Hardwood Installation

Are you speculating on a hardwood installation for your home? Well here is a step by step guide on what to do and what not to for installing hardwood in your home. Haven't you all languished after a romantic hardwood flooring, ever since having owned a home? There's a certain unmistakable charm about wood that's associated with all things nice especially when it comes to beautifying your home. To top the beauty quotient, a hardwood flooring is very durable, hence the long years of guarantee that you get on installation.

The successful installation of hardwood flooring depends on several factors; keeping this in mind you should know the following:

o An assessment of the flooring prospects of your home, in terms of what type of flooring would be most suitable keeping in mind your choice of a hardwood installation

o Careful planning to the last detail and effective execution of the same in a time bound frame keeping in mind your comfort and privacy

o Keeping you abreast on all the stages of the hardwood flooring installation from estimating your home, estimate of materials needed, using the proper tools needed, evaluating the sub-floor, selecting the right under laying, etc

o A quality check on the raw material to be used depending on the work done, wood to be, cost factors and layout.

The following methods are usually used to go about the process of pre-finished hardwood flooring -

- Engineered Floating

- Glue Down

- Click Lock Floating

- Nail/Staple

Precautions you need to take before starting on hardwood flooring installation

As you must be aware, pre-finished hardwood can be subject to expansion and contraction, it is therefore necessary that it is acclimatized to the climate it will be used in for some time. We advice you to do this at least 48 hours before the installation process begins.

There are many installers who will not tell you so, but you need to ensure that the installers leave a minimum of 1/8-inch expansion space when the wood is being cut to the wall. In fact this is a mandatory process for installation of hardwood flooring in your home, especially keeping in mind the climate and temperature changes that occur in most places. If you want one, a humidifier is recommend, especially for the winter months with the temperature and humidity both dropping and the fire place constantly running.

In case of a first time hardwood flooring installation, the use of red rosin paper as an underlayment for the hardwood is highly recommended. This prevents moisture from damaging the new installment.

Floor basics necessary for installation-

You must take care that you have a well supported floor before you begin the process of flooring installation. For this you need a 3/4 inch of plywood, for going ahead with the installation of hardwood flooring in your home.

Whether you are installing the hardwood as a floating floor or glue it down, care needs to be taken that the floor is flat, smooth and clean of any particulars that may spoil the smoothness of a hardwood flooring.

Before you hire a particular installation agency to do up the hardwood flooring ensure that the floor is well rid of all moisture, in the concrete or sub-floor areas. You might also use a wood moisture meter to detect any moisture in order to protect your hardwood flooring installation from any damage.

You should be aware of

When you place a contract for flooring installation make sure that the installers give you a whole package that includes, pre-finished transition ideas, decoration and after care tips, etc. You should also ensure that your home will be delivered to you in a stipulated time as promised.

Having work men around your home often leads to invasion of privacy and other associated hassles, in order to tackle this ask the agency to maintain a deadline of sorts. As an end result you are delivered a home with a brand new hardwood flooring installation bang on time minus the headaches, isn't that simply great!

Understanding and keeping up with responsibilities of hardwood installation in your home

Make sure that the firm you are hiring to do your installation understand and care for you home and the things within. That is why, if there is any baseboard or molding or for that matter any thing of your choice that needs to be removed before proceeding with the hardwood installation, you must ask the installers to be utmost careful and do so while taking care not to damage it. The installers should also reinstall whatever has been undone during the process of installation in your home.

In order to get the best benefits of the hardwood installation services, check on your manufacturer for the quality of pre-finished hardwood, this would in fact guarantee you more number of years in terms of your flooring installation.

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