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Replacing Flooring After a Flood or Water Damage

December 26, 2009 By bcn

One of the most costly and important things to do after a flood or after severe water damage is analyzing the floors and replacing them. This isn’t always necessary, however, and shouldn’t be done unless an expert or professional has checked the flooring and made a decision.

Water damaged carpeting can be a nightmare to repair. If a flood has damaged the home and flooring, it will usually be impossible. You’ll most likely need to replace the underlay as well as the entire carpet. Consulting a water damage restoration expert is a good idea as a first step though. It’s sometimes possible for an expert to dry the carpet quickly without shrinking or stretching it, as well as restoring the integrity and feel of the carpet. Getting the carpet dried quickly is the key to avoid replacement. If you can’t get the carpet completely dry within 2 days the carpet should be completely replaced. After this period, the carpet will become completely contaminated and unrepairable.

Water damaged wood floors can be a disaster. Wood floors are prone to rot, and can be easily damaged by floor cleaners, let alone a flood. If your wood floors suffer water damage it may be possible to replace the floor board instead of the entire floor, depending on the extent of the damage. Unfortunately, with water damage resulting from flooding, the problem is much bigger. If the water pools and stays on the wood floors for too long it will leak between the planks and attack the wood from underneath. This will cause the floor to buckle and warp. The key to avoiding replacing your wood floors is to dry them immediately after a flood. You may need to take up the wood panels to allow them to dry underneath as well. Afterward, it’s important to use weights to keep the floor from buckling. This won’t always work, however. Serious water damage to wood floors frequently results in a complete replacement.

If you have water damaged flooring the first step should always be to consult a water damage professional. It’s not always necessary to completely replace the flooring, although it’s usually the case with floods. The sooner you hire the consultant, the more likely the chance that they can restore your flooring.

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December 26, 2009 By bcn

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What is Floor Finish?

December 25, 2009 By bcn

A clean, high gloss floor is crucial to creating a clean appearance in any facility. There have been many breakthroughs in floor finish technology over the last few years from “green” zinc free polymers all the way to the versatile ultra compatible high gloss floor finishes. As the floor care technology has increased, so has floor finish chemistry. Here is a basic looks at the ingredients of floor finish:

Acrylic polymers

? Make up the largest part of the solid matter in the floor finish. The polymer, which is a type of plastic, gives the floor finish its strength, durability and shine. The polymer is dispersed in water forming a polymer emulsion.

Wax Emulsion

? Added to change the softness or glossiness of the finish. Synthetic waxes have replaced natural waxes in finishes to improve the finishes’ durability, gloss and repairability.

Plasticizers

? Ensure the finish doesn’t crack after it has set. All resilient floors containing Polyvinyl Chloride (VCT) contain this flexing agent. It is important to be aware that for the first six months to a year after a new vinyl floor is laid, the plasticizer has a tendency to migrate to the surface. This is known as plasticizer migration. This migration can penetrate into a floor making soft and tacky. This can result in scuffing and gluing down of furniture. A tile laid in a warehouse for a considerable length of time is less apt to experience this problem than a tile fresh from the factory.

Alkali-soluble Resins

? Gives the finish its leveling properties. The resins also make stripping the floor easier when it’s time to remove the finish.

Surfactants

? Surface-active agents that help the finish disperse across a floor. Surfactants can also produce bubbles in the film, creating craters, or “fish eyes”. To overcome this issue, a foam suppressant is added.

Other Additives

? Preservatives help keep the finish stable. Dyes, fragrances and other compounds are added to improve the appearance, stability or slip resistance of the floor finish. There are thousands of possible additives, each one changing the properties of the finish.

Floor finish coats can dry in anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours, but in humid areas, it may take a few days for the finish to fully cure. Once the floor has cured, the floor can withstand cleaners, spills, 175-RPM buffers or 1500+ RPM burnishers, depending on the characteristics of the finish. However, over time, the floor will need to be scrub and recoated or stripped and refinished. Foot and other traffic can abrade the finish. For example, sand, dirt and other soils slowly degrade the finish. Even if the finish doesn’t wear away, several problems can alter its appearance. Oily soils need to be cleaned right away with a neutral floor cleaner, or they can be absorbed into the finish, while dirt left on the floor when recoating can give the finish a yellow appearance.

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December 25, 2009 By bcn

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December 25, 2009 By bcn

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December 25, 2009 By bcn

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Understanding Solid Hardwood Floors: Installation, Cleaning and Styles

December 25, 2009 By bcn

Understanding Solid Hardwood Floors: Installation, Cleaning and Styles

Solid hardwood floors can add a shimmer and shine to any room. However, it’s important that you understand how to install and care for this type of flooring. It’s also important that you understand the different types of hardwood flooring out there so you can weigh your home decorating options.

Installation:

When installing solid hardwood floors, it’s imperative that they never be installed over a concrete slab or below ground level. This is due to high moisture sensitivity. Installation of solid hardwood floors over concrete and in high moisture areas can result in floor gaps as the floor expands to the moisture. In some instances, the wood planks may even buckle under the moisture’s pressure.

When installing hardwood floors make sure you leave enough room for expansion. It’s a good idea to use solid wood that is acclimated and nail-down installations.

Styles:

Solid hardwood floors are made out of a variety of beautiful timber including ash, maple, red oak and white oak. These different types of wood offer various colors and looks. Furthermore they can be re-coated and refinished to increase the appearance of these beautiful wood floors.

Essentially there are three sub categories when it comes to solid hardwood flooring: strip flooring, parquet flooring and plank flooring. They vary in style and thickness. Strip solid hardwood flooring comes in variety thickness including 5/16″, ¾”, 1 ½”, 2″ and 2 ¼”. Plank flooring, on the other hand, are thicker usually between 3″ and 8″ while parquet flooring has geometric patterns on the wood slats.

Hardwood floors also come in hand crafted hand-scraped designs which have character markings and add an even more unique look to your home. These types of floors come in both a modern world look and an old look in finish designs. You can get hand-scraped designed in both solid and engineered types of hardwood floors; however, keep in mind that this can get a little expensive but they can offer a beautifully rich look to any home.

Cleaning:

When it comes to keeping your wood floors looking like new, there is not much to it. In fact, hardwood floors are one of the easiest surfaces to keep clean. First and foremost you will need to use a vacuum cleaner or a broom to get rid of the dirt and debris. Then you will use floor cleaner directly onto the surface of the floor or onto a soft mop. Next, mop away. Make sure the floor is left with a dry finish and you’re done.

To ensure your hardwood floor remains clean, set up a welcome mat to wipe off excess dirt, ban shoes (and muddy dogs) from entering the house and choose furniture that does not have sharp metal or wooden legs to prevent scratching. To really keep your hardwood floors looking their best, invest in rubber cups for moving heavy items and always clean up the spills as soon as they happen.

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Some Helpful Floor Cleaning Tips

December 25, 2009 By bcn

Cleaning is important to the durability of your floors. Now days, there are several types of floorings available in the market. Each specific type of flooring has its own cleaning measures.

Hardwood floor:

Like any type of flooring, if they are not maintained they will deteriorate much quicker. However, they are not difficult to look after. Here are some basic tips to keep your hardwood floors looking beautiful:

• Sweep frequently with soft bristled broom

• Vacuum with soft brush a couple of times a week

• In high traffic areas consider placing carpet runners to reduce wear and tear

• Vacuum runners frequently

• Mop spills immediately as liquids and wood floors do not mix

• Avoid wearing high heels on floors

• Do not drag heavy objects across floor

• At each entrance there should be floor mats to prevent dirt and grit from getting tracked across the floor as best as possible

• All furniture should have pads under each leg

If you have a new floor installed, find out the hardwood floor cleaning and maintenance tips from the manufacturer or installer. Hardwood is finished with different products. These products include:

• Wax

• Varnish

• Polyurethane

Vinyl Flooring:

•Vinyl is a commonly used type of flooring.

•It is also one of the common types of flooring which is easy to clean.

•Most floor cleaners’ tip is to simply polish vinyl flooring with floor maps washed or dipped in soap and water. There are ready-mixes of cleaning solution made especially for.

Wood flooring:

Cleaning depends on the type of wood your floor is made of.

•Generally, it is recommended for you to use a mild alkaline solution.

•Most importantly, you should not forget to rinse your wood flooring with water after you have applied cleaning solutions into it.

•By doing so, water absorption of the wood will be prevented that will make your flooring last.

Ceramic type of flooring:

•Like wood flooring, meticulous water rinsing is also needed if you have.

•This is a must undertaking especially if you will be using acid-based cleaning solution. The acid-based solutions attack grout, which weaken the ceramic type of flooring.

Marble flooring:

•If acid-base solution is apt with ceramic floorings, it is not recommended with natural marble.

•Floor cleaner solutions, which are acid-based, weaken marble that will result to damage flooring.

•Alkaline lightens the color of marble flooring. Too much use of alkaline cleaning solutions can also bring negative effects.

Rugs and Carpets Floorings:

It is a known fact that everyone and then you accidentally drop or spill liquids on them. Later if you have managed to clean or wipe up the spills, you will have forgotten about it, thinking that all is well because you don’t see any stains. What you do not know is that mold and mildew thrive on damp surroundings and if you are not careful with the drying up after cleaning then your house may eventually get carpet mold and mildew.

•Once you have discovered the presence of mold and mildew in your carpets, it is essential that you immediately remove these disease-causing organisms.

•Mold and mildew have been known to cause allergic attacks and may even damage your lungs and other internal organs. You also have to be careful in picking out the right products for removing mold and mildew because ordinary mold and mildew killers contain harsh and toxic materials that are not exactly safe for handling.

•Always make sure that the products you buy do not give off chemicals that might pollute the environment not to mention endanger the well-being of your loved ones.

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Bamboo Hardwood Floors – Nature Friendly Alternative

December 25, 2009 By bcn

If you are going to buy flooring made of hardwood or wood, you must consider bamboo hardwood floors as an alternative which is being preferred by many people. Bamboo floors can be as beautiful to look as those made of regular hardwood or from wood in addition to making you a friend of nature. Bamboo which is a kind of grass matures within five to seven years so that they can be put to different uses.

On the other hand, hardwoods are obtained from trees which grows to maturity in 50 to 100 years. Thus we see that renewable cycle for bamboo is much shorter than those of trees which give us wood. Moreover the floors made of bamboo last longer than other wooden floors. Bamboo floors are less vulnerable to scratches and other marks and can be maintained with ease. One of the attractive point is that while bamboo floors are quite good looking they cost you much less than other wooden floors which help you save money for other purposes.

The following points are to be considered while going to buy bamboo hardwood floors. Firstly, bamboo floors like most other hardwood floors are available in two varieties – bamboo floors and laminated bamboo floors. Installation of laminated bamboo flooring is easier and you have to pay less for this type of bamboo flooring. While regular bamboo flooring are quite a bit expensive. Secondly, all the flooring materials are to be purchased from the same shop.

Because the bamboos produced in different seasons having different weather conditions by providing different amount of water supply to the plants varies widely in colors. If the flooring planks are purchased in batches from different shops your floor is definitely going to have variations in color. Finally, you must also consider the direction of grains on the bamboo planks as they may lie either on the horizontal or vertical direction and select one according to your preference.

Once your bamboo flooring has been installed, the techniques to maintain and care for your floor have to be learnt. You must keep your bamboo flooring dry like other hardwood floors because it can be kept clean only by sweeping on regular basis. If due to long use marks due to settlement of dust and other things can be seen on the floor, you should use a mild bamboo floor cleaner to remove them. Before using any cleaner for your bamboo hardwood floor you must ensure that it is recommended for use for the purpose or it has been made especially for the bamboo flooring.

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Bamboo Floor Covering – Durable, Stylish, and Eco Friendly to Boot!

December 25, 2009 By bcn

Floors with bamboo flooring require regular maintenance to keep it dirt free and long lasting. Since the color and surface are subjected to torture, it is essential to do periodic cleaning of the floor area. In fact bamboo floor care is easier as there is no need of a professional cleaner to clean the floor area. Proper maintenance always keep the bamboo floors scratch free and shining.

The accumulated dirt should be cleaned with a clean fiber broom. If the dirt accumulation is more, a vacuum cleaner may be used but is not necessary. The liquid spills, food particles and other sticky matters should be removed with soft cloth soaked in water. Excessive water should not be applied because this will harm the surface. Good quality floor mops can be used if required.

Exposure to direct sunlight is not recommended for bamboo floorings. This may lead to color changes. Floor mats are advised before the entrance so that minimum dirt is accumulated in the flooring. Use of chappals and shoes should also be avoided as much as possible.

All movable furniture should be covered with protective pads wherever the part is touching with the floor. When moving it is recommended to lift it and not to pull the entire furniture. The furniture position may be changed at intervals so that color changes are not apparent and this can be minimized.

If the dirt is too much that could not be removed by regular cleaning, the protective urethane coating may be removed by light sand paper and a new coating is applied. Solvent based urethane is preferred over water based urethanes. It should be applied with a wool pad. A second coating may be applied before 48 hours. Never use hard sand paper which will harm the surface deeply.

Flooring manufactures usually provide literature on bamboo care maintenance. If not available a flooring expert may give proper advice. It is strongly advised not to use soap, wax, polish etc. to clean the floor area. If required, floor cleaners specifically made for bamboo flooring may be used. Bamboo floor care is low cost, ideal and less time consuming.

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