Saturday, 9 July 2011

Hardwood Protection 101

By Steve Everett


One of the most expensive flooring material you can have for your home is hardwood flooring, so it is best if you can take proper care of it. If you have recently installed your hardwood flooring at home, then you need to know that there are a lot of things which you need to take care of than just making sure that they are clean on a daily basis. It is possible for your hardwood flooring to last for a long time if it is properly cared for. In this article, we will be providing you some simple steps in cleaning and maintaining your hardwood floor.

First and foremost, you would be better off to have a humidifier at home. You maybe are wondering now why you need a humidifier for maintenance of your hardwood. It is important for you to know that hardwood flooring can be better preserved if they are in a humidity which is around forty to fifty percent. Having a good humidity can easily be achieved if you have a humidifier which can keep the humidity at a good level. Wood is capable of absorbing moisture, which will surely affect your hardwood flooring.

And then it would be to your advantage to have a rug on places where the sun shines in your flooring. This is something which may be puzzling to you in maintaining your flooring. Hardwood can become light in colour if it is continuously subjected to the harsh rays of the sun like those we see in nature. Placing some attractive rugs or carpets in these exposed areas at home will be a protective stance that can also add beauty to the room anytime since you will be putting lovely rugs anyway.

Number three, it would be best if you can protect your flooring against some furniture. These can be bought in your local hardware store in budget-friendly rates. You would do well to have these installed in your furniture which you usually use such as chairs and tables. It is important that you make sure that you do this for every piece of furniture that you have at home. This will make sure that you will have less scrapes or scratch on your flooring. It would also be to your advantage to install it on huge furniture so that it will prevent any scratches at all.

These are but some of the simple things you can do in order for you to be able to help protect your hardwood floor. It is best if you are able to avoid any damage to your flooring, because it will be really costly to have it repaired or replaced.




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