Atlanta Hardwood Flooring Explains How to Protect Your Wood Floors

    NORCROSS, GA, October 02, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hardwood flooring in Atlanta can take a beating, but there is a proper way to care and maintain hardwood flooring, explains Atlanta Hardwood Flooring. Hardwood flooring may be exposed a myriad of environmental causes that will damage hardwood flooring. Shoes, pets, tracked in dirt, and furniture can all scratch and damage hardwood flooring in Atlanta, but there is a way to maintain that pristine glow.

"Hardwood flooring is durable and beautiful, but it can seem difficult to maintain that beauty when you consider the elements the flooring is exposed to," states PJ Hart, founder of Atlanta Hardwood Flooring, an Atlanta-based hardwood flooring company. "One of the easiest ways to avoid damage is eliminate the threats."

Atlanta Hardwood Flooring suggests taking off shoes before entering the house, keeping pets nails trimmed and clipped, and placing pads underneath furniture to help protect your hardwood flooring from any accidental scratches.

Homeowners can also help protect hardwood flooring in Atlanta by maintaining a regular cleaning and waxing schedule, which adds a protective coating to the wood panels. Coating and waxing can seal up accidental scratches and build up a protective layer on the boards so that wear-and-tear scratches can be avoided.

Homeowners should most careful of wearing shoes on hardwood flooring in Atlanta. Shoes can track in dirt, which can act like sandpaper on the floor and create small scratches in the finish. With Atlanta being such a humid place during the summer, these small scratches and cracks can also let in moisture and cause the boards to swell. Humidity also heavily affects hardwood flooring in Atlanta, and homeowners should consider using a dehumidifier in rooms with wood floors to protect the flooring from swelling and pulling away.

Learn more about protecting hardwood flooring at http://www.atlantahardwoodflooring.com

About Atlanta Hardwood Flooring:

Family owned and operated, Atlanta Hardwood Flooring is the ultimate source of excellence and quality for hardwood flooring in Atlanta. Founded in 1997 by industry veteran PJ Hart, Atlanta Hardwood Flooring installs and refinishes hardwood floors with unmatched expertise and attention to detail. Atlanta Hardwood Flooring offers a wide range of products and services to provide Atlanta homeowners with the best quality hardwood floors available.

For more information, visit http://www.atlantahardwoodflooring.com

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