Top Five Reasons
to Use Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood
flooring are a beautiful, timeless touch to any room.
Here are the top five reasons you should have hardwood floors
in your home.
- Hygiene
Hardwood floors are much cleaner than carpet and
easier to keep that way. If you suffer from allergies and/or
asthma, you know how important it is to keep your home as
free from dust as possible. This very hard to do with carpet,
the simple act of vacuuming stirs up dust and never gets
the area completely clean. Also, liquid spills usually end
up soaking all the way to the padding and/or sub-floor,
despite your best efforts at cleaning up spills quickly
and lugging out a steam cleaner.
- Style
Nothing says class quite like the look of real hardwood
flooring. With a variety of species, stains and widths,
you can have hardwood through an entire house with a different
look and feel for every room. For the look of an old world
study, go with one of the darker species. For a weathered,
broke in feel, try wide planks and maybe opt for recycled
wood. If contemporary is what you’re going for, try narrow
planks in a lighter species and stain.
- Value
While you may think material and installation costs are
quite expensive for hardwood floors, consider the payoff.
Hardwood floors never depreciate and homes with hardwood
floors are valued higher than those without. Yes there is
some expense, but it more than pays for itself in longevity
and increased home value.
- Durability
Properly maintained hardwood flooring will outlive
most other flooring materials. In fact, a properly maintained
hardwood floor can last over 100 years. You will definitely
get your money’s worth out of them. If you stain your carpet
permanently, your only option is to remove the entire think.
With hardwood floors, the floor is more resistant to staining
and refinishing is always an option with hardwood without
having to tear up the entire floor.
- Easier to Clean
While carpets require lugging out a vacuum, and some floors
require cleaning with chemicals, cleaning hardwood flooring
is much easier. Daily cleanups can be done with a simple
dust mop. So, put away the vacuum, the mop bucket and that
nasty wet mop, choose hardwood and cut your cleaning time
in half.
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