2018

Why You Should Consider Enlisting Professional Cleaning Services for Your Carpets

Having your home’s carpets cleaned regularly is not just about making them look good; carpets can hold a tremendous amount of dust, pollen, and other irritants that you breathe in every day and that may get stirred up and settle onto your skin. This is very unhygienic and bothersome for a person with allergies, asthma, or other sensitivities. However, it’s good for a homeowner to leave this work in the hands of a professional rather than renting a carpet cleaning machine and doing it themselves.…

Ways to Make Your Hardwood Flooring Installation Last Longer

When you add hardwood floors to your home, you can look forward to excellent aesthetic appeal that suits just about any theme. But, with all of those scrapes from furniture, bangs, and foot traffic, your hardwood floor installation may degenerate over time. To ensure yours lasts longer here’s some simple advice for you to follow. Protect your floor against foot traffic Although you don’t want your family to exercise caution to the extent they cannot enjoy their home, you do need to ensure they don’t take the floor for granted.…

How to Prevent Floor Trusses from Squealing

Do you hear squealing noises coming from the floor trusses as you walk on the floor of your multi-level home? Read on and discover some of the remedies you can use to prevent those noises from being emitted again. Add Bracing Floor trusses, just like roof trusses, support one another. Any squealing sound that you hear therefore means that the truss system may not be as capable of distributing the loads to all the trusses as required.…

4 Important Considerations When Changing Flooring Materials

Are you planning to change the flooring in your home or work premises? Read on and discover some of the considerations which will help you to avoid making a costly mistake during that process. The Thickness You need to measure the thickness of the current flooring before you select the flooring to replace it with. Installing flooring which differs in thickness from what you currently have can create several problems. For example, thicker flooring may cause the doors to scrape against that floor each time the doors are opened or closed.…

Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About Residential Floor Sanding

Residential floor sanding is needed for timber floors, in order to remove old and worn sealant and other coatings, and to buff down any dents, dings, and other such damage. Sanding is also done before you add a fresh layer of paint, if you want to change the appearance of the floors. While this job is best left to a professional, you might note some common questions and misconceptions about this work, so you have it done when needed and are sure to hire the right person for the job as well.…