Laminate Flooring

Combining the beauty of real hard wood flooring with affordability, laminate hardwood floors can be a fantastic flooring choice for homeowners looking to replace flooring. Maintenance free, yet beautiful, laminate is an option that offers many different types for buyers to choose from.

Referring to the process that flooring goes through, laminate is comprised of a durable hard plastic or fiberglass that is applied to a core material. The core material that makes up laminate flooring can be comprised of a variety of materials.

In addition to the multitude of types that characterize laminate flooring, there are also variations in ways in which the flooring can be installed.

Laminate flooring can be installed by gluing slats side by side, securing each piece to the other instead of gluing to the existing floor itself. On the other hand laminate flooring can be installed by locking fitted pieces together rather than using any specific material to ?glue? it.
Although the floating method of installation may sound less secure than the gluing method, both methods result in a sound installation. Laminate flooring is easily installed and, depending on the surface area, can be done within a matter of mere days.

Although laminate flooring may not be in the same category or be of the same quality as natural wood flooring, it does offer the buyer a durable, beautiful appearance that can transform the look and atmosphere of any room in the house.

While the look of wood is naturally beautiful, nature can often produce inconsistencies within the wood. Laminate, on the other hand, has a consistent appearance with no defects or imperfections. In most areas, laminate flooring is a great option because of ease of cleaning and the protection it provides against the wear and tear of day to day life accompanying families residing in a home.

We have hundreds of different styles and colors of laminate flooring. With new inventory daily there?s never a better time to find the right flooring for the right price.Visit Us Today.

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Wool has been the fiber of choice for carpeting for many years and has proven to be one of the best choices in carpeting. Wool carpeting has many benefits in it?s favor. For the absolute best durability, wool is the fiber of choice when making wall to wall carpets or area rugs.

Wool can often be used very successful in a commercial environments. Also for the most abused areas like staircases, wool is one of the best yarns to use.

We have seen wool carpets perform better on staircase than on any other fiber type. Wool carpeting also has good maintenance qualities as well as some natural stain resistance qualities. For many of us that are environmentally concerned, wool is a natural renewable resource.

Wool is a truly green product. There are many product that are being promoted as a green product, but many of the done hold a candle to wool carpeting. The wool wall to wall carpeting many times uses a jute backing which is also a natural fiber. Wool carpeting with jute backing is about as natural as you can get.

Like everything there are always some draw back to each product. Wool carpet grade high is some very important qualities like, durability, stain resistance, environmentally good, and so on; but it is not the carpeting for every customer. For instance, some people tend to have a allergic reaction to wool products.

Wool carpet tend to have a unique smell which some people do not like. Wool carpet can smell extra strong when it get wet or absorbs a high level of moisture. Having a carpet cleaning background, we have notice that for some reason pets sometimes mark a wool product by peeing on them. Although we do know plenty of people that have pet and wool carpet and have not such problems.

The main reason most people do not choose wool carpeting is that it is one of the most premium costing of the fibers available. Many carpet mills reserve the wool fiber for only there best high grade carpeting. The most important thing when buying your flooring is to weight out what really fits your lifestyle and circumstance the best.

For the experts of Wilmington, N.C. stop by your local Carpets Plus Colortile. We strive to serve you with excellent product knowledge and with the best expert installers in the Wilmington area. Stop by our flooring outlet today to see why Wilmington?s professional choice us.

So much to consider when looking for the right hardwood flooring. Let focus in on one variable that will give you some understanding about a hardwood flooring hardness levels.

Although the hardness rate can be an important feature, it is not the only thing to consider when buying hardwood flooring. It is important to look at your lifestyle and look at the expectations you have before deciding on a hardwood floor.

A good reason for buying a hardwood floor with a high rating for hardness is for example if you have high end dinner parties where your guess might be wearing high heel shoe on the hardwood floor area. The hardness of the wood would serve you well in that particular circumstance.

One of the highest rate woods for hardness is Brazilian Walnut. There is a list of advantages to a dense hardwood flooring. Some of the advantages are as followed. Dense hardwoods tend to be a little more stable, dent resistant, has some longer wear qualities, and they are less likely to absorb moisture which could reduce the possibilities of moisture problems.

There are many advantage, yet you also should look at the other side as well. With an extremely dense hardwood flooring is can be a bit harder to install. Just carrying in the boxes of dense hardwood floors takes some effort. They are also much harder to drive a nail into when installing the hardwood floor.

As well dense hardwood floors are harder to cut and will eat up a saw blade. There are also some misconceptions to the advantages to a dense hardwood. Dense hardwood floors still has the possibility of scratching. Just not as deep of a scratch as a softer hardwood floor. There are hardwood floors that will last the life of the house that are not extremely dense.

There are so many more variable other just the hardness of the hardwood. There are different styles and looks to consider. Although there is some overall good advantages to a dense hardwood, you must realize that you can be more than satisfied with a hardwood flooring that is not the most dense you can find. Remember that the hardness rating is just one of the many variables to consider. When purchasing your hardwood floors, take your time and get all the facts.

So many people do the wrong things to attempt to solve their problem when they have a spill or spot on their carpets. Many times it would be better to do nothing than to do the wrong things. The first thing most people do is rub the stain into the carpet fibers or use a cleaner that will create a further problem. So many times we are called after all the wrong things are done and at that point it is hard to reverse the first reaction step that has been done.

We can give you some basic tips to keep you out of trouble. When you have or find a spill the first thing to remember is to keep your cool and not do the wrong things. You can normally stay out of trouble by absorbing the spill with a white cloth. Use a white cloth don?t use a cloth with color or it could bleed into your carpet fibers. Only blot the spot with the white cloth, don?t rub.

After this your next step is to put warm (not hot) water on the spot and continue to blot with a different white towel. Continue repeating this process until you have gotten everything you possibly can out. Make sure to blot the carpet firmly and continue to blot until you get as much water out as possible.

A last step in this carpet cleaning process may be to gently massage the carpet fibers with your fingers. Remember not to scrub or rub too hard. If you still have a spot after this process, it is normally best to call a professional to get the correct advice. If you have some approved multipurpose carpet cleaner on hand you can apply some of it to the stain. Make sure the carpet cleaner product you have is a product that will not cause further harm. We recommend Stain Master?s carpet spot cleaner.

Stain Master makes a carpet cleaner that will not harm your carpets. The last thing you want to do is put on a spot cleaner you have purchased at the grocery store or department store. Many of these carpet spot cleaners leave a residue on the carpet fibers that is sometimes impossible to remove. You have a much better chance of success when you don?t take the wrong steps in cleaning spots from your carpeting.

Cheap carpet for rental property or heavy wearable carpeting?Which is the best decision for a rental property?

There are different mind sets you can take when deciding on the type of carpet for a rental property. The best way to weigh out a decision is to look at the total circumstances. Here are some questions to consider when deciding on cheap carpet or an upgraded one. Who will most likely rent your property?

Will you allow pets? If so, how big? How long do you think your tenant will stay? What do your competing rental properties look like? How much demand is there for your type of unit? Are there a lot of properties currently available for rent?

There are so many variables to consider. There are a few things to keep in mind when renting a property.

The first is that you want a decent tenant, one that will not totally tear up your investment and one that will pay their bills. Secondly, you don?t want your property to sit empty. It is always better to invest in your property in order to maintain it as opposed to leaving it unoccupied.

We have had clients put off getting the carpet they needed due to not wanting to spend money on their investment only to have the same client come back four months later after losing four months rent to put the needed carpet in. The loss of rent would have paid for carpet and padding two or three times over. Now the question of whether to put in cheap carpet or an upgraded carpet.

There are low end rentals that simply need bottom dollar cheap carpet. Some of the properties near the college may consider some of the cheaper carpets due to the sometimes rough and rowdy lifestyles of a college student. Sometimes you have to consider your target tenant and your competing rental properties.

You don?t want to put in cheap carpet that does not look good or your property may remain unoccupied due to another property showing better than yours. Not only could putting too cheap of a carpet hurt your occupancy rate, but it could affect the amount you can charge for the property. So in some cases putting in cheap carpet make sense, but in others it might pay to put a dollar or two per sq yd into a little better carpet.

You never want to go overboard unless the property pays an exorbitant amount of money back to you. If you are weighing out putting a much nicer upgrade carpet, you need to consider if it will pay you back to do it. There are some stain proof carpets that are more expensive that sometimes will last a good bit longer with decent treatment. There are carpets that are more wearable that might last as long as the tenant does not stain it.