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Flooring Tips for Homeowners in California – Part 4

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Types of Flooring:

A significant difference in the appearance can make the type of flooring and finishing of your project. Also, good looking flooring could possibly attract new customers and could enhance the value of the home. in this article we will show you the most popular flooring types which you can choose for your home.

 

1.  Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood flooring is one of the favorite’s types of flooring. This type of flooring presents a combination of durability and beauty that you would hardly ever have on a flooring type. Hardwood flooring comes in Pecan, Maple, Cherry, Oak, Beech, Pine, Walnut, Birch, Hickory. . . This type of flooring provides a product which is long-lasting and wear resistant surface that could be refinished if needed. However, some certain types of hardwood flooring could darken after some time and some others can get smaller and in the floor surface expand creating gaps.

2.  Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo flooring is one of the newest additions of flooring types. Also the bamboo flooring can be a greener solution when you compare it to some traditional flooring materials. Bamboo flooring is elegant, durable and comes in a range of colors frequently ranging from light tan to honey brown. It provides a clean, strong surface, but can darken over time or when it is exposed to sunlight. Keep in mind that bamboo flooring shouldn’t be left wet. Typically manufactured bamboo floors are made available in planks with horizontal or vertical-grain orientation. The component pieces are stood vertically in vertical bamboo floors, on their narrowest edge and then press laminated side to side. The result is a lined, uniform look to the surface of the finished floor plan. The slats are arranged in a horizontal direction in horizontal bamboo floors, on their widest edge, and then connected side by side with contiguous pieces by using a high-pressure laminate system.

3.  Ceramic Tile

Ceramic tile is the best alternative when selecting flooring type that requires waterproofing. Ceramic tile can be used as indoors, floor tiles or as counter tops. Also, some types of ceramic tiles with high gloss finish have a tendency to scratch over the time. The best alternative for outdoor flooring is ceramic tiles with unglazed finish because of the possibility of standing water. Finishes available are: embossed, matte, textured and glazed ones for anti-slip. Because of their composition ceramic tiles made of porcelain color through tile body are the best to hide damages or scratches. One of its biggest drawbacks is that grout lines could be very difficult and hard to clean.

4.  Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring is one of the cheapest flooring types available. Laminate flooring are easy to maintain. This type of flooring provides a durable, strong surface that can resist scratches, burns and chipping. For high traffic areas it is an excellent solution, resembles natural materials and comes in a large range of designs and colors. Laminate flooring can’t be refinished and can be easily scratched. Laminate flooring has grown considerably in popularity, maybe because it can be easier to maintain and install than more traditional surfaces like hardwood flooring.

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Choices in Wood Flooring

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Choices in flooring nowadays are more varied than ever, running the range of finishes, styles and installation options. Innovation of product is obviously blurring the lines among many categories of flooring, and the materials which are raw used to make flooring types contain corn sugar, gin bottles and the staves from some old wine barrels.

Wood

Hardwood flooring is renowned for its durability and natural beauty. Its common good looks go with any interior design or architectural theme, and it is a very good choice to make visual room-to-room permanence for homes with some open floor plans.

The availability varies with market conditions, and popular imported varieties contain purpleheart, African pedauk and Brazilian cherry. To ensure the wood flooring you buy is harvested from managed and sustainable forests, look for certification from the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forest Initiative.

From technological advancements – coatings for prefinished hardwood have benefited, and finishes can include additives such as aluminum oxide, ceramics and acrylic monomers that create extremely tough surfaces.

Also, hardwood has to be nailed to a subfloor. An advantage of hardwood is that it can be refinished a lot of times over its lifetime.

Installation Areas for Hardwood Flooring

A hardwood floor could be installed on grade or above grade in the following subfloors:

• Wood Subfloors either OSB board or plywood. Keep in mind that wood subfloors have to be free from movement and structurally sound.

• Concrete subfloors. The thing is when you are installing hardwood flooring on concrete, it has to be at least thirty days old, and must have passed all those moisture tests.

• Over radiant heating systems, hardwood flooring can be installed, only if recommended and approved by the manufacturer.

• Also, hardwood flooring can be installed over stone, tile, vinyl and bamboo. These surfaces have to be checked for integrity of previous hardwood installation.

Unless it is approved by manufacturer hardwood floors aren’t recommended in areas where high moisture is present.

Hardwood Flooring Installation Material

Installing hardwood floor requires some basics materials:

• Carpenterâ square.

• Broom.

• Chalk line.

• Crow or Oull Bar

• Hammer.

• Spacers.

• Jig saw.

• Tapping block.

• Utility towels.

• Utility knife.

• Soft rubber mallet.

Hardwood costs three to eight dollars per square foot, and exotic varieties may be as high as fourteen dollars per square foot. Expect to pay five to twelve dollars per square foot for professional installation.

Engineered Wood

Backed by layers of cheaper plywood, engineered wood features a top veneer of real wood. So, this construction makes the flooring steadier and much less vulnerable to changes in humidity and temperature than solid wood.

For basements and kitchens, engineered wood is a good choice, and also for installation over in-floor heating systems.

Over a cushioned pad, engineered wood can be glued, installed or nailed as a floating floor. Some manufacturers are producing those clickable – self-locking, engineered wood flooring that installs without nails or glue. Clickable flooring comes as parquet or planks squares and makes a good DIY project. And prices are similar to solid wood.

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Flooring Tips for homeowners in California – Part 3

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Provenza Floors

With over thirty two years of experience in making stylish, innovative and unrivaled quality custom hardwood floors, the leader in the design of tradition hardwood flooring collections is Provenza. Provenza wood floor collections offer a variety of designs and style that exceeds the most demanding in hardwood flooring expectations – from the rich, deep, warm tones from the beauty of nature, to some luminous explosions of colors.

The obsession for detail

Provenza artisans' outstanding concentration to detail, make every handcrafted floor a manifestation of your own style and vision. With each floor design, they start by selecting a wood species best suitable to accentuate and enhance the natural character and intrinsic personality of the wood grain. That process is necessary to make sure its distinction and beauty will triumph in the final piece. They use age old proven techniques, combining some old woodworking skills with modern innovations, and as a result they produce truly hand distressed, handcrafted and hand scraped hardwood floors for any home. Their passion is to provide the finest in hardwood flooring at Provenza. They create a timeless hardwood masterpiece.

1. Residential Flooring

In both laminate and hardwood products Provenza offers a variety of flooring options suitable for any residential application.

2. Commercial Flooring

Provenza's mixture profitable Acrylic Color Impregnation procedure outcome in a hardwood floor that is both durable and beautiful.

3. Custom Flooring

For interior designers, architects and homeowners who want a truly unique, one-of-a-kind floor Provenza offers custom made hardwood flooring options.

4. USA Made Flooring

Provenza's Custom Gallery, Infusion, Custom Home, and Heartland Treasure Domestic Floor Collections – all of them are all USA Made!

5. Reclaimed Flooring

Provenza Heartland Treasure Collection features domestic solid hardwood flooring, rich in timeless character and natural patina.

6. Internet Sales Alert

Exclusively through an authorized dealer network Provenza products are distributed and aren't sold online. You can protect your warranty and buy from an Authorized Provenza Dealer!

Provenza Innovation

Provenza Floors is a manufacturer of Commercial, Custom, Eco-friendly, Residential, Reclaimed Wood flooring. With over thirty six years of experience in making the most innovative, unsurpassed and stylish quality hardwood flooring, Provenza offers wood floor collections that are handcrafted, unique and of long-lasting value in a variety of rich finishes, vibrant colors, wood species, edge detailing and surface treatment. Provenza Floors, Inc. is a hundred percent US owned company which is based in Southern California with dealers all over the country.

Attention to Detail

They work with local architects, builders and designers whose necessitate for tradition wood floors drives their passion to make truly timeless and unique masterpieces. By making every hand skilled floor a reflection of your style and vision Provenza artisans' pay exceptional attention to detail.

Choice

From the finest exotic and domestic wood species Provenza wood floor collections are selected. They offer a range of hardwood flooring designs from hand scraped, hand sculpted, hand distressed, and rustic surfaces to some more smooth furniture finish; to hardwood floors rich in character, complete with the dings, dents, saw marks that are found in recycled and reclaimed wood planks.

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How to repair laminate flooring

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Laminate floors are becoming more and more popular due to the fact that they look like real hardwood floors, but do not require as much attention when dealing with it. However, even though they are highly durable, they can also get damaged; they can get cracked or scratched, or damaged in any other way; and that is when these tips become more valuable. So, just read them and try to utilize them when dealing with your laminate floors.

How to repair scratches or surface damages?

Well, first of all, if your laminate floor becomes damaged in some way, make sure you clean that part of the floor, and they wait for it to dry up. Then, you need to get the laminate floors repair kit that you should have bought before starting with the repairs. Just make sure that you purchase the one that is the same color as the one you have installed on your floor. The best way to make sure you don't buy the one with different color, bring a piece of the floor with you.

After that's been done, you should fill in the scratches or holes in your laminate floor with putty, wax, or any other thing that is in your repair kit. After that, take a dry cloth and use it to remove any excess wax or putty that might have remained on your floor.

How to repair damages near the edges?

Well, first of all, you need to see how big the damage really is, and you can't do that with the baseboard still nailed to the floor. Take it off, but just be careful. You do not want to damage the floor even more, and create more work for yourself. Then, you should take off all the boards that have been damaged. Start with the ones that are closer to the wall, and work your way up to the place with the heaviest damage. Now all you need to do is to replace the removed boards with the new ones. And just like in the first tip, make sure you get the boards that are of the same color as the ones on the floor. Then get the baseboard back, and your work is done.

How to repair damages on the center of the laminate board?

If the damage is located in the center of the floor, or the center of the laminate floor board, than you need to take some different steps. First you need to cut a section on the board, around the damaged area. You can do this by utilizing a drill and a saw. Cut a few holes in the board, and then cut the board from one hole to the other. Then, after that's been done, remove the center of the board, and make cuts diagonally, from the edges of the hole, to the edges of the remaining part of the board. Then take out the cut parts, and by doing that, you'll remove the damaged board completely. Next, just replace the damaged board, and you're done.

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Flooring Tips for Homeowners in California – Part 2

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The leader distributor in Southern California of bamboo flooring is Welson & York, Inc. They carefully research their seller's upgrades of their equipment in order to meet their quality standards.  From the time when the opening of their own mill in 2006, the factories they trained to highest standards of industry, have been shifting their products to companies like Mannington.

A great alternative to exotic wood products and wonderful product is Bamboo.  It is environmentally friendly and if processed correctly it performs much better than any similar product. With cheap inferior bamboo products it is very disconcerting to see the market being flooded.  A very truthful example is one conversation with a customer:

"A few years ago ninety percent of my business was Bamboo.  Everybody wanted Bamboo Floors.  Lately I have seen a sharp drop in Bamboo, now only ten percent of my business is Bamboo and I had no idea why, until a couple days ago and I ears drop some people in their showroom talking about Bamboo.  The market has been flooded with some cheap low-grade Bamboo that just does not hold up to even a couple months of wear."

And with a countless of distributors and importers in the market consumers can find Bamboo Flooring retail at below $2.  In stark contrast to their products that can be found at a retailer of good reputation anywhere from seven to thirty dollars depending on type of bamboo.

They believe in maintaining higher level standards and they never compromising quality over cost.  When durability and quality is mentioned 2 words come to mind – Aluminum Oxide – which is one of the most popular phrases in the flooring industry.  Aluminum Oxide is known for the strong acid, hardness and alkali resistance, stiffness and high strength and used in abundance in the top wear layers in almost all prefinished floors.  In their ware layer finishes Welson & York doesn't use any Aluminum Oxide.  One might consider why such a wonderful additive is not there.  The thing is that its cost one of the biggest secrets in the industry, and by far the most attractive quality.  The most plentiful raw metal on earth is Aluminum Oxide.  Manufactures pack up to seventy percent of the top layers with it to save on finishing costs. And the thing is that what the customer gets is a product that goes very well in the showroom, but when it and sees some real foot traffic after it had been installed on a floor the hard breakable surface starts to break and powder up leaving obvious gashes and white lines.  With an Aluminum Oxide finish refinishing is almost impossible.  They use the latest UV cured High Performance Coating cross-linking acryl ate blends with nano and micro particles, making a durable finish that will take the knocks and dents of normal traffic and stretch and stick to the Bamboo with hardiness likened to a rubber tire, and is refinished easily with some traditional refinishing methods.

And if you are looking for a quality and dependable product at a reasonable price then you have found it, but if quality is the latter and budget is a concern, we suggest you to look somewhere else.

Their products can be found in the bluffs of Malibu, Caesars Palace and even on the studio set of the latest Hollywood Blockbuster.

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How to repair laminate flooring

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Laminate floors are becoming more and more popular due to the fact that they look like real hardwood floors, but do not require as much attention when dealing with it. However, even though they are highly durable, they can also get damaged; they can get cracked or scratched, or damaged in any other way; and that is when these tips become more valuable. So, just read them and try to utilize them when dealing with your laminate floors.

How to repair scratches or surface damages?

Well, first of all, if your laminate floor becomes damaged in some way, make sure you clean that part of the floor, and they wait for it to dry up. Then, you need to get the laminate floors repair kit that you should have bought before starting with the repairs. Just make sure that you purchase the one that is the same color as the one you have installed on your floor. The best way to make sure you don't buy the one with different color, bring a piece of the floor with you.

After that's been done, you should fill in the scratches or holes in your laminate floor with putty, wax, or any other thing that is in your repair kit. After that, take a dry cloth and use it to remove any excess wax or putty that might have remained on your floor.

How to repair damages near the edges?

Well, first of all, you need to see how big the damage really is, and you can't do that with the baseboard still nailed to the floor. Take it off, but just be careful. You do not want to damage the floor even more, and create more work for yourself. Then, you should take off all the boards that have been damaged. Start with the ones that are closer to the wall, and work your way up to the place with the heaviest damage. Now all you need to do is to replace the removed boards with the new ones. And just like in the first tip, make sure you get the boards that are of the same color as the ones on the floor. Then get the baseboard back, and your work is done.

How to repair damages on the center of the laminate board?

If the damage is located in the center of the floor, or the center of the laminate floor board, than you need to take some different steps. First you need to cut a section on the board, around the damaged area. You can do this by utilizing a drill and a saw. Cut a few holes in the board, and then cut the board from one hole to the other. Then, after that's been done, remove the center of the board, and make cuts diagonally, from the edges of the hole, to the edges of the remaining part of the board. Then take out the cut parts, and by doing that, you'll remove the damaged board completely. Next, just replace the damaged board, and you're done.

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Flooring Tips for Homeowners in California – Part 2

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The leader distributor in Southern California of bamboo flooring is Welson & York, Inc. They carefully research their seller's upgrades of their equipment in order to meet their quality standards.  From the time when the opening of their own mill in 2006, the factories they trained to highest standards of industry, have been shifting their products to companies like Mannington.

A great alternative to exotic wood products and wonderful product is Bamboo.  It is environmentally friendly and if processed correctly it performs much better than any similar product. With cheap inferior bamboo products it is very disconcerting to see the market being flooded.  A very truthful example is one conversation with a customer:

"A few years ago ninety percent of my business was Bamboo.  Everybody wanted Bamboo Floors.  Lately I have seen a sharp drop in Bamboo, now only ten percent of my business is Bamboo and I had no idea why, until a couple days ago and I ears drop some people in their showroom talking about Bamboo.  The market has been flooded with some cheap low-grade Bamboo that just does not hold up to even a couple months of wear."

And with a countless of distributors and importers in the market consumers can find Bamboo Flooring retail at below $2.  In stark contrast to their products that can be found at a retailer of good reputation anywhere from seven to thirty dollars depending on type of bamboo.

They believe in maintaining higher level standards and they never compromising quality over cost.  When durability and quality is mentioned 2 words come to mind – Aluminum Oxide – which is one of the most popular phrases in the flooring industry.  Aluminum Oxide is known for the strong acid, hardness and alkali resistance, stiffness and high strength and used in abundance in the top wear layers in almost all prefinished floors.  In their ware layer finishes Welson & York doesn't use any Aluminum Oxide.  One might consider why such a wonderful additive is not there.  The thing is that its cost one of the biggest secrets in the industry, and by far the most attractive quality.  The most plentiful raw metal on earth is Aluminum Oxide.  Manufactures pack up to seventy percent of the top layers with it to save on finishing costs. And the thing is that what the customer gets is a product that goes very well in the showroom, but when it and sees some real foot traffic after it had been installed on a floor the hard breakable surface starts to break and powder up leaving obvious gashes and white lines.  With an Aluminum Oxide finish refinishing is almost impossible.  They use the latest UV cured High Performance Coating cross-linking acryl ate blends with nano and micro particles, making a durable finish that will take the knocks and dents of normal traffic and stretch and stick to the Bamboo with hardiness likened to a rubber tire, and is refinished easily with some traditional refinishing methods.

And if you are looking for a quality and dependable product at a reasonable price then you have found it, but if quality is the latter and budget is a concern, we suggest you to look somewhere else.

Their products can be found in the bluffs of Malibu, Caesars Palace and even on the studio set of the latest Hollywood Blockbuster.

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How to care of your hardwood floors?

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Hardwood floors are great. They look excellent, and also feel great when being walked on. However, it is a well known fact that taking care of such floors is not an easy task. They need to be taken care of, and that needs to be done perfectly, in order to have your hardwood floors last for a long amount of time. Many people are probably asking themselves how to do that at this time. Well, if you just follow these instructions, your hardwood floors will always look new, and should never degrade in any way. So, lets get started with instructions, shall we?

First of all, you need to know that you should not use any of the regular products used for cleaning or dusting that you probably already have in your household. They will cause irreparable damage, and that precisely is the reason why you should only use special products that are designed for hardwood floors. Speaking of irreparable damage, it immediately comes to mind that you should not use water to clean them. Sajtovi recommends you Use damp cloths to clean your hardwood floors, but never water, as it causes great damage to them.

Also, do not use any of the chemical products such as ammonia, or any products with urethane, such as wax. Believe it; the glossy finish is not worth it. In addition, it should also be added that you should never drag your furniture on your hardwood floor. It will damage it and cause scratches on it.

When cleaning these floors, it is always better to use the vacuum cleaner than to sweep them. Vacuum cleaners tend to take in all the dust, even the one from between the floor boards, which is something a sweeping broom, could never do. Just make sure you use the proper floor attachment, so you do not damage the floor.

Also, floors could be damaged by direct sunrays. This can be prevented by using blindfolds or sheers on your windows; that way, your floor will not experience discoloration due to the sunlight.

Your feet can also cause damage to the hardwood floors, and especially when using shoes whose soles are not in great condition. Stilettos can also damage the hardwood floors, so keep them in mind. And if you have pets, make sure you trim their nails and claws, because these types of damages can be extremely visible.

If you spill anything on your hardwood floor, make sure you clean it up immediately. Hardwood floors tend to soak it in, which can cause huge damage to it. So, just clean it up; it is not that hard, and will protect your floors. Clean it up with a microfiber cloth of some kind, and make sure you don't use any products that can damage the hardwood, which have been already discussed about at the beginning of this article. So, if you just take things mentioned in this article into account, your hardwood floors should lead a long life.

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Flooring advice for homeowners in California

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A professional company is California Hardwood Floors which sells, repairs, refinishes and installs all hardwood types of floors.  They offer one on one, personalized and great customer service.  And also they will greatly be grateful for the opportunity to work with you.

Since 1982 California Hardwood Floors Has Been finishing and installing hardwood floors all over Southern California. They focus on creating just the perfect look for any interior, and when they work with you they will make sure that the job is done on time and that is done right the first time. They are a member of the National Wood Flooring Association, and they also use their guidelines on all of their work.

California Hardwood Floors features: finishing and sanding services, complete installation. Residential or Commercial – which includes demolition of accessible floor coverings, leveling, moisture testing, repair and installation of all types of hardwood flooring.

Hardwood

Hardwood is a type of a floor that has become a hallmark from elegant to rustic looks. No one offers a better selection of hardwood floors than California Hardwood. California Hardwood floors are not only beautiful they are durable. You can explore the variety of colors, finishes and wood types available. For sure you will find a look you will love.

Laminate

With this floor type you can get the feel and look of exotic wood or high-end stone at a fraction of the cost. For active households and high-traffic areas, the durability of California Floors laminate is hard to beat.

Vinyl Sheet

From natural stone or wood looks vinyl sheet flooring comes in a variety of looks to some patterned designs—and all of that at an affordable price. A great combination of function and beauty, vinyl sheet is an easy-to-clean and durable floor type that can be installed anyplace in the home. Particularly it is valued for great resistance to stains, spills and scuffs.

Vinyl Tile

For do-it-yourself projects, vinyl tile is a great type of flooring. Some forms are very easy to install, so you could transform your room over a weekend. As vinyl sheet, vinyl tile is affordable, durable and low-maintenance.

Luxury Vinyl

They offer two premium vinyl flooring types, Alterna™ and Luxe Plank™ tile. So, Alterna is a grout able vinyl tile that imitates the texture and depth of ceramic and natural stone. And Luxe Plank is easy to install and it is a realistic wood-look vinyl plank that and comes in good-looking plank lengths and widths.

Linoleum

Linoleum is a environmentally friendly and durable flooring type, loved for its deep and vivid colors. You will find that linoleum improves a lot of looks with its conventional marbled patterns and exclusive, graphic designs.

Color & Palette

Flooring design elements such as colors, styles, textures and finishes influence the way a room feels. Huge rooms can be made to feel cozier with some warm, not shiny tone floors. With a dark wood floor you can add sophistication. In order to make a room feel more airy you can use light colors. Home improvement and home design magazines, and some interior decor catalogs are rich in photography – great sources for inspiration, ideas and examples of colors working together in order to create a mood.

 

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Bamboo, laminate and linoleum flooring?

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Option 1 : Bamboo

Bamboo is more and more popular flooring material and it is often thought of as wood, even though it is not a hardwood but a grass. Glued together to form engineered planks or solid strips bamboo strands are just as a hardwood. Also, cost to install and purchase are similar to wood products.
Grain patterns include vertical, woven and flat. Vertical grains pack the strands together to create an appearance which is fine-grained. Flat grains show the irregular growth nodes characteristic of the grass; Woven types have lean patterns.
Bamboo is durable and tough. They are easy to grow and regenerate quickly because it comes from plants, and bamboo is considered as an environmentally friendly flooring choice and a sustainable material. However, most bamboo is imported from Asia, and environmentalists point out the energy necessary to transport bamboo to the United States as a factor to consider when selecting green flooring.
You can expect to pay three to eight dollars per square foot for bamboo flooring, and seven to twelve dollars per square foot installed.

Option 2 : Laminate

Laminate flooring provides a huge variety of colors, patterns and styles. It is similar to engineered wood and a top wear layer is backed by compacted fiber backing that is very steady or layers of plywood. The difference is that the top layer is plastic coating applied over a photograph and it is not really a wood. The photo-realism technology which is used produces finishes identical from real wood and some other materials such as ceramic tile, stone and stained concrete.

Laminates comes as tiles or planks. Most of it are floating floor systems, which means they can be installed straight over old existing flooring without nails or glue — no tear-out is required. Laminate is popular DIY flooring, but it is wise not to misjudge your skills — installing between door jambs and around corners takes ingenuity and patience.
Laminate flooring costs one to seven dollars per square foot. And depending on difficulty installation adds two to five dollars per square foot.

Option 3 : Linoleum

Linoleum is made with biodegradable and renewable materials including cork and linseed oil. Mineral pigments are added to produce vibrant and rich colors. Linoleum is considered as a top environmentally friendly flooring choice because it produces no harmful vapors.
Designed for glue-down installation linoleum comes as sheet goods and as laminated tiles and planks that install as a floating floor system. Many manufacturers offer a protective coating that helps the product stand up to foot traffic and prevents staining. Linoleum without this coating should be refinished every 2 years.
Expect to pay two to five dollars per square foot and seven to twelve dollars per square foot installed.
So, it is your choice which type of flooring you prefers the most. All these flooring are very good and it is just your choice and your selection of the types. But, we guarantee to you that bamboo, laminate or linoleum is one of the best flooring.

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Five ways on how to choose the right floor for your kitchen

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There's more in play that just the kitchen floor. This decision is about the entire kitchen and how much you use it. The right flooring option should properly showcase both your style and also coordinate well with the look of your home. Here's a few options for flooring to name a few : Hardwood, Ceramic, Vinyl and Laminate. Those are a few of the popular choices. When trying to narrow down to a single pick, make use of these 5 tips & tricks to make the decision that is right for your lifestyle, your house and most importantly that fits your family.

1- Durability

Make sure it's durable. This is in many situations the difference from having to replace the flooring every few years or enjoying it for many years to come. This is an important characteristic that applies to all floors. But these days, the kitchen is the main traffic area, wether its for cooking, homework or during family gatherings. In particular, Porcelain and ceramic tiles are a renowned for the level of durability that they possess and can last even on the highest traffic areas of your house.

2- Ease of cleaning when it gets messy

There's no avoiding spills in a kitchen. Even less if you have pets or children in the household. So it's better to avoid a flooring that's difficult to maintain clean. Select a flooring that doesn't have a difficult cleaning procedure. Flooring made out of Vinyl for example would be a great choice because some good sweeping ,vacuuming daily and a mopping once in a while is enough to keep it sparkling. On top of that, with sheet vinyl floors, there's no such thing as annoying grout lines to clean up. It's the best option for simple everyday care & maintenance.

3-Considering resistance Moisture & Stains

Most of a house's accidents happen in the kitchen. The majority of floorings can handle a spill once in a while as long as it's quickly cleaned up. Stains from food will stain many varieties of floorings if left over, so you're better off looking for a flooring material that comes with a protective finishing. For this reason, laminate floors are a great choice since it comes with a top layer that naturally protects it from stains and moistures.

4-Match the Flooring with the Cabinets

The 2 Focal areas of your kitchen are the cabinets and flooring, so you're better off picking them both at the same time. Make sure they compliment each other while still not being exactly the same match. Here's an example : if your kitchen cabinets are dark with espresso stains, a light tone flooring such as bamboo or laminate would create an interesting contrast. While lighter cabinetry like white or honey-colorer would fit better with some hardwood flooring thanks to it's target tones. This is the secret to create a warm and inviting space for your house.

5-Consider the style and design as a whole.

Ask yourself the following questions? What look are you trying to create? soft & country ? Sleek & Modern ? Or  Retro & Fun ? Double check that your flooring decisions fit and completes the theme of your house. For instance, choose hand-scraped Hardwood Flooring for an inviting Country French feeling, or light-colored Ceramic Tile for a high-end, sleek and modern look. Stay true to yourself and your style.

The best advice overall is to not complicate things. Make a Choice that will give a certain style to the kitchen. Make it a state for the rest of the kitchen design options : cabinets, fixtures and backsplash. Don't try to take complicated patterns, strike for balance between trendy and vanilla styles.

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Four tips to increase the durability of your hardwood flooring

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Needless to say that floors made out of hardwood had a certain beauty, elegance, style amongst many things to your house. We're about to let you in on some maintenance need tricks to keep them look clean and look brand new.

First off, you must sweet, vacuum or dust your floors at least once a week and more if needed, all depending on the amount of circulation they get in order to stop dirt from accumulating. Accumulated dirt will risk scratching or dulling the finishing on the materials and that's not something you want to end up dealing with. Don't forget to use the hardwood floor attachment when using your vacuum.

If you or another family member splits something on the floor, it should be wiped up right away. Can't make up a rush as an excuse since it could make the floor swell, warp and as such ruin the finishing on the wood itself. Simply clean it off with a damp and hot cloth to get rid of any stains on the floor.

To remove difficult soils, use specially made cleaning materials designed for hardwood flooring. Products not specifically made to clean wood or hardwood floors often have chemicals that could ruin or dull the finish.

Watch out for harsh products. Stay away from buffing machines, and also forget about using steel wool or scouring powder. All three of those products are harmful and will end up scratching your finish off your new flooring.

There's no need to say that choosing a hardwood floor had a certain appeal and beauty, but proper maintenance is keep to maintaining those qualities that charmed you in the first place.

In the situation that you're not satisfied with the current state of your wood, visit our website to get more information about flooring in los angeles and get the chance to talk with a customer support agent to see if you're still eligible for guarantees that would cover the costs of revamping your floorings.

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Laminate or Hardwood Floors

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Putting new floors in your home is one of the best ways to make it feel brand new without breaking the bank.  Since the floors cover so much space, worn, old or dirty floors can make your whole room look dingy and old.  New floors can help your room look bright, clean and fresh, helping to update your home and add instant value.  This can be even more noticeable if you are upgrading your flooring type from say contractor grade carpet to wood floors.  A survey of real estate agents by the National Wood Flooring Association showed that homes with hardwood floors sold faster and for more money than those without.

Once you’re ready to make the move to new wood flooring, you’ve got some exciting decisions to make.  Wood floors comes in so many different colors, finishes, character and construction and it is important to make an informed decision on each characteristic of your new wood floor.

The best place to start with decision making is in the color.  The color you want to have in your home can help narrow down the type of wood you will ultimately choose.  Any wood can be stained but stain will simply add a tint to the wood.  For example, walnut naturally has a darker almost grey hue so you can only stain in darker colors and it will never take on a red or orange tint.  On the other hand, white oak is much lighter in color and has very little natural tint to it so you can easily change the color of white oak with the right stain.  Wood floors can range from browns, to reds, to oranges and tans.  To choose the right color for your space, start by looking at any other wood in the space, whether it is natural trim or doors, or furniture you plan on keeping in the room.  Also consider that lighter wood colors can help a room feel more bright and inviting but darker wood will help it feel more elegant and formal.

Next you should consider the finish and character of your new wood floors.  Once you’ve got a color, or at least range of colors selected, you can decide on a finish.  The finishes on your hardwood flooring can range from gloss to matte and can also range in depth.  Depending on how soft of a wood you’ve decided to use, going with a thicker gloss coat can help hide some nicks and scratches in your floor.  Also, like bright colors, high gloss floors can help a room look significantly brighter.  Satin or matte finish floors often hide imperfections and dust better, but won’t look as bright or fancy.  Besides the finish, you also need to consider the character of your floor.  Do you want to see a lot of grain and big knots, or are you looking for more of a clean uniform or engineered finish?  You may even go as extreme as using rough cut lumber or extremely knotty cuts of wood, or something as simple as laminate wood floors that give a very uniform look with a lot of consistency over your floor.

The last thing to think about is the construction of the wood floors you plan to use.  Wood floors today can be much more than wood planks that get nailed down and stained, so you need to choose laminate or hardwood construction.  The choice between laminate or hardwood has to do with the intended use for the room, your budget, and what you decided on for color, character and finish.  For example, if you have pets, having laminate floors maybe a great option as they are much more resilient to scratching, staining or scuffing than hardwood floors.  But if you don’t mind spending a little more upfront, hardwood can be an excellent investment for your home as it can be sanded and refinished many times keeping your home looking excellent without having to put in new floors for years.  Laminates also offer an extremely wide variety of colors and patterns and what is installed in your home will be exactly what you see in the showroom.  Hardwood, on the other hand, has a surprising amount of variation and what is installed may look significantly different than the showroom floor based on where the wood is from and how the stain was applied.  This variation does also lead to a lot of natural texture, variation and beauty.

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Floors are usually the segment of the house that initially appeals to the people 'attention.  The instant the visitor steps his or her foot over your floor, he or she definitely will notice then take a look atwhat style of floor covering you have. It's as significant as your roof and house ornaments.  Finding the most suitable flooring when it comes to your household may well look like an complex choice to pick fromIt involves mindful planning since you would undoubtedly like to illustrate your individualityand theme together with a hint of practicality.

Due to the amounts of flooring in the market, this appears so tough to make a decision on. Due to the varieties of flooring available, this tends to be so difficult to make a decision on. Unsurprisingly, you want all of them and they fit your home wonderfully. Now, the concern which to decide on emerges. The answer to this concern depends upon numerous factors. You ought to consider the dimension of the household as well as the website traffic the floor will certainly get. Will the flooring be secure if you have any kids? Just how much maintenance does the flooring use and also exactly how long do you anticipate to have the same floor? Nowadays, various styles and kinds of flooring have actually come out; as the demand occur and also with the wish to satisfy the criterion of the proprietor. House proprietors might assume of utilizing the very same kind of flooring in all locations of the house but some have their preferences for each room.

Hard floors are sturdy and do not require much maintenance, stylish as well as are resistant to heat. Usual types of hard floor are ceramic and organic rocks.

All-natural woods come in various styles and patterns. Parquet square is one of the most typical type. It is available in square boards that develop its design. The large benefit of using parquet square is that it is replaceable. Another type of natural wood is the plank which offers a classic want to the flooring. Slabs do not need sub flooring, these are more costly that other wood floors. Strip flooring is one more kind of all-natural wood flooring. These are lengthy slim boards that are prone to bending. Therefore, sub flooring is very recommended. Wood floors are lengthy lasting. It requires simple cleansing as it doesn't keep dirt bits. It is commonly found in older residences. It works naturally well with many interior styles. It calls for regular vacuuming and also sweeping. It doesn't keep dust bits, wood floors are vulnerable to scratches and also damages. Two usual kinds of wood flooring are the synthetic as well as natural wood.

Laminated floorings are one of the most typical type of synthetic timbers. This sort of flooring works well in locations exposed to dampness. These are laminated so they do not use completing. The good thing concerning laminated floor coverings is that it is fire immune and do not discolor nor discolor.

Fiber floors give more comfort compared to other sorts of flooring. It takes in noise making it perfect to be installed on the second floor of your home. It is offered in different colors making the house a lot more sophisticated. It does not scrape nevertheless it is not as long lasting as hard flooring. To extend its life period, carpet cushioning is necessary. It necessaries upkeep as it collects dust fragments and when damp with water or any fluid, a stain is developed. There are 2 kinds of fiber flooring: all-natural and also artificial. The kinds of organic fiber flooring are coir, sea grass, sisal, and jute. These fiber materials provide a comfortable feeling and are most ideal for houses with youngsters. However, durability is not assured.

Sheet floors are taken into consideration to be one of the most affordable. Both most common types of sheet floors are the linoleum and vinyl. These floorings also can be found in various design and color. These flooring are additionally the least resilient considering that these are the most economical. It requires constant treatment and continuous maintenance as these flooring conveniently soaks up dirt and dirt. These kinds of floorings aren't difficult to replace. With additional care and upkeep, these could last longer than typical.

Cautious planning and examining is needed on making a decision which kind of flooring the ideal for your residence or office. Anyhow, after the flooring of your option is mounted, you will most definitely be overjoyed realizing that it's the surface area you, your kids, household and friends will certainly be strolling as well as standing on.

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Choosing the Right Type of Flooring for Your House

Floors are typically the aspect of your house that initially attracts the visitors ' focus. When the guest gets his feet on your floor, he/she will definitely note and assess just what type of floor you have. It's just as significant as your roof and also house embellishments. Choosing the correct flooring when it comes to your residential property may possibly look like an complicated selection to pick fromIt calls upon thorough advanced planning since you would certainly want to demonstrate your theme and character alongside a touch of practicality.

 

Because of quantities of flooring readily available, it really seems tricky to pick.With volumes of flooring available, this appears difficult to make a decision on. Unsurprisingly, you love all of them and they none of them looks dissatisfactory. Now, the inquiry of which to pick develops. The solution to this question depends upon many things. You should consider the size of the household and also the traffic the flooring will certainly get. Will the flooring be secure if you have any type of kids? Exactly how much upkeep does the floor use and how long do you expect to have the same floor? Nowadays, different designs and also kinds of flooring have come out; as the need arise and also with the need to meet the standard of the proprietor. Home owners could think of utilizing the same kind of flooring in all locations of the property yet some have their inclinations for each area.

Hard floors are resilient as well as do not use much upkeep, sophisticated and are resistant to heat. Usual sorts of hard flooring are ceramic and natural rocks.

 

 

Sheet floors are thought about to be one of the most economical. Both most typical sorts of sheet floors are the linoleum and vinyl. These floorings also can be found in different design and color. Considering that these are the most cost effective, these flooring are also the least sturdy. It necessaries continuous treatment as well as consistent upkeep as these flooring effortlessly soaks up dirt as well as dirt. These types of floorings aren't tough to change. With extra treatment and also maintenance, these can last longer compared to common.

 

 

Natural woods come in various styles and designs. Parquet square is one of the most typical kind. It is available in square boards that form its pattern. The huge advantage of using parquet square is that it is changeable. Another kind of natural wood is the plank which offers a traditional want to the flooring. Slabs do not call for sub flooring, these are more expensive that other wood floors. Strip flooring is one more type of all-natural wood floor. These are long narrow boards that lean to buckling. Therefore, sub flooring is very recommended.

Laminated floorings are one of the most usual kind of synthetic timbers. This kind of flooring functions well in locations subjected to dampness. These are laminated so they do not necessary finishing. The benefit concerning laminated floorings is that it is fire immune as well as do not stain nor fade.

 

 

Fiber floors give even more comfort than various other types of flooring. It takes in noise making it ideal to be installed on the second flooring of our home. It is readily available in different shades making our home a lot more trendy. It does not scrape nevertheless it is not as durable as tough flooring. To prolong its life period, carpet cushioning is required. It calls for maintenance as it compiles dirt bits and when moist with water or any kind of fluid, a stain is developed. There are 2 sorts of fiber flooring: artificial and also natural. The kinds of organic fiber flooring are coir, sea grass, sisal, and also jute. These fiber products give a comfy sensation as well as are most effectively for homes with children. Toughness is not assured.

 

 

Careful preparing as well as studying is requiremented on making a decision which kind of flooring the ideal for your residence or workplace. Anyways, after the flooring of your option is set up, you will definitely be overjoyed understanding that it's the area you, your youngsters, friends and family will certainly be standing and strolling on.

 

 

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