Building With Bamboo: Why Bamboo Homes Are Eco-Friendly

Uploaded on Dec 14, 2010

So what makes bamboo the perfect alternative for building with lumber? Not only is it as strong as mild steel with the unique ability to bend instead of break during hurricanes or earthquakes, but it’s one of the fastest growing plants around. Learn more about bamboo and how it sequesters CO2 here.

Bamboo Treatment: Boric-Borax Solution

Published on Dec 24, 2012

Here’s a mild chemical treatment recipe: Mix 10kg boric+15kg borax for 200lts water (warm enough to dissolve the borax in it). Puncture the bamboo nodes and fill it up with this solution. Let it stand saturated for a week. Let it dry and ta-daa, it’s ready to be used!

Chapter 2: Bamboo Treatment and Storage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65rI5CuKaAU

ublished on Jan 23, 2014

In this video, the viewer is taught how to treat bamboo using the modified boucherie method. Treatment is a crucial component of bamboo construction and there are many available techniques, of which the boucherie method is just one possible option. This treatment displaces sugary sap from bamboo with chemical preservative under pressure and has been found to be very successful for community-based construction projects. The treatment must be administered within 24 hours of bamboo felling.

Bending Dry Bamboo Poles

Published on Mar 4, 2014

For more videos about bending bamboo see: http://www.guaduabamboo.com/bending-b…

CAN’T THEY SOAK IT IN WATER? LIKE THEY DO FOR RATTAN BASKET WEAVING.

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