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   draftingguy | Mar 26, 2009 06:34pm | #1

   What thickness material?  I installed some 5/16" material and used a Bostich stapler.

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   Waters | Mar 26, 2009 06:42pm | #2

   Did you rent the tool?  Remember what gauge or length staple?  How'd it go? 

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   draftingguy | Mar 26, 2009 07:40pm | #3

   I borrowed the stapler from the flooring guy that did our carpet installation.  It was something similar to the Bostitch SX150-BHF-2, which shoots 18 gauge, 7/32 crown staples.  The staples I used for this installation were 1-1/4" long. 

   Everything went smoothly once we got the pressure dialed in.  I did have to shim up the front of the foot on the stapler with a piece of linoleum to keep it from rocking on the tongue of the flooring.  So far I've got just over 600 sf of the bamboo installed.  A separate project will be the dining/music room, which is about another 300 sf.

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   mackzully | Mar 26, 2009 08:15pm | #4

   What manufacture are you using for the flooring? I was enamored with bamboo when I first saw it several years ago, but it looks like the market is getting flooding with shoddy product. A friend has some installed in his home and it's awful, but most likely it's LL quality. I really like the new VG bamboo, since it looks like a paler VG fir, and is about 1/2 the cost in my area.Z

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   draftingguy | Mar 26, 2009 08:23pm | #5

   We got some Yanchi carbonized, strand woven bamboo from http://www.builddirect.com.  They don't have the same flooring listed anymore, but they have several others.  I was pleased with the quality and it's held up well so far.  The only complaint I could make is that I had to toss (or use offcuts from) about 2% of the boards because the finish was boogered up at the tongue.