Hardwood Flooring

Niv Orlian asked:


Have you recently installed a hardwood floor? Bear in mind that in order to keep the shine and new look on your hardwood floor, you’ll have to clean it regularly and properly. You’ve probably heard some of the pros say that the best way to clean hardwood floors is to use chemical cleaning solutions.

They’re right, of course, but these cleaning solutions are rather expensive; they’ll eventually eat a hole through your pocket. In addition, they’re also tricky to use. If you use too much, you can damage your hardwood floor; if you use too little, your hardwood floor will look pretty old soon.

Since these professional solutions for hardware floors are basically hard to use, a lot of people turn to folk remedies, such as using vinegar to clean hardwood floors. It is possible to clean hardwood floors with vinegar. In fact, using vinegar to clean hardwood floors is an effective and efficient way of cleaning hardwood floors — but only for the short run. After all, vinegar is cheap and it does work.

However, cleaning hardwood floors with vinegar can be damaging to hardwood floors in the long term. Vinegar is basically acidic; acidic substances tend to slowly chew through surfaces. Thus, when you use vinegar to clean hardwood floors on a regular basis, the vinegar will eventually damage the finish, giving the floors an uneven look. Vinegar won’t drastically damage your hardwood floor’s finish if you use it to clean your floor once or twice a year. However, it will cause your floor’s quality to degrade if you repeatedly use vinegar for cleaning for two or more months.

There’s another reason it is not recommended to use vinegar to clean hardwood floors. Vinegar will take out the shine of hardwood floors. Vinegar thus lowers the the quality of hardwood floors, so if you really want to keep your hardwood floor looking shiny for a long time, the last thing you want to do is use vinegar to clean it.

In general, you should avoid using vinegar to clean hardwood floors frequently. That said, there are times when vinegar becomes a quick, inexpensive solution to cleaning problems. If you should ever run out of professional cleaning solutions or they are not readily available at stores, you can perhaps substitute vinegar just once or twice.

In case you have to use vinegar for cleaning your hardwood floor, don’t use too much of it. And remember, you should only use vinegar as a hardwood cleaning solution whenever necessary and as infrequent as you possibly can. You may not want to spend all that money on expensive hardwood cleaning solutions, but carefully weight the consequences of using vinegar on your hardwood floor. You may save money, but your hardwood floor sure isn’t going to be shiny for long. In addition, make sure that the finish on your floor is strong so that it can withstand the effects of vinegar if you use it for cleaning.



Irene

Bercle George asked:


Hardwood floor is one of the best materials for your home. Aside from its components are made of natural materials, it also brings pleasant feeling that you are free from the disadvantages of using synthetic materials brought by new technology. With this privilege, it is highly essential that you employ proper care for your hardwood floor in order to prolong its life and therefore to extend on enjoying your benefits from this.

Yes, proper care is important for our hardwood floor. How can we employ proper care for our hardwood floor? What are the necessary things that are in need to be done to make this goal accomplished.

Below are some basic yet essential things that you need to apply for you to be able to take care of your hardwood floor.

One thing you can do so that you can enjoy the maximum hardwood floor benefits for years is to employ proper cleaning. We should learn how to clean hardwood properly so that it can not be easily worn as years pass.

Hardwood floor cleaner that you must employ are the ones that are proven to be effective. If you want to buy wax, polisher, and other hardwood floor cleaner, seek advice from employee of home improvement store that you know, they can provide you the effective ones. You have to be careful in using some cleaner because you may get the wrong ones and can ruin them instead.

Another essential thing to remember and must be applied is, you have to wipe up stains and spills immediately. Letting stains and spills to stay longer in your hardwood floor can make it more difficult to handle. If your hardwood floor has a quality of intact and good coating, there is nothing to be worried about. However, to make it safe, and to make a sure care, it is recommended that you do wiping immediately after the hardwood-floor is stained with foreign matters.

Another is, you have to refrain from exposing it to so much sunlight. If your house has its large window, you can have your floor protected from sun exposure by putting blinds or sheer curtains. It is proven that ultraviolet rays have ill effects on materials like hardwood floor. And therefore, you have to be careful about this because it can also affect the quality of your hardwood floor.

Also, when sweeping, you have to make it sure that you utilize brooms with just exploding bristles because these are the most ideal and effective in taking away dust and grime. If you use the wrong ones, they may be just put the dirt and dust in wrong places and this can lead you to bigger problems that you may encounter in the future. Remember, use only those hardwood floor cleaners that are specifically designed for the tasks. If you miss this, you may find yourself in regrets from experimenting.

The things presented above are just few of many things that you can do to make a proper care for your hardwood floor. And, implementing this will surely give you the opportunity to achieve the optimum benefits that it brings; It is imperative that you are guided by this strategies.



Julio

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Peter Crump asked:


Installing Bruce hardwood flooring on the floors of your home is one of the best investments that you can ever make. It will add to the ambiance of any room and increase the value of your home if you ever want to sell. Each grade of wood used in Bruce hardwood carries a warranty all its own. Choose from three grades of hardwood - Good, Better and Best - to have hardwood floors with knots and character. The Best grade in Bruce hardwood flooring is the most expensive, but it also has the best quality wood and the best warranty.

Even with Bruce hardwood flooring, you will see variations in the wood in each plank. This is what will give your hardwood floors the unique appearance that you want to achieve. This variation exists in all qualities of Bruce hardwood floors because no two boards are the same. You do have to be careful even with hardwood even though it is solid. If you place furniture with sharp edges on the flooring it will dent the hardwood. Bruce wood flooring also goes through a natural aging process so if you have an area covered with a rug, when you move it the floor underneath will be lighter in color. It is recommended that you do move rugs from time to time to prevent this discoloration from occurring.

Sometimes, people who have installed Bruce wood flooring in their homes hear popping sounds when they walk across the floors. This is not defect in the Bruce hardwood flooring and is perfectly natural, so there is no cause for alarm. All hardwood goes through a process called patina and it may be caused by an uneven subfloor under the Bruce hardwood floors. If you glue the hardwood planks in place, you do have to make sure that you use the trowels properly when applying the adhesive so that you have a perfectly uniform surface for the hardwood floors.

Although it is not recommended, you can have Bruce hardwood flooring in the bathroom of your home. This is because hardwood is not conducive to areas of the home where there is excessive moisture. The choice to use unfinished or prefinished Bruce wood flooring is a matter of personal taste. It depends on how much work you want to do to finish the floor yourself or how much time you want to spend on maintenance of the Bruce hardwood floors. There are advantages and disadvantages to both, so you can ask the Bruce experts for advice when you are selecting your hardwood flooring. Prefinished hardwood does have more advantages, such as longer finish warranties, uniform stain application in a factory setting and it is easier to keep clean.

If you want to install Bruce hardwood flooring in areas where there will be lots of traffic, the Dura Lustre Plus finish will allow you to do this without any worries. Bruce offers commercial finishes for its hardwood floors, but it doesn’t recommend using mats in doorways or in front of the kitchen sink. Bruce does not recommend that you wax Bruce wood floorings. To keep the natural shine of Bruce hardwood flooring all you have to do is wash it up with a water based cleaner for hardwood floors and give it an occasional buffing.



Frank

Kris D asked:


I want to take out my carpet and install hardwood in my house. It is built on a slab. I know i have to put down a moisture barrier between the concrete and the flooring. Do i glue the moisture barrier to the concrete then glue the hardwood to the moisture barrier?

Esther

Jane asked:


I’ve been looking online to get some replacement pieces for a chestnut colored hardwood floor and I’m not finding any. I’ve looked at Home depot and Lowe’s, which is where I originally bought the flooring a few years ago and they don’t have the chestnut color. The color is a pretty common color. I’ve only been able to find the light colored parquet flooring. The brand I’m looking for is Bruce. I looked on the Bruce website and can’t find it there either. Help!

Johnny

bemused asked:


I am installing a hardwood floor in my living room with the help of family and a family friend who works on houses quite a bit. He, however always removes the molding and then applies the hardwood. My uncle, who is a real estate agent, said there was a type of saw we could rent that we could adjust to the height we need to cut molding so the hardwood can slide in under it. What is the name of the saw, at what major places can we rent it if there are any, and do you recommend it as opposed to removing the molding and then installing the floor? Thank you.

Lauren

kellyalanaw asked:


Basically the same idea that a rug goes over a hardwood floor, just vice versa. I have an activity center for my baby which has wheels on it, and when he uses his legs to run he can go around in circles. Just the wheels don’t work very well on carpet so I was wondering if there is some type of floormat or similiar I can out underneath. I thought of a computer chair mat, but was hoping there was something else out there. Thanks!

Mathew

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