How to Care for and Maintain Your Harwood Flooring

Posted by: Capozza Floor Covering Center

Posted in Residential Flooring | March 22

To help ensure the health, happiness and longevity of your hardwood flooring, here are some recommendations Capozza Flooring Center has for its proper care and maintenance:

Sweep and/or vacuum twice a week using a soft-bristle brush, broom or felt vacuum.
Using felt floor protectors on all furniture legs will protect your floor from scratches.
As hardwood is a natural product that will expand and contract year-round with changes in humidity, levels should be consistently maintained at 35% -55% year-round in your home. Changes in moisture will cause shrinking and swelling, and will result in cupping, cracking, and gapping in your wood flooring. Use of humidifiers and dehumidifiers will ensure these levels are consistent.
Temperature in your home should be consistently maintained at 60-75 ° year-round as extreme temperatures changes can also cause cupping, cracking, and gapping in your wood flooring.
Spills should be wiped up promptly with a soft cloth as they happen to avoid staining and/or damage.
The use of cleaners, such as oil soap, pine soap, lemon oil, chlorine bleach and/or ammonia-based cleaners, are not recommended as they will change your floor finish.

A very unhappy hardwood floor that depicts cupping damage:

A gorgeous and happy hardwood floor that is maintained well and cared for:

Capozza Floor Covering Center offers a vast array of hardwood, both solid and engineered, as well as tile, luxury vinyl planks, and cork that have beautiful wood looks. Please visit our showroom to see our samples and discuss with our Sales Specialists which flooring option is best for your project’s needs and, if you need installation, our Project Managers will oversee every detail of it.