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Bamboo
A grass rather than a timber, laminated into boards from strips or strands. Grows to harvest in a few years and gives a hard, stable surface for flooring and worktops.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- engineered
- Density
- 0.7 g/cm³ · 700 kg/m³
Applicationswhere bamboo is normally specified
FlooringWorktopsFurnitureCutting boards
Practical notes
- Density depends on whether the board is strip or strand laminated
- Technically a grass — it is grouped here as an engineered wood product
- Harder than most hardwoods in the strand-laminated form