Bamboo plank floor looks like hardwood, and is available in traditional tongue-and-groove form and in laminate planks. But bamboo is not wood. It's really a grass - and one of the most popular flooring materials today.
   Bamboo flooring is made by shredding stalks of the raw material, then pressing them together with a resin that holds the shreds in their finished shape. Not only is bamboo a fast-growing and renewable crop, the companies that make bamboo flooring use binders with low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The result is tough, economical, and ecologically friendly. In other words, it's just about perfect for flooring.
   If you choose tongue-and-groove bamboo, the installation techniques are the same as for hardwoods. Bamboo is also available as a snap-fit laminate for use in floating floors. In this project we show Teragren Synergy Strand in Java (see Resources): thin, durable planks that are glued to the underlayment.