Month: August 2019

All floors require regular and occasional cleaning and maintenance. For wooden floors, occasional maintenance is sanding, which is often called pre-finishing. Sanding your hardwood floors enhances the beauty of your residential or commercial property by restoring its original look. What Is Wood Floor Sanding? Sanding involves removing the top surface of hardwood floors using abrasive …

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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. According to Statista, in 2020, the number of online shoppers in the USA was about  256 million and expected to grow to more than 300 million by 2023. That does not spell doom …

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Timber uses include making furniture, kitchen utensils, sports equipment like hockey sticks and bats, building homes, and hardwood flooring materials. 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, which comes from fossil fuels, therefore, are …

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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 flooring comes from material that people previously used in a building elsewhere. It has its own unique history. The flooring material is sourced from old barns, industrial warehouses, railroad trestles, and factories. …

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

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Noise is disturbing to workers in a commercial building. It can also be a nuisance to residents and guests in a residential building. Noise from other rooms or the outside 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 …

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