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How to Prevent Scratches on Your Wood Floors?
by Alex M. Worked as a Business Development ManagerWood floors are not only a decoration to
make the home look great but it is also the dream of many. Therefore, a little
scratch on the floor can make your mood completely upset. However, a contractor
for wood flooring San Francisco
mentioned that one can take measures to avoid the scratches on the wood floor.
Scratches are inevitable on wood floors, but taking proper measures can prevent
the scratches on the floor. Some of the best ways to prevent the scratches on
wood floors are mentioned over here.
Take off the shoes
Most of the scratches on the wood floor
come from the shoes. This can have a large impact on the wood floors. Even if
you can completely stop one from entering wood floors with shoes, you will be not
surprised by seeing that it will look as new even after a couple of years.
However, you can place a bench for the people who are coming from outside to
sit and take off their shoes. Further, you must arrange some shelves to keep
the shoes systematically.
Place doormats
Water (and snow/salt) are the worst
culprits and the areas by the door tend to wear down the fastest because of
this. It is better to get entrance mats one for outside and one for inside the
door. It will prevent the water and other harmful materials to enter and damage
the wooden floor in your home.
Pads for the furniture
It is not only the shoes, often the
movement of the furniture can scratch the wood
flooring San Francisco. It happens mostly happens with the chairs.
Often chair movement creates a huge problem. Therefore, it is important that
use a proper pad for it, which will prevent the chairs from making the scratch
marks on the floor.
Avoid the chair rollers
Often people think that rollers will move
over and it will not make a scratch mark. However, that is not true. These
really scratch up floors as dirt and grit tend to get caught in them. It is
better to avoid these or to get mat on the floor else it will devastate your
flooring. However, still, if you are considering the rollers, then go for the
office chair caster wheels. These are a better option for hardwood flooring.
Clean the house outside
Keeping the protective measures inside the
home is fine. But to remain to ensure, it is better that you must focus on
cleaning the outside of the home too. You must periodically clean and sweep the
outside, especially in key entry areas the front entrance, garage, back porch
to ensure a scratch less wood flooring
San Francisco.
Final Words
Therefore, over here in this article, you
have seen how to prevent the wood floors to get scratches. Scratches often
destroy the glam look of the wood flooring. Therefore, maintaining the
following steps will help your floor shining longer.
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About Alex M. 
Worked as a Business Development Manager
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