Guide to Bamboo Flooring and Dogs

When you are considering home bamboo flooring, you want to first think about the pets in your home.  Dogs have long, sharp nails that are well known for scratching things.

When you install bamboo flooring, there are different types of hardness and softness characteristics that you can choose from.  However, no matter which you choose, it will be susceptible to scratching from the nails of your dog.  While keeping your dog’s nails trimmed will of course help, your best bet would be to choose hard coated bamboo.  If your dog has long nails, they can still scratch through this however.

If you have dogs at home, your best bet would be strand woven bamboo.  This is one of the hardest types of bamboo that you can get.  If you are looking for a softer type of bamboo, try carbonized bamboo.

While there are some people that will tell you that scratching on bamboo actually gives it character, there are others that do not like scratches at all.  It is important to note that at times, the scratches may blend in and hardly show at all while other times it can slightly discolor the bamboo.

It is important that you test various flooring pieces of bamboo and understand what the scratch resistance is.