 1-1983) |
| Fire Rating: Class 3 UBC/BO (ASTM E-84) Bamboo can be treated to meet Class 1 fire requirements |
| Sizes: Sheet size 1850x900x5mm 1850x900x14mm 1850x1200x14mm 1850x900x18mm 1850x1200x18mm 1850x620x30mm |
| Finish: Low resin, open grained material that accepts any finish and polishes to a beautiful sheen. We use either durable and eco friendly Envirotouch oil finish or our water-based lacquer system, polished with natural wax. |
| Sustainability: Moso Bamboo reaches maturity in 6 years. CO2 intake during growth exceeds output during manufacturing. Bamboo is an infinitely replenishable resource with a positive carbon footprint. |
| Environmental: Bamboo furniture board is manufactured with no VOC (volatile organic compounds) during the lamination process. Bamboo furniture boards are certified Formaldehyde free. |
| Certification: LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Bamboo is a contributing finish under the 6.0 section of the US Green Building councils LEED materials and resource point system. |
solid bamboo – horizontal lamination - natural |
solid bamboo – vertical lamination - natural |
solid bamboo – horizontal lamination - caramel |
solid bamboo – vertical lamination- caramel |
| Sizes: 960x96x15mm |
| System: tongue-in-groove |
| Finish: pre-finished with 7 coat aluminium oxide polyurethane coating |
| Colours: Natural, Caramel |
| Installation: The floorboards can be nailed onto battens or joists, glued to a cement screed floor using special glue systems, or installed as a floating floor using a self-adhesive rubber underlay. The finished floor has a micro V-groove between the planks (a characteristic of tongue-in-groove boards). |
Strand woven bamboo flooring boards
strand woven bamboo - coffee |
strand woven bamboo - natural |
strand woven bamboo -suede |
| Sizes: 1850x96x14mm 1850x122x14mm |
| System: Tongue-in-groove Keylock |
| Finish: pre-finished with 7 coat aluminium oxide polyurethane coating |
| Colours: Natural, Caramel |
| Installation: The floorboards can be nailed onto battens or joists, glued to a cement screed floor using special glue systems, or installed as a floating floor using a self-adhesive rubber underlay. When using the tongue-in-groove boards, the finished floor has a micro V-groove between the planks (a characteristic trait of tongue-in-groove boards). |
