Just to let everyone know, we’re gearing up to show you the end product of our installation in the next little bit. Stay tuned!
Installer (and procurement department manager) Matt has been pretty busy of late, not only with his day job here at BuildDirect, but also with flooring installation projects much like the one we’ve been showing you in our series. It’s tough being popular, eh Matt?
We’ll keep everyone updated! And we’re excited to see the final results ourselves!
I know we’ve hit everyone over the head with this during this Watch Us Make A Floor series, but here it is again. Wood flooring is a natural material. This means that even after your installation, your wood floor continues to react to the environment.
Part of what this means is expansion and contraction during different times of the year, depending on humidity levels. But, another thing that plays into this is how your wood floor reacts to light. Many varieties of wood floors tend to change color over time, for instance. This is called ‘photosensitivity’, and some species are more photosensitive than others.
Here’s Rob and Matt to explain a bit more about this effect, and what to do if its a concern.
So you’ve installed a wood floor, while making sure to minimize mess along the way, and have picked up a few pointers on how to keep them clean and healthy. But, sometimes life happens, and you find yourself in the position of having to figure out how to repair minor wood floor abrasions.
Rob and Matt talk here about the issue of seeing to minor abrasions and dents in your wood floor, with a few tips about how to prevent them in the first place, too.
Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at a related topic: what to do about wood floor fading.
On Friday, we talked about ways of minimizing mess when installing a wood floor. And once the installation is completed, you get to see just how radically your wood floor has transformed your space right away. But, how do you keep it looking great?
Here’s Rob and Matt talking about ways to keep your wood flooring clean. This is not just cleanliness for its own sake which can have a positive impact on air quality and other health factors, but for the overall long term health of the floor, too:
Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at another area related to this one; minor repairs to wood floors.
Even though it’s become much easier for the non-professional in more recent years, wood flooring installation is a big job. And because of this, pointers on how to make the most of your energy and your time when installing wood floors can be like gold.
As you install your wood floor, one big consideration is mess. From the dust that is created when you’re cutting boards, to the glue you might use to strengthen the hold of installed boards, to the scraps of boards which you’ve cut, it can make a tough job tougher if you don’t manage it correctly.
Here’s Rob and Matt talking about some of the ways to minimize onsite mess when you’re installing a prefinished wood floor:
On Monday, we’ll look at cleaning wood flooring in the long term, after you’ve installed them, to do what you can to keep them looking as great as they do when they’re first installed.
