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Installing Bruce hardwood flooring on the floors
of your home is one of the best investments that you can ever make.
It will add to the ambiance of any room and increase the value of
your home if you ever want to sell. Each grade of wood used in Bruce
hardwood carries a warranty all its own. Choose from three grades of
hardwood – Good, Better and Best – to have hardwood floors with
knots and character. The Best grade in Bruce hardwood flooring is
the most expensive, but it also has the best quality wood and the
best warranty.
Even with Bruce hardwood flooring, you will see variations in the
wood in each plank. This is what will give your hardwood floors the
unique appearance that you want to achieve. This variation exists in
all qualities of Bruce hardwood floors because no two boards are the
same. You do have to be careful even with hardwood even though it is
solid. If you place furniture with sharp edges on the flooring it
will dent the hardwood. Bruce wood flooring also goes through a
natural aging process so if you have an area covered with a rug,
when you move it the floor underneath will be lighter in color. It
is recommended that you do move rugs from time to time to prevent
this discoloration from occurring.
Sometimes, people who have installed Bruce wood flooring in their
homes hear popping sounds when they walk across the floors. This is
not defect in the Bruce hardwood flooring and is perfectly natural,
so there is no cause for alarm. All hardwood goes through a process
called patina and it may be caused by an uneven subfloor under the
Bruce hardwood floors. If you glue the hardwood planks in place, you
do have to make sure that you use the trowels properly when applying
the adhesive so that you have a perfectly uniform surface for the
hardwood floors.
Although it is not recommended, you can have Bruce hardwood flooring
in the bathroom of your home. This is because hardwood is not
conducive to areas of the home where there is excessive moisture.
The choice to use unfinished or prefinished Bruce wood flooring is a
matter of personal taste. It depends on how much work you want to do
to finish the floor yourself or how much time you want to spend on
maintenance of the Bruce hardwood floors. There are advantages and
disadvantages to both, so you can ask the Bruce experts for advice
when you are selecting your hardwood flooring. Prefinished hardwood
does have more advantages, such as longer finish warranties, uniform
stain application in a factory setting and it is easier to keep
clean.
If you want to install Bruce hardwood flooring in areas where there
will be lots of traffic, the Dura Lustre Plus finish will allow you
to do this without any worries. Bruce offers commercial finishes for
its hardwood floors, but it doesn’t recommend using mats in doorways
or in front of the kitchen sink. Bruce does not recommend that you
wax Bruce wood floorings. To keep the natural shine of Bruce
hardwood flooring all you have to do is wash it up with a water
based cleaner for hardwood floors and give it an occasional buffing.
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