There is nothing like a lovely new hardwood floor to bring out the life in your residence. Here are a couple of ideas to take into account prior to having your hardwood floor installed since what may possibly be common sense to you may possibly not be to your hardwood floor installer.

The very first thing to note is that the company where you purchase your floor from does not necessarily have to install the floor for you. You can basically order the floor and hire your own contractor to install the floor. Always ask for references. Do not go with the assumption that the floor supplier has competent installers. Trust me I am speaking from experience. Our installer attempted to cover our cold air return. Luckily my husband was residence to stop him in his tracks. The installer also scratched the floor as he was literally dragging his staple gun from board to board.

I know time can be an issue for many folks but make positive you are house when the floors are being installed. There are things you must look for. Your flooring will likely be shipped to you in boxes. In these boxes there will be many various lengths of wood. The flooring must be laid out prior to installation in order to mix in the shorter pieces with the longer pieces. Our installer put all the small pieces in the most visible component of our floor and placed the longer pieces around the perimeter of the room where you couldn’t even see them. What ever happened to prevalent sense? Sadly we took this as a ‘no brainer’ and didn’t watch to see how the installer was laying down the boards.

At the time of buy we believed we had been buying a Maple hardwood but right now we are not convinced it’s what was shipped to us. The floor scratches extremely easily and a hardwood should not, hence the term “hardwood”. Our cats have scratched the floor which actually surprised us. So make positive the organization where you buy your floor from is reputable and do not forget to ask for references.

Another thing you may possibly want to do is to come across out exactly where the wood is coming from. This was a massive problem for me. I did not want an exotic wood from a Rain Forest. In reality what I genuinely wanted was Bamboo but at that time there weren’t a lot of colours accessible so we went with Maple. Bamboo has come a lengthy way since then so we will using Bamboo when the time comes to replace our floors upstairs.

Picking your colour is critical as well. We went with a beautiful mahogany colour and it really does look good…when it’s clean. It has turned out to be a extremely high maintenance floor due to the fact every single little bit of dust and dirt shows up very simply. A lighter floor colour is significantly much more forgiving, but if you like the look of a darker floor just be prepared to put a little a lot more work into keeping it searching very good.

There are a lot of things that I wished I had known before buying our floor. Knowing what I know now I would certainly do things differently next time. Installing a new floor is an investment. So take the time to do your homework and be extremely selective who you hire to install the floor. We had been disappointed with the end result but you don’t have to be if you discover from our mistakes.

I hope you find these tips helpful.