Category Floor Care Guides
Everything you need to know to care for your hardwood floor. With the right care and maintenance a hardwood floor will last a lifetime, and actually improves with age!
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Solid vs. Engineered Hardwood in Texas Homes: How to Choose
The quick answerChoose solid hardwood if you want the most refinishing potential, a fully custom on-site finish, and repairs that blend in decades from now. Choose engineered hardwood if you want a wider plank, need to preserve existing door and…
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How to Care for Hardwood Floors in Warmer Weather
The quick answerKeep your A/C set between 65°F and 75°F and your indoor humidity between 30% and 50% all summer. Then limit direct sun with blinds or UV film, wipe up spills right away, put mats at the doors, and…
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What to Do When Hardwood Floors Get Wet: A Step-by-Step Water Damage Guide
The quick answerStop the water at its source, remove standing water, and start drying within hours. Then document everything for insurance and get moisture readings before anyone sands. Most hardwood floors caught early can be saved by drying them properly,…
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Refinishing Your Hardwood Floor: What Every Homeowner Should Know
The quick answerMost solid hardwood floors can be refinished, often more than once. The process covers moving furniture, protecting your home, sanding off the old finish, testing stain colors on your floor, and applying three to four coats of finish.…
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Choosing Flooring for the North Texas Climate
Hardwood flooring's natural materials make it uniquely vulnerable to changes in the climate. This article will help you understand the issues and make the right decision.
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Care, Repair or Replacement? How to Tell What Your Hardwood Flooring Needs
The quick answerMinor scuffs, dullness, dust, and light stains usually need only care: cleaning and polishing with products made for hardwood. Deeper scratches, minor cupping, gaps, loose planks, or isolated water stains call for repair or refinishing. Replacement is for…
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Refinishing Solid vs. Engineered Hardwood Floors
The quick answerBoth can be refinished, but not equally. Solid hardwood, typically ¾ inch thick, can usually be refinished five or six times. Engineered hardwood depends on its wear layer: 2mm is too thin to sand, 3mm to 4mm may…