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Flooring
Care
Tips that can help increase the life and beauty
of the flooring in your home.
- Use doormats outside each entrance to your
home to stop dirt, granules of sand stone
etc., and other substances such as oil,
grease and driveway sealer from being tracked
onto your floor.
- Since vinyl flooring is durable and easy
to keep clean, it's a top choice for kitchens,
bathrooms, recreation areas, and other well-used
rooms where foot traffic is usually high.
- Laminate floors can look like real wood,
tile or stone and will not scuff, indent,
or fade in high traffic areas.
- Designers consider the floor the "fifth
wall" in a room, and its color is as
important as those of the four walls, window
treatments, furniture or ceiling.
- When choosing a carpet color, examine the
carpet sample in the room where it will
be used in the daylight and at night. Also,
place it in the center of the room, against
a window wall, and in a dark corner because
lighting determines how a color will look.
- Small, narrow, or rooms with low ceilings
will appear more spacious with a neutral
carpet that easily blends with the wall
color.
- Bamboo flooring is available in over thirty
colors, ranging from its natural blond color,
to darker amber shades.
- To clean difficult spots from ceramic tile
floors, it is important to use a soft brush
or synthetic scouring pad. It steel wool
or a metal brush is used, there may be scratches
on the surface of the tiles.
- Hard wooden floors should be refinished
if water or moisture leaves a dark, wet
spot and soaks right in.
- A revolutionary new flooring product known
as Naturcor cushioned vinyl, is designed
to resemble the beautiful, natural look
of hardwood or stone while providing a strong,
durable, but cushioned surface.
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