In 2024, the most popular flooring for homes is made of wood. While carpet flooring used to be the favorite used among homeowners for its warmth, comfort, and softness, now priorities have changed. If you are thinking about updating your floors to hardwood, but aren’t sure whether it’s the right choice, here are five benefits of having hardwood floors in your home.
Low Maintenance
Unlike carpets which need to be steamed or vacuumed regularly, hardwood floors can be cleaned up with the help of a strong sweep from a good broom. It’s important to regularly maintain the cleanliness of your floors by using a vacuum with a soft floor attachment. However, with hardwood floors, you won’t have to worry about intense stains that will ruin its aesthetics. When something spills on a carpet floor, it might take a lot of intense scrubbing to remove the floor. With hardwood floors, you can wipe up the spill with a paper towel or mop and you’re good to go.
Safe & Clean for All
Hardwood flooring is the safest option in terms of sanitation. Carpets can collect and hide large amounts of dust, germs, and other debris that can be dangerous for your pets or little kids who spend time on the floor. When hardwood flooring is installed there is no place for dust or other kinds of germs to hide; they will be in plain sight. This will help any individual in your home who struggles with allergies caused by any kind of environment.
Color Lasts Longer
Many floors that have carpet furnishings will lose their color over a period of time. With any kind of home, these carpet floors will just endure wear and tear due to footprints and movement. With hardwood flooring, the appearance will stay shiny and the color will not have the chance to fade. A regular finish on a hardwood floor lasts about seven to ten years.
An Acoustic Goldmine
Do you have any musicians or singers in your family? With hardwood floors, the acoustics will sound crisp and clean. Hardwood reduces hollow sounds and vibrations that occur in a home that has carpet or tile. Have you noticed hardwood flooring if you stepped into a dance or music studio? That’s because the vibrations are almost diminished with the use of hardwood floors.
Sustainable
Wood flooring is the most abundantly renewable flooring material available because the annual net growth for hardwoods is greater than the average annual removal rate. These kinds of floors also use less water and energy to produce and will be recycled at the end of their cycle. Compared to carpet, which uses more synthetic materials and is treated with more chemicals, wood floors will last longer and use tools that won’t hurt the environment.
Install Your Hardwood Floor with Liberty
Liberty Painting and Siding offers wood floor installation services that will make all of your floors look like new. When you decide to work with us for your wood floor installation, make sure that you are prepared by removing all the furniture where the floors will be installed; it’s also important to make sure that the space is pet and child-free before we come to install.
When installation day commences, vacate the area but always have your phone on you in case we have questions or need to update you on the project. Then, after the floor is installed, make sure that you are maintaining the beauty of the floor by periodic sweeping and cleaning.
Reap the benefits of hardwood flooring and get them installed today.
