The advantages of solid oak flooring

 

Oak has deep roots in the history of the human kind. As a tree it used to be worshiped by the ancient European tribes, as a material it is worshiped by a lot of furnish makers even today. If you wonder if to choose this solid wood with a color of sunbeams for your flooring, here are its advantages:

• Its look. Oak carry a sense of air, warmth and luxury that no artificial flooring can give. If you get tired of its light side, you can always dye it to a shade that you want.

• Once a week. This is how often you need to clean solid oak floors. It is not even necessary to use special maintaining products but if you want wax finish will give your oak floor additional shine. Follow the instruction on the product's bottle to give the best look to your floor.

• Qualities. Durability, strength and good acoustic. When sanded and polished, solid oak turns into heavy-duty floor material. If you are music lover you know that all great music halls have wooden floors. These qualities have made solid oak also a preferable commercial flooring.

• Long Term investment. After installation solid oak can last for decades by just a couple of maintaining procedures every couple of years. Don't keep this kind of floor wet; brush it, mop it and dry it to keep its glamorous look for longer. It is a floor that doesn't have grout lines or fibers to catch dust and other allergy causing substances.

• Easy to install. You can use Hammersmith flooring contractors to install your solid oak floor or you can read some information and check a couple of tutorials online to learn what you need to install it by yourself. Some of these tutorials give valuable tips also on the maintaining and the problems that you can encounter during the installation and the using of solid oak floors.

Oak is a great material both for floors and furnishing. Use its great qualities to turn your house into a cozy home. It's a great pleasure to walk on solid oak floor and to enjoy its color and smoothness.