First guide About Hardwood Floors

Hardwood floors can be installed anywhere in a house and can be prepared from several species of wood such as elm, ash, oak, amendoim, cypress, teak, cherry, walnut, palissandre, hickory and maple. The hardness, stability, color, and alterations in the color varies with the type of wood. Chestnut, Douglas fir, and North American Cherry offer low hardness of the hardwood that Brazil Walnut, Cherry Caribbean, and Bloodwood is extremely hard. The stability of hardwood flooring has an inverse relationship with moisture inherent in the wood and is independent of the engineering. The appearance of unfinished hardwood floors plays an important role in the classification process.

The commonly assigned grades hardwood floors:

• Clear
• Select
• Common 1
• Common 2
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3.

Flats hardwood enhances the appearance of a room and when he sat in harmony with the furniture and other elements in the interior design of a room, giving a flat synthetic elegance is not in a position to match.

Hardwood floors can be installed using the following methods:

1. Nail Down: Nails are used to attach to the hardwood subsoil either grade or above grade. Nails are usually used for hardwood with a thickness of 3/4.
2. Staple Down: Nails can be substituted with a pneumatic stapler to fasten the hardwood to the subfloor. Stapling is easier to achieve compared to nailing and it is favored by DIY enthusiasts.
3. Glue: pattern wooden panels or parquets can be glued to subpiso, above or below grade. The subsoil can be either wood or concrete.
4. Floating: Designed and Longstrip floors can be installed using the floating process in which a pad of foam is placed between the soil and subsoil. The hardwood boards are held in place by means of adhesive that is applied in the tongue and groove portion of each board. It allows the installation of floating hardwood on uneven surfaces.

Flats hardwood is easy to maintain and the following guidelines should help homeowners to ensure the longevity and the beauty of its hardwood floors. The floor should be swept and vacuumed regularly to prevent the accumulation of dust that can scratch the finish.

Doormats and carpet at the entrances to prevent the sand particles abrading hardwood floors. Furniture and chairs should have padding on the legs to avoid scratching the floor while dragging moving furniture.

The dimensions of the hardwood floors are subject to change with moisture, a relative humidity of about 45% must be maintained throughout the year.

A carpet or mat should be placed ahead of jobs, toilet, kitchen sink in order to avoid scratches and stains utensils, detergents, and water. Hardwood floors must be protected from direct light, either natural or artificial. Intense direct light can lead to discoloration of the word.

Hardwood floors can be treated with surface finishes that give brightness, increase resilience, and make it water resistant. The finished consist of urethanes and polyurethanes. A hardwood floor with a surface finish does not require waxing.

Wax finishes penetrate the cells of the wood and provide a low brightness. Deburring newspaper helps restore the brightness of the wax floors completed. Flats hardwood used in high traffic areas such as stores and restaurants are impregnated with acrylic finishes to increase its hardness and durability.

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