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Local bamboo is used to build homes in certain areas of the country, but due to rapid infestation by mites this material is not durable. Improved varieties such as Guadua angustofolia produce culms 6 inches in diameter and 100 feet long. In Colombia they are used for house construction and are considered as durable as hard woods.

The new varieties will be a tremendous asset to rural communities of Haiti. ORE is currently working primarily with the following varieties: Bambusa Burmanica, B. Edulis, Dendrocalamus Giganteus, D. Membranaceus, Gigantichloa Albociliata, Guadua Angustofolia Bicolor, Guadua Chacoensis and Thysosctachys Siamensis.
New bamboo varieties, such as Guadua Chacoensis will provide more permanent building materials and can replace the vast quantity of post wood used for scaffolding.

UCT is seeking funding to establish a Bamboo floor factory to capitalize on this reforestation programme.

Bamboo Floor Factory

As a flooring product, the benefits of bamboo are unbelievable. Given its hardness, durability, beauty, and environmental friendliness, bamboo is a simple, sensible alternative in a complicated world.

Strength and Durability

When you think about a thin bamboo cane, it might seem almost flimsy. But in comparison to Red Oak, the most commonly installed wood flooring in America and Carnada, it is actually 25% harder and just as strong. Bamboo is even harder than Rock Maple, making it an incredibly durable, impact-resistant form of flooring. Better still, it expands and contracts 50% less than other hardwoods. As a result, bamboo can be used in homes and in climates where high humidity or temperature variations make hardwoods impractical.

Available Options

Bamboo flooring can be available as a high quality, tongue-and-groove, precision-milled board, we also offer bamboo floorings with vertical-grained and horizontal(face)-grained orientation.
In the vertical grain, the individual nodes are hard to discern, resulting to a consistent coloration and even grain.
In the horizontal-grain orientation, each individual node (the characteristic joint in the bamboo cane) is visible with about four node strands apparent per piece.
Though these two options differ in appearance and offer customers more visual choices, they offer the same strength characteristics.

Colors

There are two main colors of bamboo flooring to choose from. First is its natural blonde hue, which reflects bamboo’s true color, along with its beautiful grain, growth patterns and joints. Bamboo is also available in a darker, amber tone that is achieved through smoking process. When bamboo is smoked, the carbonized grains take on a darker, caramel or amber tone all throughout.
Environmentally Speaking
Bamboo is probably the most environmentally sensible flooring available, offering a dependable alternative to hardwood. Bamboo is technically a grass, and it can be harvested in about five years. Recognized as the fastest-growing plant on earth, bamboo offers 25 times the yield of hardwood, and is much more sustainable and renewable.
It can be harvested and replenished with virtually no impact to the environment. Harvesting does not kill the plant because it constantly regenerates itself by sending out runners that result in new canes. Bamboo can be grown in soil damaged by overgrazing and poor agricultural techniques, and topsoil is not damaged when the cane is harvested. Not only does the topsoil stay in place, the plant’s dense leaf cover actually improves the soil over time.
While protecting the environment and reducing the demand for over-harvested hardwoods, bamboo offers a strong, durable, beautiful flooring that can accentuate any home or business.