Let me first thank the admins for this site. The information and tips I picked up here have been invaluable. I have done multiple nailed hardwood installs myself, and even one fake wood glue together. This is my first venture into floating bamboo.

Here is my last dilemma (the site helped with the others already). Concrete slab floor, will be laying my moisture barrier, and the bamboo is 1/2". I have a 2'x4' marble piece in front of the fireplace that is only ~1" thick. The marble is almost black.

Undercutting is not an option because of how thin it is ... and a gap for the float will be ugly, and I am afraid that a shoe molding or edge piece will look out of place.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

A baby threshold which is an offset "L" shaped molding probably is your best bet. with a floater you have to leave expansion space.

Yes, I agree with a matching baby threshold. That's what we do around fireplaces with a floating floor.

Debbie Gartner, aka The Flooring Girl
http://TheFlooringGirl.com
Westchester, NY

Never seen a perfectly straight bamboo baby threshold or T's and reducers. The ones I get are always bowed or have a crook in them.

Maybe you could picture frame it with an elevated/glued strip thats got a ship lap cut so it overlaps. I might try that sometime myself. But you'd need a router. Might be able to do it on a table saw if your careful.

Being 4' long Id say you can make it work with a baby thresh chances are at least that much will be straight.

Thank you for the feedback.

Would love to be able to picture frame it ... that is what I have done in the past with nailing.

My latest train of thought is to take the underlay back and buy glue ... and just glue the floor. The horror stories of floating, plus all my obstacles, has me nervous.

Is there a preference on floating or gluing bamboo over concrete?

You can't glue or fasten down any part of a floating floor except the transitions of course, the floor will be locked in and buckle.

Some solid stranded say you can float it. I will not since I do not believe the T&G PVA adhesive will hold it since it's high glue content. Plus theres always finish on the top and bottom usually.

Vertical engineered with a finger jointed core is most stable I have found. You can glue it or float it and nail it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13772863@N08/7698861072/

My thought process is glue instead of floating.

The Bamboo I bought says it can be floated, just not sure if I want to anymore. If its not too much trouble, would you mind expanding on your statement about not floating and the adhesive not holding?

My comment about not floating a stranded? It's because it is basically a solid. I don't believe the PVA glue used to float a T&G normal engineered floor will hold onto a stranded due to it's denseness and type of glue used to manufacturer the stranded bamboo.

I have glued it to a slab many many times, but floating stranded T&G is outa the question, for me anyways. And I tend to stray away from click stranded as well, unless I am starving. But then I insist on the consumer having a humidifier with any bamboo.