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Maintaining Healthy Exotic Hardwood Floors 2 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Besides regular cleaning and care of your exotic hardwood floors, there are a few other tips to keep your floors looking beautiful. Become a barefoot family. Or at least sock-wearing. Implement a "no...
Hardwood Flooring Species: Maple 20 Nov 2012 | 05:00 am
Janka Hardness Scale Rating: 1450 Sugar maple is often considered the creme-de-la-creme of wood flooring. Not only is it beautiful, but it's sturdy, dense, hard -- and therefore scuff- and scratch-re...
Caring for Floating Hardwood Flooring Systems 31 Oct 2012 | 04:00 am
Caring for a floating hardwood flooring system is very similar to caring for other types of hardwood floors. Care should be taken to keep the floors free of dust and dirt by vacuuming or dry mopping o...
Decorating with Darker Hardwood 9 Oct 2012 | 05:00 am
Mid-range and deeper hardwood tones are a great choice for nearly any interior, from traditional to contemporary. Warm rooms with a natural look are easy to achieve with these tones. Choose planks tha...
Brinell Numbers 1 Oct 2012 | 05:00 am
One of the methods by which hardwood floors are measured for hardness was created by Swedish designer, Johann A. Brinell in 1910. Originally developed to test the hardness of metal, the procedure invo...
How Hard is Hardwood Flooring? 30 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
Hardwood flooring is extremely durable by (nature's) design. However, different species of tree (or plant, in the case of bamboo) have different levels of hardness. Use the list of popular hardwoods b...
Water & Wood 29 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
Regardless of whether you have a solid wood floor or an engineered hardwood floor, you'll need to remember one very important thing: Water + Wood = Warp. Remember this equation when determining where...
Covering Your Tracks 28 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
If you're concerned that your solid wood or engineered wood flooring will eventually scratch, dent or get otherwise marred by high traffic, here are two simple solutions. Choose one or combine them bo...
Refinishing Your Hardwood Floors 27 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
One radical difference between solid and engineered hardwood flooring comes when making the decisionon whether to refinish your floor. Solid wood flooring lends itself to refinishing more easily, as t...
The Cost of Hardwood Flooring 26 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
When considering the price of your hardwood flooring, it may not be so much a choice between solid versus engineered hardwood; you'll find the prices are actually similar. But there is a wild range fo...
