Professional Wood Flooring Installation & Restoration Contractors in Westerville, OH

The temperature in your home should be maintained between 66 and 75 degrees year round. If you leave town, it is crucial that you leave your heat running in the winter and your air running in the summer. Swings in temperatures can adversely impact your wood floors.

Use floor protectors under the feet of your furniture. If you have casters on furniture, make sure they are barrel type wheels (a minimum of 1" continuous width is recommended). When moving furniture, use extra caution. Never drag furniture to a new location, always lift. Also, be aware that certain shoe types like stiletto heels can damage hardwood because of the pressure exerted through them. If you have pets, remember to keep their nails trimmed. Also, we advise you to use dirt-trapping walk-off mats near all exterior doors to keep out the type of debris that scratches hardwood floors.

Installing hardwood is a construction project. Accordingly, you will want to pack up any loose items, protect any items that are sensitive to dust, and secure any valuables or breakables. In addition, you will want to make sure the temperature and humidity levels are within the accepted ranges described below. The wood, typically, will need to acclimate in your home two to three days before installation in the same room that it is being installed. Before installation, you will want to secure any necessary approvals from your building or condo management board and reserve elevator time. You will also want to designate an area that the installer can set up his tools and where he can cut the hardwood. If you have pets it is a good idea to have them stay elsewhere during the installation of hardwood.

You want to paint after the hardwood is installed for a couple reasons. For one, dust will result from the installation process. Another reason is that walls may get dinged and any baseboard or quarter round installed will only be primed white so you will need to have a painter finish those after the installation.

There are a couple reasons why 10-15% extra product is recommended. Unless your space is a perfect square, cuts are going to need to be made to the hardwood during the installation process, which results in waste. In addition, given the variation in hardwood products, you are going to want to be able to discard boards that you don't like. The industry standard for imperfect boards is about 5%. Finally, the last thing you want to happen is for your project to be delayed while you are waiting for one more box of wood because the measurements were too tight. Bear in mind, if you are installing a floor on a diagonal you will need to order even more product.