Flooring Journal: Flooring Education

In a survey conducted by the National Wood Flooring Association that involved real estate agents across the country, the agents noted that wood floors can add significant value to your house. For example, if a homeowner's house is valued at $200,000 and $10,000 is invested in hardwood flooring the house...

Sustainable forest management has made the impact of the hard wood flooring industry almost non-existent to the environment because of the renewable resource of the trees can be re-used indefinitely for a lifetime. As the harvesting and planting efforts work in tandem to insure little to no impact on forests,...

Wood is a natural material and wood oils often have a strongly anti-bacterial action. Wood floors, unlike carpets, do not trap and accumulate concentrations of harmful chemicals and fumes, nor do they become homes for unpleasant parasites. The World Health Organization and other environmental bodies recommend that in the interests...

Wood flooring can be finished in numerous different ways. Some finishes are burnished into the wood, some are natural oils that harden over time, some are a top coating that actually builds a film of protective finish over the wood and others chemically bond to the wood fibers to seal the...