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Cork Flooring
Most homeowners are unaware of the wonderful benefits that cork flooring has to offer. It is a wonderful alternative to wood or tile flooring. It offers the same in durability, yet brings a soft underfoot and sound-deadening surface into the mix. Installing a beautiful cork floor will cut down on your heating and cooling bills. Also, cork is a renewable resource, resistant to mold and mildew, fire-resistant and extremely easy to clean.
Cork flooring is offered in several different colorations and textures. You can choose to have your cork flooring pre-finished or finished on the site. Also, you can have cork installed as either planks or tiles and it can be glued down to a variety of sub floors. To avoid a messy installation, cork is also available as floating-floor systems.
Over time, cork flooring will start to show signs of aging. Direct sunlight will cause cork flooring to fade, often turning it a yellowish color. Changes in humidity and heat will also have an affect on cork. In addition, excessive moisture, say from wet mopping the floor, may cause the seams to swell. For this reason, it suggested that you avoid mopping cork floors.
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Hardwood Flooring Trends
Hardwood floors are one of the most beautiful flooring options out there. You
can’t go wrong with the warmth and elegance brought to your home with wood.
Nearly any kind of wood can be used as hardwood
flooring. However, there are a few trends in hardwood floors and the three most
popular trends include Cypress floors, Hickory floors and hand-scraped hardwood
flooring.
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Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring is an inexpensive, long-lasting, durable flooring option. It
is very well liked by homeowners because installation is easy, it requires very
little maintenance, and it is environmentally friendly. Laminate flooring looks
very similar to hardwood flooring; however, it is not made from wood at all. It
is actually made from several materials that are bonded together.
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Refinishing Hardwood Floors
Of all flooring materials, hardwood flooring is perhaps the most practical. Once
it is installed and treated, it will hold up for a long time and only require
cleaning here and there. However, depending on the amount of wear and tear it
receives, eventually the protective finish will wear off. Once this protective
finish starts to fade away, it becomes time to refinish the flooring.
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