What is Your Hardwood Floor Trying to Tell You?
A hardwood floor is pretty easy to maintain. Spills, pet accidents, and other common mishaps are very easy to clean up. But that doesn’t mean your hardwood floor is invincible. In fact, hardwood floors can become run down, scratched up, and destroyed over time. When this happens, many wood floor owners think they need to replace the floor in order to have a beautiful home again. These people are wrong and simply need to learn how to listen to what their flooring is trying to tell them.
Obviously your floor won’t talk to you, but signs of damage can speak volumes for themselves. More than likely, this damage will be telling you that it can be repaired through hardwood floor refinishing from N-Hance Wood Refinishing of Fort Wayne. Refinishing your hardwood floors in the Fort Wayne area is significantly more affordable than trying to replace the whole thing. Learning whether or not your floor should be refinished can be tricky if you don’t know what you’re listening, or really looking for. As the experts in floor refinishing, we have some tips to help you see when your floor might be telling you that it is time to refinish.
Colors Fading or Changing
The color of your wood flooring will naturally change over time. This happens because of the sun, foot traffic, occasional spills, and even pet urine accidents. In the worst cases, the color will change from it’s normal natural tone to a dingy black or gray. If you see this happening in your floor, then it’s trying to tell you to call our floor refinishing professionals here at N-Hance of Fort Wayne.
Deep & Noticeable Scratches
Your wood flooring can be somewhat fragile. You slide a piece of furniture across it the wrong way and all of the sudden you have a deep 6 inch scratch right in the middle. Scratching is just another part of the hardwood floor experience. There’s not a person or house pet out there who hasn’t accidentally caused a scratch or two to appear on a nice hardwood floor. Most of the time, a scratch won’t be deep enough to be noticeable so when you start to see them clearly, your floor is telling you there is a problem that needs to be fixed.
The Shape is Warping
Warping is probably the most tricky thing to deal with. It’s usually the result of water damage either from a flood, or years of leaks in your pipes. The truth is, warping may have damaged the wood beyond repair. Knowing what the floor is trying to say can be difficult because of this. You will probably need an expert to come in and tell you exactly what can be done, and what your floor is telling you it needs. Luckily, N-Hance Wood Refinishing of Fort Wayne offers free estimates where we can properly diagnose the issues to see if refinishing can fix your warping wood floor problem.
Conclusion
Every wood floor will need to be refinished eventually. The further you push it off the worse it will be. If you’re noticing any of these signs, or other possible signs of damage, it’s possible your floor is telling you to call N-Hance Wood Refinishing of Fort Wayne today. We use state-of-the-art floor refinishing equipment and techniques that will get the job done right. Our system can even be adapted to non-sandable wood floors like bamboo, cork, or engineered. There’s really no excuse so hop on the phone today and restore your wood flooring back to its original beauty.