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. 

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