Eco-friendly | Stylish

Plantation’s newest addition to the range is Bamboo Elite flooring – a beautiful, natural flooring option made from three layers of bamboo strips in a strong, stable cross-ply structure. The top layer is made from “vertical” strips of bamboo laminated together to give a gorgeous, natural bamboo look in “coffee” colour tones.

Bamboo Elite makes for an eco-friendly and stylish timber flooring or laminate flooring alternative – with all the other great benefits that bamboo provides. 

A wax coating is applied to the edges of the boards during manufacture so that when the locking system is engaged, the tight join helps prevent water penetration in the event of minor spills. Bamboo Elite can be installed as a “floating” floor (over an underlay) or as a “direct fix” glue-down floor. It comes in a low gloss finish with Treffert, (a German water-based polyurethane) applied – making it look very stylish and easy to keep clean.

Like the compressed bamboo flooring range, Bamboo Elite can also be sanded back in the future (ie. in 10-20 years or so, depending on wear) to be re-finished like new again.

Details
  • Category
    Bamboo Flooring
  • Range
    Bamboo Flooring
  • Brand
    Plantation Bamboo
Specifications

Specifications

Longer and wider bamboo boards (1960 x 159 x 15mm) – comes packaged in boxes of 8 boards, measuring 2.493sqm per box (weighing 24kgs). Made from vertical strips of bamboo laminated together across three layers, optimising stability – while providing a natural, durable and stylish floor. Available in coffee colour with a low gloss finish. 

  • Density (Toplayer): +/- 700 kg/m3
  • Top layer thickness / Wear layer: approx. 5 mm
  • Shrink/Swell bamboo: 0.14% per 1% change in Moisture Content
  • Equilibrium MC: 10% at 20°C and 65% rel. Air Humidity; 8% at 20°C and 50% rel. Air Humidity
  • Resistance to Indentation – Brinell Hardness: ≥ 4 kg/mm2 (EN 1534)
  • Reaction to fire: Class Cfl-s1 (EN 13501-1)
  • Formaldehyde emission: Class E0 (< 0.025 mg/m3) 2) Class E1 (< 0.124 mg/m3, EN 717-1)
  • Slip resistance 1): USRV 22 (CEN/TS 15676) / R 10 (DIN 51130)
  • Thermal conductivity: 0.17 W/mK (EN 12667)
  • Thermal resistance: 0.0882 m2K/W (EN 12667)
  • Use Class: Class 1 (EN 335)
  • CO2 neutral: LCA report TU Delft (ISO 14040/44) (www.moso.eu/lca)
  • Environmental Product Declaration – EPD (EN 15804) (www.moso.eu/epd)
  • Contribution LEED BD+C – v4: MR 1, MR 2, MR 3 (FSC®), EQ2 v2009: MR 6, MR 7 (FSC®), IEQ 4.3
  • Contribution BREEAM: HEA 2, MAT 1, MAT 3 (FSC®)

E0 Class is an unofficial formaldehyde emission class, but it is commonly used to indicate that the product has very low emission, not detectable (n.d.) emission or is produced with No Added Formaldehyde (NAF) glues. E0 products automatically qualify for the official E1 Class according to EN 717-1

Installation

Installation

Bamboo Elite flooring uses a click-locking installation system that provides a strong yet simple, floating floor installation method (which can be glued/direct fixed also). The boards easily and firmly lock together on all four edges, making installation simple and efficient.

The pre-finished bamboo flooring comes out of the box ready to install, with no unnecessary mess or fumes often associated with on-site finishing, sanding or polishing.

Plantation recommends floating our Bamboo Elite flooring over a waterproof membrane such as Roberts Harmony 3 in 1 Underlay, which is a 100% barrier to any moisture that may be in the sub-floor. The underlay also provides a thermal barrier and has strong sound reduction properties. We sell this in either 9m or 60m rolls (1.02 metres wide). We can also offer an eco-friendly underlay called “Strong bond” which is made from 95% recycled foam on a gold-foiled backing and comes in 10m rolls. The edges of this underlay need to be taped together to provide a 100% moisture barrier – we can provide the adhesive tape in 30m rolls.

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About the
Seller

The team at Plantation Bamboo are passionate about this incredible, natural and sustainable material – Bamboo. As New Zealand’s only specialist bamboo importer and distributor, Plantation offers top quality bamboo building-related products that represent great value-for-money, direct to customers all over the country. We firmly believe that bamboo is the next generation in sustainable building materials.

The Plantation Bamboo team is committed to providing exceptional service, superior products and a strong desire to exceed customer expectations. After 16 years in business, we have established bamboo market leaders – with strong product knowledge and over 1000 satisfied customers, including some of New Zealand’s leading home building companies, architects, designers, builders, and numerous homeowners.

Plantation Bamboo imports and distributes their products directly to you, and understands that it is important to work with a reliable company. We offer not only a solid and varied range of products with great prices but also comprehensive warranties, technical and installation support, manufacturing information and thorough product testing.

Products are supplied and distributed directly out of our warehouses in Auckland and Christchurch, offering our products New Zealand wide. We can also refer you to good Installers and Joiners if needed. The plantation is excited to be part of the global innovation and movement towards using bamboo as a truly stunning and sustainable building material.

Although it may all look the same, the quality of bamboo products from different manufacturers and suppliers will differ greatly. The quality of the finished product is highly dependent on the quality of the raw materials used in the production of the bamboo product, and also the manufacturing and quality assurance process itself.

Ensure that you are dealing with a reliable company.  One that offers not just a great price and a wide variety of coordinating products, but can also provide product specification data sheets and manufacturing information, as well as good warranties, sound installation practices and prompt technical support services.

If you're thinking bamboo - think Plantation Bamboo.