Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Reclaimed Wood in Your Home

Wood has always been a favourite among homeowners, particularly because of the combination of beauty and durability it holds. While other building materials can exhibit those two traits, none of them are as natural as wood. With it, nothing is forced, and all is real. This article explains why aged wood is to your advantage and how it impacts the environment. It has so much good in store for you that it would be a shame to miss out.

The challenges of 21st century living has returned wood in the centre stage of man’s attention, mainly because it is an investment that is worth their hard earned money. It is a timeless piece that reinforces your personal style, regardless of how subtle or wild that may be. For these reasons, the demand for wood has escalated in the market. Both manufacturing and distributing companies are eager to meet these demands and enjoy the profit...even at the risk of harming the environment.

Illegal logging, immature harvesting, and other such careless treatments all lead to deforestation and later to global warming. With these consequences in mind, how do you get what you want without damaging the environment further?

Antique reclaimed wood is the answer. We’re talking about wood that are salvaged from collapsing infrastructures that were built centuries ago. 

Friday, 31 May 2013

Hardwood – Top Choice for Home Flooring

Money is not the easiest thing to acquire today. Hard wood and dedication are two key traits that each employee must have to earn a substantial amount and sustain his lifestyle. This is the driving force behind the evolving mindset concerning the choices consumers make in regards to products sold in the market. They have stepped up their standards and opted for functionality plus beauty. It is no longer enough that a product is in-style; it has to be able to serve its purpose well.


Mohawk Hickory hardwood flooring is currently leading the consumers’ choice in the market. It is slowly becoming a staple in homes and for a very good reason. When it comes to strength and durability, Hickory hardwood remains incomparable. It has a Janka Hardness Rating of 1820, an impressive score for a flooring material. Some consumers are enticed by the ease at which it can be stained into multiple colours, depending on the style you want to affect in your homes. (Superior Hardwoods and Millworks of Montana offers finest variety of reclaimed and antique hardwood flooring

Thursday, 2 May 2013

How to Maintain the Durability of Wood Flooring?


Have you been hearing noises as you walk across your bedroom, living room, or kitchen? Those creaking sounds may be the first indications that something is wrong with your flooring. This problem tends to surface a couple of years after the initial installation of your hardwood floors.

Many are plagued by the wrong assumption that they will have to replace their entire flooring altogether. That will not be unnecessary, because solutions are just around the corner, and they needn’t cost you so much. For you to fix this problem, you first have to identify the root cause of it.

Although the entirety of this problem may lead back to a faulty installation, you can strip your eyes away from the past and focus on the present, to the fruits of that mistake years back.

Panels that were not pushed tightly against each other are susceptible to water, and water belittles the beauty and durability of wood.  Once this happens, your floorboards may slacken off and start rubbing against each other every time weight is put on them.

It is needed to safeguard your flooring whether you have used special hand hewn timber using Oak, Pine, Fir etc or have used reclaimed flooring. This will keep it working for longer periods of time without losing their durability.