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Hardwood Floor Care & Maintenance
Keep Your Floors Beautiful
Protect Your Flooring Investment
PROTECTION
Protect your floor with prevention. Dirt, grit, and sand are wood's biggest enemies; they act like sandpaper on the finish, creating scratches and dulling the shine. Place floor mats or rugs at entrances to catch these particles. Rubber backing on rugs will not harm floors unless they have PVC in them. Rugs labeled with PVC can cause discoloration of the floor. Rug pads should be made of 100% rubber, 100% vinyl, or felt. Rugpadusa.com has a variety of choices and sizes.
To further prevent nicks and scratches, avoid dragging furniture across the floor when moving it; lift it instead. Placing felt contacts or chair glides under the legs of chairs and tables can help to eliminate the problem.
Maintenance, Floor Care Products, and Chair Glides are available at the Showroom.
MAINTENANCE
For regular maintenance of wood floors, use a broom with fine, exploded ends to trap dust and grit or a dust mop with a 12-to-18-inch cotton or microfiber head. Do not use a mop treatment when dust mopping. Vacuums with brush attachments may be used; however, do not use a vacuum with a beater bar.
DAMP MOPPING
When damp mopping your floor, use only water and neutral-pH cleaners made specifically for hardwood floors. We recommend Woodwise Hardwood Floor Cleaner. Never use products that may leave an oil or wax residue, as this may cause adhesion problems when maintenance coats of finish are applied.
Mix water and cleaner in a pail first. Never pour water directly onto the wood floor. Dip a soft cloth or rag mop into the mixture, wring thoroughly, and apply to the floor. Premixed cleaner in spray bottles can be used for quick touch-ups.
WATER
Water and other standing liquids can damage a floor's finish. Standing water can warp a finished floor. Starting at the edge and working toward the center, wipe up spills and other mishaps when they happen.
SUNLIGHT
Sunlight can cause discoloration over time. Close curtains and blinds or add sheer drapes to protect a hardwood floor from intense UV rays.
SHOES
Shoes with exposed nails or women’s stiletto heels will dent any hardwood or vinyl floor, chip ceramic tile, and puncture carpet
Customer Reviews
Joy Nebeker
They did a great job on my hickory floor. It goes great with my new cabinets. Just make sure when you get your floor that you ask lots of questions so you know what your getting and the process.
Marina Atkinson
We are so happy with our floors from K.T. Hardwoods. The Crew that worked on our house was the best. Rob ans Demetri. I’m so glad we had them. They paid attention to details and discussed with us any concerns we had. They send above and beyond to meet our needs with the floors. We also had very little dust which made me very happy. I can say enough good about our experience and are thrilled with our outcome.
Mark B. Taylor, MD
We love our hardwood floor installed 21 years ago by KT hardwoods and refinished a week ago to perfection. They are the best. They refinished the floor perfectly without damaging any of our white floorboard or getting dust throughout the rest of the house. I gave them five stars for a perfect job.
Karl Mudge
KT Harwoods installed the Hall Ventura Dune engineered hardwood flooring in our pool room on September 5th in one day. Everyone we interacted with were great to work with, from Andrea at the front desk, to Janine's handling of the financials and scheduling the work, to the installers who were here promptly at 8:30 in the morning on installation day and did meticulous work, especially where the flooring meets our existing tile at the entrance to the pool room, and to Shane who oversaw it all. They were very accommodating throughout the entire process, and sincerely made every effort to make sure we were happy with the outcome; which we are. We couldn't be happier with the outcome. Thanks, KT Hardwoods.
Jazminetjb Boyle
Extraordinary beauty and fine workmanship. KT Hardwood installed true hardwood floors in in 1998 for two rooms. We had them come back in 2020 to refinish 2 rooms and add 3 more rooms. They all match and are wonderful. Thank you