Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Beautiful look. We used it throughout house. Product was in good shape so we had extra left over to do stairs. We did kitchen last year so we could see how much color had changed in the sun. We had to remove rugs for summer to even out. The biggest downside is the inital formaldehyde odor when you open the boxes and take it out to acclimate. Went away in 2-3 days.

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Our daughters have been bringing their dogs to our home. This product Does NOT show any scratches from their nails. One is a lab and the other is a Boston Terrier (his are sharper).
Easy clean up and holds up to high traffic volume and we know since I am one of 6 children and my wife is one of 12 children. Don't forget about all those neices and nephews now having children of their own.
The floor just looks great! And an easy clean up! We love that! Dry swiffer and you can even use a little bit of bruce floor cleaner and it looks great!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Installed 320 SqFt in family room. Looks terrific, and is easy to clean. Prep work was the hardest part of installation. Boards fit together well.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Initially I was concerned about using Bostik's Best Adhesive to attach Strand Bamboo Flooring to wood subfloor. This was the first wood floor project I had used urethane adhesive as the bonding agent. However, the guidelines given by the Lumber Liquidators Help Line personnel were quite useful and prevented any problems. Two (2) major guidelines sets were stated- First major guideline set: A) initially place two rows of flooring down placing close attention to a string line to insure rows are straight and; B) carefully measure room length and install the starter rows to insure the final row will have sufficient room to be installed and relatively parallel to wall; C) allow adhesive sufficient time to cure before proceeding with laying additional flooring (I allowed 72 hours). Second guideline set: 1) before installing flooring rows adjust joint spacing to insure all joints are spaced properly; 2) spread only sufficient adhesive to glue four, 4, rows at a time; 3) use the ¼" x ¼" trowel to control adhesive thickness {be sure glue height does not extend above the flooring tongue and grove height}; 4) carefully slide each piece of flooring in-to-place at a slight angle to avoid picking up adhesive and insert into previous laid row with its side just touching last piece laid so front and side can be easily slip into place without getting adhesive into the tongue & grove joints; 5) using a tapping block and/or pulling bar tightly close gap before installing next piece; 6) Use blue painters tape (I used 2" wide) to secure the freshly laid rows to the previous rows; 7) if any adhesive does escape and get on flooring surface clean immediately with Bostik Urethane Remover (mineral spirits will work, note for a 18' x 22' floor we used only a small portion of one bottle of Bostik Remover). Continue four (4) rows at a time until the flooring job is complete or you are ready for a break!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

My wife and I had it install in all of the rooms, except the bathrooms. It makes each room look and feel bigger. I would do it again.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

The floor looks awesome I couldn't be happier with it. It really brightens up a room.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

The bamboo is really wonderful. When we floored the whole house there was a very large difference in color between boxes so we sorted them. NOw it looks great. Then we had a water leak, bamboo doesnt like water. Had to re-do a room and the color was perfect. It's easy to clean and no warping or cracking with the strand bamboo. The house looks great and is a "green" product.

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We used the strand bamboo in our family room and it is extremely hard. It is too early to tell how it will wear over the years, as it was installed just one month ago. [...] I would recommend the strand bamboo,[...]

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We just finished installing almost 1200 sq feet. We were complete novices and it was very tedious to install and took us a long time doing it on weekends and weeknights. It looks great - we hope it will perform as good as it looks.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Since they were only 3 feet long, it was difficult to stagger. The tongue and groove made installing easy but staggering more difficult.
The website made it look like wood but the actual product looked more like the horizontal samples I've seen. Better that than the other strand samples I've seen though. You can see that is strand though if you look at the end.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

While this is still a new instalation it looks better than expected. Very happy that we got this one vs. some other woods.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We love our new strand bamboo floor. It's beautiful and was highly rated. Although it is only a few weeks old, we have no regrets so far. There was very little waste during installation that we had done by a carpenter. I wish I could put this floor in the rest of my house but it's just not in the budget right now. We put it in 3 bedrooms and a hall, and soon our kitchen.

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I didn't evaluate installation because we had it installed by professionals. It took them several full days to install the flooring in two bedrooms and one small hallway - I would not attempt to install this myself.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We installed the strand bamboo in our living room about eight months ago and we absolutly love it. Installation was pretty easy once we narrowed down the right tool. We rented a staple gun that worked great. It has been through moderate every day use and a few heavy traffic parties....it cleans up beautifully and easily every time. We get constant compliments on it as well. After a few months of enjoying our bamboo floor we have decided to add it to our entry and main hallways.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This flooring was a breeze to glue down on a concrete slab. The tabs and grooves lined up and in 8 boxes I had only one board that had slight damage on one end. I was able to trim the board and use it anyway. It took an intentional attempt to damage this flooring just to make a mark on the sample piece. My wife and I worked from 5 boxes at a time and the blend was magnificient. This flooring will be going down in the rest of our house.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

I love this flooring - I'm going to do the rest of my condo with it!!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This one had a half day learning curve. It seams that bamboo is not 5/8" it is metric and slightly thinner. Cleat nail guns do not have an adapter to shoot the nail in the correct position. I put a shim on the gun with a piece of aluminum capping to move the gun further from the board and the install went great! Do not use staples. Looks great. Very little waste. Very satisfied.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This flooring is in my family room. It looks beautiful and makes the room look so much bigger! I have been telling all of my friends.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This Morning Star Bamboo flooring is hard as a rock and takes some finesse to install with the nailing gun but as soon as you get into a rhythm it's smooth sailing - my son and I measured together, then my son cut and I nailed, nice to have a team effort. The color is a perfect match to the golden oak flooring we already have in the upstairs of the house which was a great concern to my wife. We've replaced all of our carpeting in the bedrooms and all other rooms in our downstairs as we are tired of the dust mites, etc., in carpeting! This flooring is a breeze to clean and we don't have a scratch, yet - even with 3 cats and one dog!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

THe Strand Woven Bamboo floor was installed in our addition that is a multi-purpose room- Dining Room, Play Room and Homes-school room. It opens out to a muddy yard and the floor cleans up easily. You do need to keep it swept or it can be scratched by chairs being slid across it.
It is very dense and take a whole lot to dent. It is a superior product to the non-strand woven less expensive bamboo flooring available. It is worth the price if you have kids.

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I appreciate that the grain is actually varied and does not look too uniform. there is a variety of shades of the bamboo as well. it's a great look.

thank you to Jessie at your Longmont office who was a huge help to me and a lot of fun.

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Never having installed this type of flooring, we were leary of it but it is BEAUTIFUL! We glued it down as opposed to nailing it. We didn't have problems with cutting it as we thought we might. The differing tones and levels of darkness from piece to piece makes it even more amazing. Make sure you open all the boxes so you have a good handle on how many dark and how many light pieces you have. Really nice product and reasonable price. Would recommend to others.

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IT LOOKS GREAT

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We had this professionally installed. It was worth it! Installers did a great job and it was clean. VERY happy with the flooring. Only had one room done, but will be doing dining room/breakfast nook when we find some $$$!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

A super solid floor, looks wonderful, needs a professional installer because of its thickness and hardness. Unfortunately, because each board is the same length, we did not have enough extra for under the counters, not that we needed it.

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Put this in a small bedroom upstairs with little light, and it opened up the room and brightened it. Looks great!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This is an excellent manufactured tongue and groove board. The bamboo wood is extremely hard and, with seven layers of urethane coating, it does not dent or scratch easily.
If you don't use a pneumatic nail gun, you should drill pilot homes for your nails. If it is mistreated during installation, the tongue and groove pieces can fray and splinter, so use scrap pieces to knock the boards in place.
The mature bamboo strands look great on the floor. They are bound by resins containing less than 0.1% free formaldehyde, so there is a slight odor that dissapates quickly. When sawing or drilling, use a dust mask anyway.
The boards have light, warm colors and even minor flaws are very rare. I was able to use every board and the few I did not use were discarded because of my own mistakes.
Lots of information about this product is available online. Once it is installed, cleaning is a breeze. I could not be more pleased with this product unless it installed itself.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We really like it....adds alot of charm to our house... and we love that its eco friendly..also the flooring is very durable..we have 2 teenagers.. need I say more.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Nothing bad to say about it just love it. We have 2 big dogs no problems...

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

excellent product with very little waste. Make sure you are lined up correctly with floor stapler as the board will splinter and raise up if you are off just a little bit

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

very hard to install because of thickness of wood. If you dont' know how to install, I recommend hiring a professional.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Very hard material. I glued it down to the concrete floor. This is Strand Woven Bamboo mixed with epoxy, makes it very strong and resistant to moisture. This why I replaced my old hardwood flooring in my kitchen with it. I recommend using an 18" Compound Mitre saw with new blades!

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This product is beautiful and extremely durable. The guys at LL were extremely helpful (and funny). I had a little trouble getting the staples to set right with the nailer so I switched to cleats. This made all the difference. The floor went down smoothly with very few problems. The most difficult part (believe it or not) was countersinking the face nails. The floor is so hard I had a difficult time getting the heads of the finish nails into the wood. All in all, an excellent, durable product that I would recommend to anyone. Everyone that has seen it, loves it.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

The folooring was darker than the samples we received.
The flooring is hard and dense and deflects nails.
The pieces were uniform in size and shape.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We're so pleased with this floor. Very attractive. Environmentally friendly. Our installer said it was the best flooring they've ever worked with. Great price, too, at Lumber Liquidators...a rare case of a renovation project where we actually spent LESS than we planned!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This stuff looks awesome. It took me longer to get out the old carpet and padding as compared to the floor install. The wood is beautiful. The boards are very uniform. I didn't have any problem with the nailers. I couldn't be happier with how it looks and am grateful that I didn't pay for someone else to do the installation for me.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

we love the stranded bamboo. its a great and durable floor cover! We lvoed it so much we've installed it on our entire first floor!

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All boards were straight. we did have some problems with boards that were not the same width, which in turn made it hard to get tight seams. we just removed the ones we saw before we nailed it. And speaking of nailing, OH MY GOSH!!! This stuff is hard. Used a pneumatic floor nailer and had to set it at 130 psi. We still had some nails not go all the way in. Hard stuff! Stairs were the most difficult thing to do. But they turned out beautiful!!!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

We've been very happy with our strand bamboo floors so far. We installed it throughout our main floor (kitchen, family room, laundry room, and 1/2 bath). We have 2 large, active dogs, with large nails and we haven't gotten a single scratch yet! This stuff is MUCH harder than the traditional bamboo, but still retains the great environmental features of bamboo and the general look of bamboo, although it's darker than the traditional natural bamboo. We had it installed because we didn't have the time to do it, but our installer was impressed with the durability and ease of installation. I would definitely recommend this product.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Very pleased, overall. Everyone who has seen it so far loves it, too!!

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The only problem we had was we bought a few boxes that had been opened and the color was a bit lighter than the rest of the boxes we purchased.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

I was extremely happy at the look was it was installed. Better than we expected based on the samples/pictures.
Pieces were all un-warped, so I didn't have to contort any boards to get them to fit in place. And no gaps along the sides from horizontal warping.
Only problem I had was the actual nailing down. This stuff is like a rock. If I wasn't careful the pneumatic nailer would kick-back and not fully sink the staples. All face-nailing had to be pilot-drilled first or the nails would just bend. So while it doesn't dent (and I have tested that), it's tough to nail. A compromise I'd take any time.
It also seems very resistant to scratches, although we're still pampering it since it's our new baby.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Perfect cuts of wood. Very little waste. Perfect for glue down!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This flooring is as hard as nails. We went through 2 saw blades installing 1400 square feet of this stuff. It is beautiful and I am glad I did my homework where bamboo is concerned. Even the finish contractors couldn't scratch it (and I think they tried). I wish I had put it in the kids rooms as well. If you are considering bamboo flooring...don't hesitate, this stuff is the best

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This stuff is wonderful. Don't go cheap on those one-two dollar versions. This strand-woven bamboo is dense, durable and looks extremely beautiful. [...].

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Most installers I contacted had never installed Bamboo floors before and were reluctant to take the job.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Great look!
Creates a larger room with the bamboo floors.
This product is solid bamboo - not like the other products out there that maybe a 1/4" bamboo and 3/4 compressed particle board.

When laying the boards, some chips appeared (1 out of 30 boards. But, with the correct color putty you can't even see them.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

As we are all becomming more aware of our environment, I'm pleased that I have selected bamboo for my flooring as it will replace itself in four years whereas other woods will not be replaced for up to 40 years! And, bamboo is 25% harder than oak!!!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

Great stuff for high traffic areas.

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The morning Star Strand Bamboo planks are nicely color matched and are a perfect addition to a decor of our house.

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

the floor is in our log home and looks fantastic.even the cabinet guy was amazed.our installer is buying our extra and is using it in his own home.lumber liquidators has been a pleasure to work with

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

I love this product and am very glad I chose it however the install is taking forever. I don't have the space to totally empty each room in order for the installer to work on it.
It's worse this way - more of a nightmare than moving!!

Comments about Morning Star 5/8" x 3-3/4" Strand Natural Bamboo:

This is by far the most beautiful floor I have ever had. If I could afford it I would replace all my hardwood floors with bamboo.