Flooring Installations and Maintenance

Global Hardwood & Supplies follows a precise sequence with our flooring installations to ensure you get the most out of your flooring for as long as possible. Learn more about our flooring installations and view examples of our process below, and visit Global Hardwood & Supplies today for a free installation estimate.

Warning!! Wet mopping should be avoided, as should the use of soap and abrasive cleaners. Instead, cleaning agents that have been specially formulated for laminate floors should be used. Typically, they are of the ‘spray-on’ variety, and use of them will entail spraying the cleaning solution onto a suitable soft cloth or dry mop which is then used to wipe the laminate surface clean. Both, the manufacturer's brands as well as generic types are available from flooring stores and supermarkets. Usually, there will be no harm in using a quality generic brand for cleaning.

A tough coating is applied to all laminate floors and it is this that provides long-lasting protection against scratching and gouging. However, this doesn’t mean that it will be impossible to damage the surface of your floors! Steps should be taken to eliminate the possibility of damage-causing objects coming into contact with your floor in the first place. Dirt brought in underneath footwear is one of the biggest causes of scratches and an effective way of keeping it at bay is to place wipe mats at your entrances, or even enforce a ‘no shoes’ rule if it's in a household.

The best and easiest way to protect your laminate floor from this problem is to use felt protector pads under the feet of furniture items. Fabric-backed caster cups placed under items with casters will also help in this regard. Furniture items should never be dragged across laminate flooring for this may cause deep gouging, which again is likely to be cause for premature repair or replacement. Always be sure to lift heavy items when repositioning them.

Caring for engineered flooring is a very simple and trouble-free process as long as it is a part of your regular cleaning routine. Keeping the floor as free of dirt, debris, grit, and spills as possible will maintain and retain the original look of your flooring for the longest period. In this, engineered flooring care is almost the same set of processes as the care of any other wood flooring. Here is a step-by-step guide for taking care of your engineered floors: Keep the engineered flooring swept, clean, and dry daily. For vacuum, use a vacuum cleaner with a soft flooring attachment, or a broom.

A damp mop can be used and the floor should be dried immediately after the mop. Similarly, spills must be wiped off as soon as they occur. Engineered flooring is quite resistant to moisture but excessive water or liquid can cause damage to any flooring including engineered floors.

Hardwood floor protection is essential to maintaining your floors but doing it correctly is the difference between preserving them and ruining them. The problem that most people face is simply knowing what to do to take care of their floors. The fundamentals of learning this though, are quite simple. You will find a wide range of advice out there. The best way to tell what the right advice is and what isn’t is simply to know your product.

It is safe to say that most flooring will need simply a dry mop to clean them. When it comes to those that wash hardwood floors, it is important that you only use non-abrasive products as well as equipment. And, in most cases, a damp mop is all it takes to clean the floors thoroughly. Hardwood floor cleaners are another type of cleaning method that is misunderstood. On the market today you will find many products claiming to be safe to use on hardwood floors. That doesn’t mean you should use them.