Major Brand  3/8" x 3-7/8" Black Mamba Horizontal Handscraped

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Because horizontal and vertical bamboo are softer than strand bamboo and the fact dark flooring shows scratches and debris more than a lighter flooring, I would not recommend this flooring with dogs. A lighter hardwood or strand bamboo would fair better as well as high warranty laminate flooring of any color.

Pets and flooring; I have a Bellawood floor that holds up extremely well to our Hound Mix, Pit-Boxer, and another young mutt and a cat. Not to mention nieces, nephews, and work shoes. Excellent finish. It's not scratch free but no wood floor could be with these dogs. Harder floors like hickory (41% harder than Red Oak) or exotic floors will dent less easily. 3/4" hardwood can also be refinished several times. Light colors will hide potential scratches. Remember nothing is scratch proof but some do better than others.

Our higher warranty Laminate flooring holds up very well to dog nails and wear but cannot be refinished. Advantage is it's less expensive both for product and labor. Higher Warranty the better.

Our Schon engineered flooring has 7 coats of Treffert or Klumpp (made in Germany) highly resistant polyurethane finish with aluminum oxide anti-scratch and a 55% gloss. Being a natural material it may dent easier than laminate but it's real wood. Engineered can be refinished carefully once or twice.

For Bamboo our Morning Star brand has a similar finish that Schon and Bellawood has and offers the hardest type of bamboo floor produced, "Strand Bamboo". It can be refinished too but only by professionals with bamboo experience as it's a grass product and more difficult than hardwood. Stranded would be my only choice if going with bamboo.

Resilient Vinyl flooring is a very tough floor and the most resistant against damp areas. 

Regardless of the floor you choose, keeping nails trimmed is a good idea. Another idea is to cover nails with vinyl claw covers.

Proper care always helps. For general cleaning a swiffer type system works best. Not one that sprays the floor however. Lightly damp is fine but never soak or flood mop your floor. Have a no shoes policy as much as possible. Use felt pads on all furniture. Sweep often. Urine, when cleaned up quick isn't an issue but if left to dry it can burn finish.

Bellawood Cleaner works very well, find it here - http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/section.jsp?categoryId=19

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No, this is horizontal bamboo. Vertical and Horizontal Bamboo flooring and Hardwood such as Oak are very similar in hardness.
Carbonized is softer because of the heating process it goes through to get the carmalized color.
Stranded Bamboo is even harder than Oak.
Horizontal, the bamboo runs flat along the width of the flooring. You can see the sides of the grass
reed.
Vertical, the bamboo runs up and down showing only the edge of the flattened reed.
Stranded, bamboo is woven together creating a harder, stronger product.

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You can find complete installation instructions on the product page by clicking on the specs tab and then clicking on - Installation Guide.pdf
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You can find complete installation instructions on the product page by clicking on the specs tab and then clicking on - Installation Guide.pdf
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Because this is a special buy we do not have instructions online however these instructions can be followed - www.lumberliquidators.com/assets/images/installation/morning_star_2.pdf

Use a POWERNAIL nailer with 18 gage cleats model 50P or equivalent nailer like our Norge 18ga. Cleat Nailer that can accommodate 3/8" thick flooring. .

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You can find complete installation instructions on the product page by clicking on the specs tab and then clicking on - Installation Guide.pdf
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Yes you can.
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This product question would be better answered by our Sales Department, they are more familiar with all of our flooring products and can better assist you with your questions.
Please call our Sales Dept. @ (800) 476-0007 for pricing and availability. Thank you for your inquiry.

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Yes it is a water based urethane finish.