The tips for wood flooring crackings

At present, for the new house decoration, many people choose real wood flooring, and hardwood flooring prices are a little higher. Therefore, once any quality problems of the wood flooring occurs, it would be really frustrating. the most common problem of wood flooring is the floor cracking, which is determined by the characteristics of the wood flooring itself.Once you have installed and used the flooring properly, even when the flooring is fully qualified product, this quality problem may also occur. So the flooring maintenance is very important.

Duiring wooden floors maintenance, we should be sure to keep the floor dry and clean. Usually, flooring moisture content remains 8~12% and for such wood flooring under normal circumstances, there would be no problem.

But improper installation and usage also will cause wood floor quality problem, such as no waterproof process when installing; cleaning with water pouring or wiping with soap water or alkali water (these actions will damage the gloss of the lacquer); no isolation between bathroom and living room(or bedroom) ; no close the curtains in summer ,then the direct strong sunshine  makes the wooden floors cracking; too low temperature setting for the air conditioner , causing huge temperature change day and night, resulting in the violent expansion or contraction and  deformation cracking for the hardwood flooring.

After the hardwood flooring is installed, if any flooring boards are found cupping up, we should at once take up these flooring boards and remove the old glue and ash, use new glue and press closely; if some flooring boards’s lacquer damaged or falling down, we could use  No. 400 sandpaper dipped with SOAP water for polishing, and then clean these floor boards, make the finishing or lacquer after painting these boards, finally polish with wax again 24 hours later drying. Waxing the wood flooring once time every month is one of the best ways of maintenance, but make sure that clean the moisture and stains on the flooring before waxing.

The engineered wood flooring maintenance

Many people tend to focus on the purchase of multi-layer engineered wood flooring, but overlooked the flooring maintenance issues. However,several years later, the multi-layer wood flooring appears arching, cracks, dim colors and so on. If we don't find out the root of this problem, all could be blamed would be the quality problem of multi-layer engineered wood flooring.　　 In fact, the engineered wood flooring needs maintenance all the time, which will prolong the the lifetime of the flooring, keeping the fantastic gloss or color of the surface.

What we should do to maintain the engineered wood flooring ?

1, for ordinary maintenance, please use a vacuum cleaner and dry cloth to wipe and clean the wood flooring. too wet wiping with mop can easily lead to multiply wood flooring  arching and cupping;

2, if your multiply wooden floor is very dirty, the first job is to clear the sands,dusts or other trash; then dip the rag in water with neutral detergent, wire the mop dry thoroughly before mopping the multi-layer solid wood flooring. It would be best  to wax the wood flooring after the flooring surface is completely dry. In addition, lay the doormat at the entrance, put on the shoes for indoor use after getting into rooms;　

3 During waxing the engineered wood flooring, we need to soak the rags with aqueous wax, wipe with the soaked rags in the direction of flooring wood grain. Do not pour the aqueous wax directly on the flooring surface and wipe, this easily will make the wax film uneven;

4, During the waxing process, please keep a good indoor ventilation.If the room temperature is below 5 degree or the temperature change is very huge on a rainy day, the wax probably would get whitened or bleaching.thus we need to try best to avoid waxing wood flooring under such circumstances;　

　5, Pls do not walk on the waxed wood flooring before the wax is completely dried. It is best for us to walk in after 4 hours when the waxing is finished.

6, For the maintenance of the flooring, waxing the multiply wood flooring every quarter (3 months) is a perfect option. Too frequent waxing and too late waxing are both not good to the flooring coating.

Flooring maintenance in winter: Humidification is the key

Cold winter is coming, thousands of families have turned on the underfloor heating, the

temperature of the wood flooring began to increase, self-heating floor from development to

maturity and then put on the market, warm home floor share a pleasant moment of life.

How to deal with Self-heating floors in the face of all kinds of heating.

In terms of Consumers' trend, the ground-heating flooring is the first choice for most

people,basically, using ground heating to go through the whole winte. In order to prevent

cracking of the floor, warped, etc., we need to have strict control of the surface

temperature which should not be over 30 ℃. Humidity control is also extremely

important, as we all know, once the ground temperature rises, the moisture content of

the hardwood flooring will reduce and lead to shrinkage cracks when it is exposed to

heat. To prevent the occurrence of such thing, it is recommended to increase the idoor

humidity appropriately. Waxing wood flooring is also a good option, to keep the moisture

content inside r and reduce the extent of expansion.

Of course, there are many ways to increase the indoor humidity, you can use a humidifier

to humidify.If there is no humidifier, pls use a dry cotton mop to wipe the floor can also

play a good effect. In order to keep a relatively stable environment for the wood

flooring, you should ensure that the indoor humidity above 50%.

After controling the temperature and humidity, you should avod stuffing too many things

and legless furniture on it, so as not to affect the heating of the floors. At the same time, pls

do not place foam or plastic products on the floor, such items after long-term contact with

heating, may produce harmful gases which are bad for health.

Enjoy the better home life but also the environmental lifestyle.