Category: Alternatives

Alternatives, Tips

Decking Timber Alternatives for the Next-Generation – 2021

Justin Thomas

Wood is of the most suited and ‘go-with’ material when it comes to decking but as we all know it comes with a cost of environmental imbalance, high maintenance and structural limitations. Next-generation construction experts are promoting eco-friendly and sustainable decking options over the traditional timber decking.

#1 Bamboo

Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world. Strong, durable, sustainable, beautiful and low maintenance decking timber alternative for 2021.

#2 Cork

A preferred boat decking option which is now also available for homes! It is made with bark in contrast to the heart of tree. This means it re-grows quicker and can be more sustainable in some ways than many conventional hardwood products. It’s a popular flooring material and can be growing into other areas of construction and remodeling.

#3 Wood Composite

Wood composite comes with very low maintenance cost, a very long life length, relative simplicity of setup and it’s on top in terms of eco-friendliness as it’s made of non-recyclable and other wastes and wood. It’s surely not so pocket-friendly but is the best option when it comes to timber decking alternatives.

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Alternatives, Tips

Bamboo – The Greatest Alternative to Wood

Justin Thomas

Timber, Hardwood, Ply and Laminate etc. are a few very common options when it comes to construction of floors, kitchens or furniture related products. But as you already know the fact that excessive use of wood is promoting imbalance in the natural ecosystem and this eventually have to stop one day! So what’s next? What will be the next alternative to this globally used material? Hemp and Bamboo are the best answer to this question. Among these two, Bamboo is a material which can actually be used commercially over the world.

Why Bamboo?

Among a hundred more reasons, some of the most important reasons why bamboo is the greatest alternative to wood in modern day living.

#1 Sustainable

As shown above, bamboo is actually the option we would have used since a long time!! It grows fast and takes very less time to mature then other renewable material i.e. hardwood. Bamboo also produces 35% more oxygen than equivalent stands of plants which makes it environment friendly.

21st Century Steel?? Bamboo!!

#2 Value for Money

Bamboo provides great value for money because each strip of bamboo plank undergoes individual composition which makes it more stable in terms of swelling or shrinking than hardwood options.

#3 Beautiful

Bamboo is beautiful, sleek, versatile and can be finished with a number of colour options!

#4 Easy to Install

Bamboo flooring, benchtops, panels and other plantation bamboo products are very easy to install and can easily be installed with minimum efforts!

#5 Healthy

Bamboo is renowned for its hypo-allergic properties and its a very good flooring alternative then traditional carpets which allows dust, dirt and allergens to contaminate!

Apart from all these there are a hundred more reasons why bamboo must be considered as the best alternative to wood in 2021 and coming years ahead!

That is why Bamboo life must be the next option!