Hardwood Floor Winter Maintenance

When winter comes it brings several challenges for maintaining your hardwood floors to keep them looking as fresh and new as far as you can.

Among the largest challenges is that the dirt and salt that can be tracked in from outside as these particles may scratch the wood and remove the protective end from your hardwood flooring. Another concern is water because you, your kids, guests or pets over the holidays can bring their ice hockey or slushy boots into your home and the water can enter your hardwood floors. Excess water in your hardwood flooring may cause the wood to get warped and cause gaps between the planks.

Another concern can be humidity. As the cold temperature comes outside our tendency is to turn the heat up inside or flip on the fire place on those extra cold days. As your house becomes exposed to different heights of warm and cold temperatures that you wish to attempt to maintain your houses temperature at a constant humidity level.

Some simple solutions would be to use mats and rugs in entryways to try and avoid the floors from becoming wet or from becoming salt and dirt on the floors. Some people wait till spring before they call at a hardwood floor specialist to wash or repair the hardwood flooring but the earlier you get the specialists the greater. The faster a hardwood flooring specialists comes into repair your hardwood flooring the greater opportunity we've got at minimizing any damages which then can save the homeowners money.

We would be glad to answer some questions and even supply you with a free quote on repairing or cleaning your hardwood flooring.


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