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Flooring: green gets better.(Your dream kitchen for less)(Buyers guide)
Even if you don't want bamboo in your backyard, our latest flooring tests provide some compelling reasons to put it in your kitchen.
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Teragren's Synergy and Armstrong's Locking Hardwood bamboo floors are the first to beat oak and other wood for toughness. Earlier bamboo floors were quick to dent, stain, and sun-darken in our tests. Manufacturers heavily promote bamboo as a renewable resource because they can reap this fast-growing grass in as little as four years.
Teragren touts the hardness of its moso bamboo, which did well in our tough tests. The brand's solid bamboo and Armstrong's engineered version, a bamboo veneer ...
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