There are a few basic thing to know when caring for you hardwood flooring. Here in Wilmington North Carolina it is even more important to understand that moisture and wetness is not your hardwood floors friend.

The number one problem that happens to hardwood floors or laminate floors is moisture problems. All the more careful you have to be in the Southeast regions like Wilmington N.C. We see so many people that wet mop their hardwood and laminate floors. This cleaning method will over time swell and cup the hardwood and laminate floors.

The most important thing about caring for your hardwood and laminate floors is to keep the humidity and moisture levels to a sustainable level. Recently we have seen people using the steam mops to clean there hardwood and laminate floors.

This is water under pressure and it will quickly cause your floors some problems. Using the right method to clean and maintain your hardwood floor is some important to the hardwood floor finish and to it?s structure. All wood floor maintenance products do not apply to all hardwood floors.

For instance a oil soap product like Murphy?s Oil Soap is made more for the oil finished hardwood floors not a urethane finish hardwood floor. We have never seem problems using a different manufacturers urethane finish floor cleaner on a urethane finished hardwood made from another competing manufacturers. Bruce hardwood floor cleaner, Bona hardwood floor cleaner, Mannington?s hardwood cleaner, Armstong, and so on seem to do the job for a urethane finished floor.

Some of the other things that make good sense to make the hardwood floor and laminate floor finishes to last the longest amount of time, is to put felt pads on all furniture. The chairs that are used regularly must be inspected randomly and change the felt every eighteen to twenty four months. If chair that a moved back and forth in the same spot without these felt pads will result in a ugly worn out spot. Another tip for saving highly used areas would be to put down an area rug with a slip free padding.

This will save those high traffic area and may help it you decide to resale you house. The other precaution you may want to consider is to always protect the floor when you decide to move something big. For example is you move you refrigerator, it is important to roll it on top of some thin wood underlayment like luan.

There are not to many wood floor that will not mark or indent with that much weight rolling on top of it. Many of these suggestion may seem like common sense, but sometime it is good to remember these tips before you damage you expensive floor coverings.

For Wilmington, N.C. flooring experts come by our store and see why we are the place to shop when you need any type of floor covering. We are proud to have serve Wilmington, N.C. since 1993. We look forward to many more year of serving the great town of Wilmington, N.C.

For many homeowners, no other flooring option is as beautiful and desirable as a hardwood floor. The term hardwood flooring cover a variety of different options, and at times the diversity of hardwood flooring options can be a little confusing for consumers. Here is a simple breakdown of the hardwood flooring world.

Solid wood hardwood flooring is the most durable of hardwood flooring options. It can be sanded and refinished numerous times, which is why it often last for generations. One problem with this type of flooring Is, its tendency to expand and contract with humidity level ? For this reason, contractors open a gap between the wall and the floor when solid wood flooring is installed.

Engineered hardwood flooring is constructed by combining many different kinds and grades of wood together, which makes it a lot less likely to be warped by humidity than solid wood flooring, however, engineered wood flooring is less durable, because it can rarely be sanded and refinished.

Wood laminates are not a great option for people looking for a hardwood floor. They are less expensive, but this is due to their lower quality.

Wood laminates are made by covering a layer of plywood with a layer of wood veneer. They fall apart quickly, and are typically only covered by a five year warranty from their manufactures.

Recently, more and more people have been turning to plastic and synthetic laminates for their hardwood flooring. These laminates are made from a fiberglass core that is covered by a synthetic laminate. They can be sanded like a typical hardwood floor, but they are much less expensive. They are also fairly durable, typically coming with a fifteen year warranty.

This is a quick overview of the hardwood flooring world, be sure to get more information before you install a new hardwood floor in your house.

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 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.

There are many reason that one hardwood floor cost less than another hardwood floor. The hardwood floor cost is based on a variety of elements.

Some hardwood flooring cost less for reasons like, the grade of lumber, the quality of the finish, the quality of the manufacturers that make it, whether the hardwood floor is discontinued or a running line hardwood, first quality grade or a off goods product, and so many other reasons. We think it is important to know what you want as well as knowing what you are getting.

Yes there is a market for all of the above hardwood flooring. The problem is that most people are not really educated and shown the difference in all the different options available in hardwood floor. There are so many things even the professional hardwood flooring expert can miss. We try to always sell the product for what they are.

Some customers are searching for a quality hardwood for their dream home and some have a totally different type project in mind. We have seen it many times where someone is shown a like looking product to ours with a lower hardwood price, but has not totally looked into what are the real differences.

Many of the differences will show up on the hardwood floor installation. For example a over baked finish that spider webs when the hardwood floor is nailed into place. Some problems with a cheap hardwood floor can be bad milling, high percent of the flooring planks are very short, not so good hardwood finish, unstable product and so on. Sometimes just the grief of hardwood floor installation with a bad product is not worth the savings.

Don?t get us wrong. There are cheap priced hardwood flooring that is worth purchasing. You just have to understand why the hardwood flooring is priced cheap. Sometimes it is just a overstock product that can be purchased at a much lower price.

Sometimes it is a dropped hardwood floor that is not made anymore. There are things to consider when purchasing a dropped hardwood floor. Some discontinued hardwood floors do not have any manufacture warranty.

Remember to purchase extra hardwood flooring on a dropped product, because if you need more you could find yourself in quite a pickle. Sometime when buying discount hardwood floors you might need to factor in that you may have a higher or tougher installation cost.

For instants a hardwood flooring with lots of short planks will take much more time to put in. A hardwood floor that has bad milling may never get installed to your or anyone?s satisfaction. Consider a hardwood floor with a bad finish may have to be refinished much sooner.

Refinishing hardwood floors should not need to be done for a decade or two. Most of all many time when you are investing in hardwood floors for you property, you want them to look and perform to a certain standard. Many times you can not see the big picture from a little sample. So when you are shopping for a hardwood floor and you want a good hardwood floor cost, be careful and do your homework. Make sure you have a flooring salesperson that is up front, honest, and takes the time to educate you on all the differences.