Important Questions to Ask When Shopping For Hardwood Flooring

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OTTAWA TILE
Important Questions to Ask When Shopping For
Hardwood Flooring
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• Hardwood flooring is perhaps the most beautiful
  and popular flooring material available today.
  Although it is quite expensive, many homeowners
  still prefer installing hardwood. Aside from
  being so durable and long lasting, hardwood
  floors also add value and sophistication to any
  room. Here are a few questions you should ask
  when shopping for hardwood flooring.
• With its unparalleled natural beauty, hardwood
  flooring will certainly make your home look more
  elegant, valuable, and welcoming. No wonder why a
  lot of homeowners choose it over the other types
  of flooring materials despite its high cost.
  However, to make the most out of your investment,
  you need to be sure that you have chosen the
  right type of hardwood flooring material. Here
  are a few important questions commonly asked by
  homeowners before buying and installing hardwood
  flooring.

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I have kids and pets at home, can I still use
hardwood flooring?
Although hardwood flooring is more susceptible to
scratches, dents, and stains caused by pets or
kids as compared to other resilient materials
like tile flooring, it does not mean that you
shouldnt install it in your home.
There are various ways to at least minimize
scratches, dents, and stains on your flooring.
You can use scatter rugs at the doors or have
your pet's nails trimmed on a regular basis.
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Which wood type is ideal for my home?

• The best type of wood for your home depends on
  your own personal preferences and the wood
  availability in your area. If you are not certain
  about which wood to choose, you can check on the
  stores' gallery on their website. Most of the
  common wood options, though, are the mahogany,
  maple, ash, oak, hickory, cedar, pine, and
  walnut.

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Can I do the installation myself?
Ottawa hardwood flooring installations can be
really expensive. That is why many homeowners are
tempted to do the installation themselves in
order to cut the cost. However, many of these
homeowners end up spending more for the already
expensive material.
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• Hardwood flooring installation is not as easy as
  replacing or building your own kitchen cabinet or
  as straightforward as painting the walls. It is
  far more complicated than that. Committing just a
  simple mistake in the installation process can
  ruin everything. It takes a professional
  installer to do the job properly. With that being
  said, you are discouraged to do the installation
  by yourself unless you are a pro hardwood
  flooring installer.

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Where should I install the hardwood flooring?

• Hardwood flooring is available in two primary
  kinds- the engineered wood and the solid wood.
  The type of hardwood material to choose greatly
  depends on where you are going to install it.
• If you are going to install the wood flooring in
  your living room, bedroom, dining room, powder
  room, kitchen, or any above ground or above grade
  rooms, your best choice is to pick solid wood
  flooring. Solid hardwood flooring is made of
  authentic and 100 hardwood from bottom to top.
  The best thing about solid wood is that you can
  sand and refinish it a couple of times all
  throughout its life.

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If you are planning to use the wood flooring in
moist places like your basement, slab, or other
below grade or below ground rooms, pick the
engineered wood. This type of hardwood is also
made from pure wood but it has been manufactured
using a number of veeners to create a
multi-layered wood flooring material. You can
also install the engineered wood in other areas
in your home including in your family room,
bedroom, dining room, powder room, and kitchen.
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