How Mr. Howard saved on hardwood floor maintenance costs.

Hardwood floor maintenance can cost you a bomb. There are numerous waxes, polishes & cleaning agents that are involved, not to mention the equipment required to keep your flooring looking spick and span. Hiring a cleaning company will work up an equally lengthy bill. However, you can reduce these costs by simply employing certain proactive measures. Don’t believe us? Read how Mr. Howard enjoyed tremendous saving through certain preemptive maintenance measures.

1. Rubber caps on furniture.

Among the first things Mr. Howard did when he had his hardwood floor installed was to put rubber caps on all his furniture. This ensured that every time someone used the furniture, the friction caused by its legs and the floor would cause scratches. These rubber or felt tips for your furniture will cost you next to nothing but will save you from a damaged floor and extensive maintenance costs.

2. A good entrance mat.

Every time you enter the floor, grit and dirt is tracked into your home. Treading on this grit continuously is as good as applying sandpaper to your floor, only the ill effects will happen steadily and without even knowing about it. Therefore, have a show stand at the entrance of your home and have a thick mat that keeps dirt from entering your home. 

3. Rugs & carpets help reduce the cost of hardwood floor maintenance.

Sunlight gradually corrodes the top layer and finish of a wood floor. At the same time, natural light is very important to us, this makes heavy tinting and closed shutters a bad idea. However, a simple solution to this catch 22 is to have carpets and rugs in high sunlight area of your home. Now, the areas that are exposed to the sun will wear differently than those areas that are covered by rugs or carpet. Mr. Howard avoided this by changing the position of his furniture, rugs & carpets periodically to ensure uniform fading.

4. Pets.

Mr. Howard is a dog lover, he has 3 huge German Shepherds who he loves and adored. At the same time he realizes that every excited sprint they take is going to leave scratches on his floor. Keeping this in mind, he periodically trims his pet’s nails.

5. Regular vacuuming and cleaning.

No matter what you do, some dirt and grit will still makes its way to your flooring. And as explained earlier, this will wreak havoc on the finish of your wood floor. This is why it is very important to vacuum your floor regularly. You can complement this with a regular cleaning with a maintenance agent suggested by your flooring company.

These were 5 of the proactive measures Mr. Howard uses to keep his Hardwood floor maintenance costs to a minimum. If you follow some of these tips, you too save by minimizing to the need to carryout comprehensive maintenance on regular basis. We hope these pointers have been helpful and aid you in keeping you wood floors looking like new for longer. Good luck and all the best.