[Greenbuilding] Bamboo Floor, Radiant Heat and Thermal Mass

[Lynelle Hamilton]

That's the problem.  We've stained and polished 2 times now, with 
problems each time.  The colour (water/soy product) first took 
beautifully, but an overzealous tech rep (came with a new polishing 
machine) burned the finish by over buffing. When the damaged finish was 
removed, the floor reground and restained, the colour was off, blotchy 
and quite honestly, ugly.

There are 3 rooms that are fine and the floor is a beautiful tone, 
almost like onyx.
The living/dining/kitchen room is the one with the problem.  Makes me 
want to cry.  We don't know if we can get enough of the sealer out to 
get stain to take properly.

Lynelle

On 27/02/2011 8:18 PM, Ron Cascio wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynelle Hamilton" 
> <lynelle at lahamilton.com>
> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Bamboo Floor, Radiant Heat and Thermal Mass
>
>
>> It looks dicey that the mass would be sufficient if I used the
>> bamboo.
>>
>> Thanks, Frank!
>>
>> Lynelle
>
>
> I've always had a difficult time understanding why someone would cover 
> a perfectly good exposed thermal mas floor with a thermal break. 
> That's assuming your existing floor is perfectly good.
>
> Ron
>
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