Best ways to clean and maintain the beauty of your wood floors

Making Your DuChateau Floors Look Time-Worn Yet Eye-Friendly Through the Years 

 DuChateau floors is one of the best floors in residential and commercial buildings because of their durability, stability and beauty. These are antique reproductions of hard wax-oiled wide plank and engineered hardwood floors, which were developed in Holland. These floors are designed to re-create the time-worn yet beautifully elegant true antique floors, which are characterized by their unparalleled character and longevity. But Duchateau floors require proper maintenance measures to preserve their durability, longevity and beauty for generations to come. Keep in mind that the hard wax oil applied on its surface can gradually be stripped away over time so its beauty fades, too. This can be prevented by applying the following regular maintenance measures. Use the right... Read more.

How to Keep Your Hardwood Floor Safe

A homeowner who has a wood floor in his home will already know how challenging it is to keep the wood floor properly maintained. He will also know that hiring the services of a professional such as Wood Flooring NJ will be an expensive yet a necessary decision. Fortunately, there are ways to keep your wood floor protected and safe so that you will not have to call flooring services as often as they would like you to. Here are some wood floor protection options to keep your hardwood safe at all times. Kraft paper. Most damages to your wood floors occur when you are doing some furniture moving or repainting your walls. In order to protect your floors from minor damages, spread Kraft paper on your floors before you begin painting your walls. Kraft paper will prevent any... Read more.

Why hardwood flooring are a good investment

Falling Hard in Love with Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood flooring may be the last thing that you will want to fall in love with, figuratively speaking. But when you consider the economic and aesthetic values of hardwood floors in residential and commercial buildings, falling in love with these planks and strips for hardwood becomes possible. Many reasons can be given for the popularity of hardwood flooring products although it must be said that the first reason you will fall in love with them will vary from the others. For example, you were attracted to the beautiful colors and grains of the hardwood floors while your spouse favored the strength, stability and durability of the wood. Whatever the reasons, you will find that ... Read more.

Kahrs Flooring Benefits

Kahrs flooring is a Swedish wood floor manufacturer that has been delivering top-notched quality wood floor products for 150 years—long enough to be one of the oldest and even most innovative wood flooring manufacturers in the industry. With a commitment to seek ways on how to make their floor products even better in terms of aesthetics, strength, ease of installation and sustainability, Kahrs flooring is an institution of wood knowledge that has been passed on from... Read more.

Wood Flooring Review - Quarter Sawn Flooring & Formaldehyde in Floors

The Sustainable Beauty of Quarter Sawn Flooring 

When visiting a home, one thing that always catches attention is the beauty of a quarter sawn flooring. Its beauty and magnificence is obtained through a detailed process of rift and quartered technique. With this process, several creative quarter-sawn flooring design ideas are being produced, specifically suited to every home’s aesthetic needs. Not only these floor designs a beauty, quarter sawn flooring also possesses stability and resistance to warping, a factor which customers are very eager to have in their homes. The following are some great information to understand this ... Read more.

Formaldehyde in Floors: Significance, Allowed Limits and Risks

 In choosing the right wood floors, do you just sift through the species, stains, finish, prices or dig deeper than that? As a homeowner or even business owner, what else shouldn’t be overlooked? Safety. Indeed, safety should be on top of the list more than the rest of the factors. Let’s discuss about the trending issue on formaldehyde in floors. For the past few months, the wood flooring industry has been shaken by the fact that other US manufacturing firm has been selling laminate floors that have an alarming content of formaldehyde. Some Americans may end up thinking to stay away from wood floors at all. Shouldn’t you be learning what this formaldehyde about that is feared by many? Here are important facts that you should know before  ... Read more.

Best Wood Flooring Design Ideas and Common Questions

Mirage Flooring Design Ideas

Investing in a hardwood floor is a very important decision to make. Before you go about purchasing materials, you should make sure that the type of floor that you choose would meet your needs perfectly. Choosing a hardwood floor should be done carefully since you can’t simply change it as easily as you can change your furniture. Mirage is a very popular brand of hardwood floors that has been used in improving the look of homes for a very long time now. There are a lot of Mirage flooring design ideas that you can use to improve your home. Read more.

5 Hardwood Floors Decorating Ideas

Whether you are running out of hardwood floors decorating ideas or are looking for some designs to compare with, we have chosen some striking designs that may come in handy for homeowners who are planning for remodeling or construction. We understand that not everyone has creative mind that goes beyond compare. May these hardwood floors designs stir some creativity inside you and help you come up with the best interior style that works ideally for you. Read more.

5 Common Hardwood Floor Questions

For homeowners, businessmen and new wood floor installers, it is common to find yourself asking so many questions regarding the hardwood floor you fancy to install. For your convenience, we have collected the top five hardwood floor questions most people ask. How do I select the right wood floor species? More than just choosing a color to complement your interior elements, selecting a species of wood entails various considerations such as texture, grain, cut and size. Read more.

What You Need To Know About Best Wood Floors

Factors to Consider in Choosing Engineered Flooring for Home

 Having wooden floors at your home not only gives it a warm and classy look, but also significantly increases the value of your home. However, installing solid hardwood floors may be a very expensive undertaking. Fortunately, you can have that wooden floor look that you always wanted for your home without having to pay expensively for it. You can choose the engineered wood flooring instead. Engineered flooring is made up of manufactured wood layers that are topped off with a hardwood veneer.  Read more.

Eco-Friendly Hardwood Floors for a Green Home

In today’s society, being environmentally-friendly is becoming more and more popular. Most of the largest manufacturers are joining in the bandwagon by producing food and other products that are safe to the environment. Even manufacturers of building materials are joining in and are coming up with eco-friendly products such as their eco-friendly hardwood floors. Most products that are categorized as “eco-friendly” are valued at a premium price because they serve people’s needs as well as the needs of the earth. Read more.

What is Engineered Hardwood Flooring?

Kahrs flooring, one of Europe’s leading manufacturer of wood floors offers engineered hardwood flooring in various selections. Nowadays, engineered hardwood flooring is commonly used globally in wood flooring industry, especially in New York City. How is engineered hardwood flooring manufactured? Engineered hardwood flooring is composed of multiple fine layers of real hardwood adhered collectively on top of a core using cross-grain configuration. Read more.