Month: August 2019

All floors require some kind of regular and occasional cleaning and maintenance. For wooden floors occasional maintenance is sanding which is often called pre-finishing. Sanding your hardwood floor will enhance the beauty of your residential or commercial property by restoring its original look. What is Sanding? Sanding involves removing the top surface of a hardwood …

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Installing floors is a challenging process that requires you to make various choices. You should decide on the type of flooring material, texture, and color while factoring in your budget and where you are installing the floor. When it comes to floor installations, there are two main types of installation methods: floating or fixed floors …

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Hardwood floors have a classic look that gives your commercial or residential premises a timeless beauty. Given the wide variety of choices of wood species available, where do you draw the line between which wood is hard enough and fit for flooring purposes? After all, doesn’t everyone refurbishing or installing a new floor require durability …

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Over the past two decades, online shopping has continued to grow in popularity globally. However, brick and mortar shopping continues to trend.  In 2018, the number of online shoppers in the USA was about  258.9 million and the numbers are expected to grow to more than 300 million by 2023 according to Statista. That does …

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Timber has various uses including firewood, making furniture, kitchen utensils, sports equipment like hockey sticks and bats, building homes including making hardwood flooring materials, among others. To begin with, wood is a natural resource, and not manufactured, and as such, it is eco-friendly in this regard. This is contrary to flooring materials like linoleum manufactured …

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What is Reclaimed Wood flooring? You can use reclaimed wood for a classic look in your residential or commercial premises. Reclaimed wood is wood that has been used in a building elsewhere and as such it has its own unique history. The flooring material is sourced from such places as old barns, industrial warehouses, railroad …

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An Instagram photo should leave your audience carried away by the subject of focus and craving for more of your photos. Unless you are doing flooring photos, most times a floor is a background in a photo and not the subject of focus. You can take great Instagram photos with your flooring in the backdrop …

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Scheduling your flooring improvement project creates convenience and smooth workflow. Preparing to do the job at the right time too is one of the best ideas. However, the dangling question remains to be whether the best time is during spring, fall, autumn, or summer. If that’s your question, you shouldn’t worry. Let me explain the …

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Noise is disturbing to workers in a commercial building and to residents and guests in a residential building. Noise from other rooms or the outside to a room is transmitted through the wall, ceiling or floor. On the other hand, noise originating from a room in a building is either transmitted to other rooms or …

Acoustic Flooring: Using Flooring Materials to Make a Room Noise-Proof Read More »

Floor covering is an epitome of beauty in any room space. More so, when well complemented by other fantastic interior décor patterns and styles. However, you should never get overwhelmed with tons of flooring types available in the market when it’s due time to make the right choice. Having it in mind that quality, quantity, …

7 Flooring Don’ts And How To Go About Them Read More »