Hardwood flooring is a versatile and attractive type of flooring that can be popular for both homes and businesses. If you are considering installing this type of flooring in your home, it is important to avoid giving credit to a handful of common hardwood flooring assumptions.
Assumption: Hardwood Is Not Suitable For High Traffic Areas Of Your Home
There are many areas of your home that may experience intense foot traffic. This can increase the rate at which the flooring suffers wear. However, you should avoid making the assumption that this means hardwood flooring will not be an option. In reality, hardwood flooring can be an extremely durable option that will be able to withstand this intense foot traffic so that it can provide you with a beautiful flooring solution that is able to last for many years. You can help to lessen this wear and further extend the life of the hardwood flooring by placing rugs over these areas.
Assumption: Engineered Hardwood Is A Higher Quality Of Hardwood Flooring
When choosing a hardwood flooring solution for your home, you will want to appreciate that pure hardwood will generally be of a higher quality than engineered flooring. This is due to the fact that engineered flooring will typically only be a thin layer of hardwood over a much softer wood. In contrast, pure hardwood flooring will be harder and more durable. This durability will mean that this flooring has a higher price, but it will be able to last for many years longer than engineered hardwood flooring systems. As a result, you may find that this may actually be the more economical option when you consider the lifespan of the flooring systems.
Assumption: Sunlight Is Not Damaging To Hardwood Flooring
Prolonged and direct sunlight exposure can be a source of wear that individuals will often fail to fully appreciate. However, it is possible for this type of exposure to cause your hardwood flooring to start to lose much of its color over the years. This can lead to some portions of your hardwood flooring becoming lighter in color than others. Unfortunately, this is not a problem that is unique to hardwood, as intense sunlight can be able to breakdown the pigments that are used in many flooring systems and even pieces of furniture. An ultraviolet blocking film can be applied to the windows, which can mitigate this damage by blocking the light that will be the most effective at breaking down pigments.
Contact a hardwood floor installation company for more information.
