There are many secrets of hardwood flooring that not every common person knows about and not even professionals are ready to share them with you. However, I will share them with you in this blog and help you save some more money with your next hardwood floor project.
Being in flooring business from generations, I have witnessed so many flooring stores come and go in past many years. I have seen brands claiming new technologies and presenting new statistics to make their product look better than others. Sometimes those claims are really real but most of the times they are just big talks. Now, lets talk about few things about hardwood flooring that you may not know about.
Wood flooring have more comfortable level than others. They even perform better when the environment has more favourable humidity range and temperature too. They are 35-55% and 60–80-degree Fahrenheit respectively.
The moisture content must be between 2-4% points of wood and subfloor. If the percentage of moisture increases, the scope of problems also increases. So, while acclimation it is important that the material must have room temp. for 24 hrs before installation.
Keeping similar recommended climate is very important for hardwood flooring for their durability. If the climate is not maintained properly, there certain issues that come up with the flooring like gapping.
There is no chance that two hardwood boards pieces can look all similar. So, it is important to make right decision while choosing layout, colour and grains of each board.
Apart from all other flooring types, hardwoods are more prone to scratches, scuff and dent and it’s a fact that no one can change. There are many claims by several companies that their product is more scratch resistant as they have aluminium in it. However, the wooden part of tile still get scratches which are unavoidable. So, it becomes important to be more cautious with choice of footwears, chairs and its wheel in the house.
Earlier we have talked about the role of moisture in hardwood flooring and we don’t want to ruin our wooden flooring by not maintaining it while cleaning them. While cleaning hardwood flooring it is important to follow manufacturer’s instructions properly.
To know
more about hardwood flooring in details you must consider contacting right tile flooring services in Los
Angeles.
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