{"id":154,"date":"2016-07-05T02:16:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T02:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:04:37","slug":"care-for-nj-wood-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/care-for-nj-wood-floors\/","title":{"rendered":"After Wood Floor Installation or Floor Refinishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main reasons we go for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor installation<\/a> in our homes or offices is the fact they don\u2019t stain or stack up dirt. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood floors<\/a> are very easy to maintain and keeping them clean is not at all a hard job as compared to carpets. To keep your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">flooring<\/a> as good as news, there are a few tips that you need to consider or practice. Whether you are going for a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor install<\/a> or getting an old one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">refinished<\/a>, following are a few points which will help you in keeping your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> as good as new.<\/p>\n<p><b>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Regular Cleaning<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Rugs for the traffic areas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Felt pads for furniture<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Avoid scratching<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Equilibrium in temperature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Regular Cleaning<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nRule of thumb to keep <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> clean or as good as new is to keep them away from dust gathering up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">floor<\/a>. To extend the life of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">hardwood floor<\/a>, do not let the dirt or small dust particles stash up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a>. This can result in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">floors<\/a> losing its original luster and shine. \u00a0\u00a0Dry-mop or vacuum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">floor<\/a> will help get rid of all dirt and debris on the surface.\u00a0 Besides the basic cleaning, there are a few things that are to be taken care of right away such as any sort of wet spills. Never leave any moisture to sit on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a>; it can end up damaging the seal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floors-nj-cleaning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floors-nj-cleaning-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"floors-nj-cleaning\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floors-nj-cleaning-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floors-nj-cleaning.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Rugs for the traffic areas<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Heavy traffic areas in your home tend to get lots dirt. People with all the different type of footwear walk through certain part of homes or businesses which can cause scratches to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a>. To avoid such situations, it\u2019s always better to have mats or rugs in hallways and entryways.\u00a0 The aim is to not let the dirt sit and settle down on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a>. Thorough cleaning of such areas time to time will also help keep the original look of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-nj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-nj-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"flooring-nj\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-nj-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-nj.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Felt pads for furniture<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With new or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">refinished hardwood floors<\/a> you have to be very careful in terms of scratches or damages. The furniture should have felt pads underneath the legs, so there are no chances of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">floors<\/a> being scratched. Furniture items like chairs or sofas which can be dragged easily must have the felt pads, because when they are intentionally or unintentionally dragged there are no chances of scratches or damage to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-care-NJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-care-NJ-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flooring-care-NJ\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-care-NJ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-care-NJ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/flooring-care-NJ.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Avoid scratching<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood flooring<\/a>, new or refinished, needs to be protected from scratches.\u00a0 One of the most common ways <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> get scratches is through the pet\u2019s nails. Keeping your pets nails trimmed will help you unwanted scratches.<\/p>\n<p><b>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Equilibrium in temperature<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood flooring<\/a> comes in form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">hardwood planks<\/a> and they tend to expand or collapse based upon the extremity of temperature.\u00a0 Expanding or collapsing can create overlap or gaps in between the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">planks<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Hardwood<\/a> is a natural product and it reacts to environmental changes. So it\u2019s always recommended to have constant temperature in your home or office space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main reasons we go for wood floor installation in our homes or offices is the fact they don\u2019t stain or stack up dirt. Wood floors are very&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/care-for-nj-wood-floors\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">After Wood Floor Installation or Floor Refinishing<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,48,56,52,53,46,37,27,44,45,60,54,50,35,10,34,30,38,36,20,18,12,32,33,17,21,61,43,11,16,39,14,41,8,40,29,57,58,15,55,49,51,59,5,26,6,28,9,31,25,42,47],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brazilian-cherry-hardwood-floors-paramus","tag-east-rutherford","tag-edgewater","tag-englewood","tag-englewood-cliffs","tag-floor-installation-nj","tag-floor-installers-in-nj","tag-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-flooring-installation-new-jersey","tag-flooring-installation-nj","tag-flooring-nj","tag-fort-lee","tag-hackensack","tag-hard-wood-floor-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-installation-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-floor-nj","tag-hardwood-floor-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-installation-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-flooring-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-paramus","tag-hardwood-floors-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-floors-nj","tag-hardwood-floors-refinishing-nj","tag-hoboken","tag-new-jersey-flooring-installation","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-floor-refinishing","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-flooring","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-floors","tag-new-jersey-wood-flooring","tag-nj-flooring-installation","tag-nj-hardwood-flooring","tag-nj-hardwood-flooring-installation","tag-nj-hardwood-floors","tag-north-bergen","tag-paramus","tag-refinishing-hardwood-floors-nj","tag-ridgefield","tag-rutherford","tag-teaneck","tag-tenafly","tag-wood-floor-installation-nj","tag-wood-floor-nj","tag-wood-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-wood-flooring-new-jersey","tag-wood-flooring-nj","tag-wood-floors-new-jersey","tag-wood-floors-nj","tag-wood-hardwood-flooring-installation-new-jersey","tag-wood-refinishing-nj","excerpt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}