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YOUR HOME'S ENTRYWAY STAIRS HARDWOOD FLOORING Vs CARPET Part 2 CARPET VS HARDWOOD HEALTH... Some natural carpets made wool, jute, sea grass and sisal have less of an impact on home health and the environment compared to synthetic carpeting. Wool and other natural fibers are renewable and break down quickly without defiling the home or the domain. By contrast, most synthetic carpets are made with petroleum, which is non-renewable and breaks down unevenly, giving off explosive organic compounds (VOCs) as it wears over time. Hardwood is sustainable material, particularly if steps are taken to ensure conscientious harvesting and planting of trees. Homeowners can find a wide range hardwood flooring that lend to healthy options that are kid and pet-friendly and contain no harsh chemicals. CARPET VS HARDWOOD DURABILITY In terms of strength and resilience hardwood flooring is the hands-down winner. Hardwood floors that consist of hard-wearing materials that can last 50 to 100 years if maintained as they should be. Carpets, typically only last as long as the quality of the material. Fundamental grade carpets typically will last 5 to 10 years before they need to be swapped out, while higher-quality carpets can last from to 10 to 15 years. WHY CHOOSE HARDWOOD FLOORS VS CARPET? After much debate, the decision to choose either carpet or hardwood floors is really up to one’s preference. Its quite common to find carpet in bedrooms because people enjoy a softer, warmer surface for one’s bare feet. With a spacious house of say two or three stories, carpet can also help in minimizing noise. However, when you look at the overall cost, maintenance, durability and home health associated with hardwood floors vs carpet, there’s no question that quality hardwood flooring is the the best choice.

Repairing Wood Flooring with Termite Damage If you notice something awry with your wood flooring, there could be a big problems with termites. Termite damage is not always apparent, but there are certain signals in your wood floors you don’t want to ignore. Known as the silent destroyer, termites generally consume dead wood from the inside out. Termites weaken the inner structure of wood causing uncommon sounds when walking on them ...Continue reading

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Things to Consider When Choosing a Wood Floor With the variety of woods, colors and finishes available today, choosing wood floor can be mind-boggling . Here are five things to know and consider when selecting the perfect wood flooring for your home. Homeowners evaluating new flooring owe it to themselves to consider the benefits and beauty of wood. Wood floors are comfortable, durable and surprisingly affordable, and nothing quite compares to the character and warmth they b...ring to every room in the house. While there is a myriad of choices available, not every type of wood flooring is suitable for every application. If you are shopping for a wood floor, here are some things to keep in mind. There are primarily two types of wood flooring productssolid hardwood and engineered hardwood. Solid wood flooring is milled from solid wood logs and is joined with a traditional tongue and groove along both the long and short edges. Solid wood is available pre-finished or unfinished, in strips and planks ranging in thickness from 5/16 to inches. Strips are 1-inch- to 2-inches-wide and planks are 3 to 8 inches wide. Engineered wood flooring is comprised of multiple layers of plywood and composite material, and topped with a layer of solid hardwood. Engineered wood flooring comes in thicknesses ranging from - to -inch and from 3 to 10 inches wide; the hardwood layer on top ranges in thickness from .6 millimeters to 4 millimeters. While both types offer the same beauty of real hardwood, the primary difference between solid hardwood and engineered flooring is in the floor’s composition. Since solid wood flooring is subject to expand and contract relative to a home’s humidity it needs to be installed on the ground floor or above grade. Engineered flooring, which is more stable due to its multi-ply construction, can be installed on all levels of the home. For further details and information call Elegant Floors: (408) 778-8624

Maintaining Your Wood Flooring Starts With Sanding Think Sanding & Refinishing Every 3-5 Years Over time, when your wood flooring begins to lose it’s sheen, they can be renewed through re-coating. This involves applying a new coat of wood floor finish. How often you'll have to do this depends on the your household’s lifestyle. Before your floors can be re-coated they will need to be re-fininished. For normal warn hardwood floors, sanding will most likely be required. Here’s ...how we do it with minimal dust and mess Elegant Floors offers Dust-Free Refinishing for hardwood floors with the Atomic Dust Containment System (DCS) by Bonakemi, the most advanced and powerful dust containment system available. Traditional hardwood floor sanding is typically an extremely dusty process a dust-storm in your home, lingering dust in your air-ducts, and a cleanup headache that feels like it will never end. The Atomic DCS provides a cleaner, healthier and faster sanding process reducing dust far beyond what the traditional sanding process generates. The innovative concept of the Atomic system is to have a powerful vacuum engine connected to all of the sanding equipment, evacuating the airborne dust generated from the sanding process, and collecting it into our atomic trailer, which is parked outside your home. We also utilize powerful, portable dust containment systems. Elegant Floors is a family-owned hardwood flooring business that has been taking good care South Bay homeowners and business's flooring needs’ for more than 25 years. From sales and installation to repair and refinishing, you’ll feel that you and your hardwood floors are in good hands. Tune-in next month for a more detailed process of The Bona Atomic DCS Process: Questions? Call: (408) 773-8624 | elegant-floors.com/ | yelp.com/biz/elegant-floors-sunnyvale

HARDWOOD FLOORING HOME MAINTENANCE Hardwood flooring: Whether it’s brand new or generational, it’s an investment worth protecting. Not only does it add beauty and warmth to every room where it’s installed, but it also adds value to your home. That is as long as your hardwood floors remain in good shape. Say you decide you need to sell your home for whatever reason and you’re looking for a fairly quick sale. But what if your home contains a large amount of hardwood floor...ing that’s in need of refinishing. Any/all interested buyers will, of course, not offer what you’re hoping to get on the high end because of the impending expense of hiring a floor contractor to return your hardwood flooring to its former gleaming glory. Aside from cleaning your hardwood flooring, they’re are a few ever-day preventive measures you can employ to extend the beauty and health of your floors. USE FURNITURE PADS Scratches are some of the hardest issues to solve in wood flooring. While some scratching is inevitable, you can can be proactive thus preventing excess damage One of the best ways to eliminate some scratching is to add furniture pads to the legs of your chairs, sofas, and tables. SWEEP OR DUST Even if you don’t allow shoe-wearing in home, dust finds a way to reside on all surfaces, wood floors included. And then finds it’s way into the wood’s grain and between floor boards. If you have cats and dogs who shed even a little, there is a hygiene issue to consider. So sweep or dust! VACUUM ONCE A WEEK If this sounds like work, it is. But come on it’s not hard work! Weekly vacuuming is key to maintaining a clean home, as you’ll also pick up crumbs and dirt you missed while sweeping your flooring. Not into vacuuming on your own? Invest in an IRobot Rooma or another robotic vacuum! REFINISH EVERY 3-5 YEARS "Over time, when your wood flooring begins to lose it’s sheen, they can be renewed through re-coating. This involves applying a new coat of wood floor finish. How often you'll have to do this depends on the your household’s lifestyle. And when it comes to refinishing your hardwood flooring, do yourself a big favor by calling Elegant Floors in Sunnyvale, CA. Elegant Floors is a family-owned hardwood flooring business that has been taking good care South Bay homeowners and businesses' flooring needs or more than 25 years. From sales and installation to repair and refinishing, you’ll feel that you and your hardwood floors are in good hands. Tel: (408) 773-8624 | https://elegant-floors.com/. | https://www.yelp.com/biz/elegant-floors-sunnyvale

LVT HOME MAINTENANCE EASY-PEASY CLEANING Luxury vinyl tile are waterproof planks which makes it relatively simple to clean your LVT flooring. And though it’s a waterproof product just one of its strong selling points you don’t want to drench your flooring. Keep in mind that whatever you choose to clean your floors with, always go light on the liquid: a little bit goes a long way as standing water can damage or stain vinyl flooring Initially: You may want you use a soft...-cloth cotton mop or a soft-bristle broom to sweep and pick up dust any other particles. Cleaning Solutions Warm Water: If your LVT flooring is a year old or less, you can probably get away with using a slightly damp mop or towels that you’ve retired from from the bathroom. Cleaning Solutions Dish Soap & Warm Water: When using dish soap Ivory, Joy, Palmolive, Dawn and warm water, you’ll want mix a solution of an ounce dish soap to a about a gallon of warm water. Take note of how your LVT flooring reacts afterwards to this solution. Soap may work as a great vinyl floor cleaner, but soap scum may leave a film that actually collects dirt. Cleaning Solutions Apple Cider Vinegar: This is one of the best cleansers for vinyl flooring The acidity in the vinegar helps remove dirt and grime without leaving a buildup of soap or wax. Simply mix one cup of cider vinegar with a gallon of hot water and use a damp mop to clean, rinsing the mop frequently with hot water. Mops: If you’re using a cleaning solution other than water, it’s best to make use of two mops: one to apply the cleaning solution and second to rise your flooring. Also it’s best to use a microfiber mop not a string mop which will be difficult to squeeze out the liquid without causing a mess. Contact Elegant Floors All Your Wood-Flooring Needs: Call: (650) 961-1139 or (408) 773-8624 Ask for Teri or Scott Competitive pricing elegant-floors.com | [email protected] Residential life-time warranty Family-owned since 1995

Replace Carpeted Stairs with Hardwood Planks Add Beauty & Value To Your Home Ok, look at your carpeted stairways long and hard. ... Are you in love with what you see? Of course you’re not! Whether it was you or the previous home-owner who opted for carpeted stairs, it’s really not a pretty site, now, is it? Face the facts: Carpeted stairs are akin to Gremlin autos of the 1970s. Google the auto if you’’re not familiar with the Gremlin or can’t quite recall what they look like. Caution: don’t stare too long! Whatever it took for you to wake up one day and to realize that you your carpeted stairs are not God’s gift to mankind, consider yourself lucky that it finally hit home. That stuff has to go! So what to do? You can call Elegant Floors of Sunnyvale, a family-owned hardwood flooring contractor and installed. They’ve proudly served the greater Bay Area for more than 25 years. They will offer expert consultation as stairs’’ is one of their specialties. Plus, you’ll have choices with Elegant Floors; they’ll show you any number of beautiful species of hardwood flooring samples, and the same with waterproof LVT (luxury vinyl tile) and LVCF (luxury vinyl composite flooring); both LVT and LVCF have the appearance of hardwood but cost less, that’s just one of the reasons they are both becoming popular alternatives to hardwood floors. Ever the stickler for details, if you need particular wood and a custom stain so your new hardwood floor stairway will perfectly match a landing, you can count on Elegant Floors to the job you expected of them. Note the work and beautiful wood stairs installed by Elegant Floors’ crews to homes in Los Altos. And Palo Alto For information and estimates call Teri or Scott at: (650) 961-1330 or 408) 773-8624 | https://elegant-floors.com/

This homeowner's stairway never looked better thanks to Elegant Floors sales and installation of LVT waterproof flooring in their Sunnyvale, CA home. First photo is the landing; second photo is of the stairway's 1st level; third photo is of the stairway's 3rd level. Call (408) 773-8624. Ask for Teri or Scott about sales, installation and repair for all your hardwood flooring needs. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring too. elegant-floor.com

Are You Considering PARQUET FLOORING? It’s The Perfectly Elegant Wood Flooring For Home Or Business Are you looking to create a beautiful/and or dramatic aura to your home or business? Well, one sure way of doing just that is to make use of parquet flooring, a unique wooden flooring that could instantly transform your home or business’s look. ... Parquet flooring became popular in France in the 1600’s as a replacement for marble flooring and has gone on to be a feature of homes and businesses ever since. Parquet flooring is created by weaving blocks of wood like a mosaic. Each parquet floor is an individually crafted masterpiece that will add style to any property. In the past, parquet floorings were extremely artistic and artisan, however today, parquet designs are more subtle, less expensive and, thanks to advances in flooring production, much less expensive than the older parquet designs. Today, the most popular parquet flooring design is the herringbone style Parquet flooring is created by weaving blocks of wood like a mosaic. Each parquet floor is an individually crafted masterpiece that would add style and tradition to any property. Solid wood parquet flooring, as the name suggests is parquet flooring made from solid pieces of timber. Engineered parquet flooring on the other hand is made from layers of different types of wood, topped by hardwood With care, your parquet floor should maintain its luster for 10 to 15 years, or longer. Over time, however, even the most well-kept wood floor can start to look a little dull, especially in high-traffic areas. For further information about sales, installation or refinishing parquet flooring, please call Elegant Floors: (650) 961-1339 or (408) 773-8624

Residential, Commercial, Schools & More Elegant Floors Handles All Your Hardwood Flooring Needs Elegant Floors is a family-owned hardwood flooring business, and has been serving the South Bay for more than 20 years. They’re experts in all i facets of hardwood flooring such as flooring sales, installation of hardwood floors, dust-free refinishing of hardwood floors and refinishing hardwood floors. ... Elegant Floors counts homeowners, businesses of all sizes, realtors plus contractors, both residential and commercial, as clients. They also install, repair refinish (indoor) basketball courts and gymnasium floors, for schools, fitness clubs and more. What gives Elegant Floors an edge over their flooring competition is: a) experience; b) adhering to a philosophy of quality-only workmanship; c) a commitment to completing jobs on time; d) price. Price? Yes. Elegant Floors takes pride in providing fair and competitive pricing. They’re not looking to gouge people, never have, never will. Why? Aside from striving to please all clients with their quality work, Elegant Floor wants clients to feel good about the entire flooring process. Also, happy clients might again be in need of future Elegant Floors’ services such as repairs and refinishing; also sales and installation when satisfied customers are looking to add new hardwood flooring to more rooms. Here’s an interesting fact: almost 50% of all Elegant Floors new hardwood flooring work comes by way of referrals. Yes, what goes around comes around. So, it’s no wonder that Elegant Floors has flourished for so many years! If you have questions or are in need of an estimate (free, of course) please contact us: 408) 773-8624 | https://elegant-floors.com/

HARDWOOD FLOORING REFINISHING OUR Rx FOR DUST-FREE SANDING When it come to refinishing your hardwood flooring, Elegant Floors will do so but without creating a never-ending dust issue, one that goes on for years after the work is done. That can happen if you’re dealing with a cheap or fairly inexperienced flooring contractor.... Elegant Floors is a locally, family-owned business. We’re located in Sunnyvale, and been serving residents and the business sector in the South Bay for more than 25 years. We’re committed to performing all flooring work in a quality manor, in order to make our clients happy. Us too! A big benefit to wowing our customers are referrals: meaning, if we do good work we get referrals which is always greatly appreciated! 3-Step Rx For No Sanding If your wood flooring is lightly scarred or worn, we can use our dust-free sanding process. Before the process begins, our special applicator checks your floor for contaminants, such as wax, that prevent adhesion of the urethane. Once your floor is free of contaminants, we begin the three step finishing process. Generally we can complete this process in only one day STEP #1 Virtual Sanding Rx For Wood Floors no-sanding formula chemically sands the hardwood floor. Just like sanding, this unique formula rubs off the old finish to prepare the hardwood for beautiful new topcoat. It saves time, expense, and the mess of conventional sanding. STEP #2 Repairs Elegant Floors professionals use Rx For Wood Floors repair products to make any necessary repairs to the surface of the floor before applying the final finish. STEP #3 Finishing Rx For Wood Floors unique catalyzed wood finish is applied and permanently locking with the original finish for an attractive, clear finish that lasts. CALL FOR INFO OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS: 408-773-8624 https://elegant-floors.com/refinishing-hardwood-floors-wit/

Hardwood Floor installation goes beyond just laying a floor down it is about working with you, our customer, step-by-step, to find the right hardwood design that fits your budget and lifestyle. Elegant Floors is a National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) member https://www.nwfa.org/ and Licensed California Contractor, so you can be confident you are choosing a professional that has access to the most up-to-date industry information, as well as a wealth of hardwood floor ex...perience at our fingertips. Solid Wood Floors vs. Engineered Wood Floors vs. Laminate Floors There are Three Main Types of Hardwood Flooring Categories Available for Homeowners to Choose from Solid hardwood flooring must be used at or above ground level, so the wood can be nailed to a sub floor. Solid hardwood flooring is available in a full array of wood species either unfinished or pre-finished. Unfinished hardwood flooring must be finished and/or stained on site, while pre-finished hardwood flooring is sold as ready-to-install wood flooring that comes sanded, stained, or finished. For both unfinished and pre-finished flooring, customers can choose from a wide range of grades, colors and sizes. Engineered Hardwood Floors is made up of a hardwood surface glued on a plywood base. Engineered hardwood flooring was originally designed for installation in areas with variable humidity levels and heat, such as homes with radiant heating, homes on top of a concrete slab or in basements (although it can also be installed at or above ground like sold hardwood). Engineered flooring tends to be more stable than solid hardwood and is glued directly to the sub floor or concrete slab, or it is floated on a concrete slab or sub floor with a moisture barrier and underlay beneath. Laminate Flooring is a type of flooring that is made up of laminated planks that only look like wood, and finished with a plastic polymer coating. Laminate flooring simulates a real wood species, comes in wide planks, and is an economical solution to real hardwood. It is durable and also easier to install. Contact Elegant Floors today for your free hardwood floor installation estimate. Give us a call now: (650) 961-1339 or (408) 773-8624 | https://elegant-floors.com

LVT FLOORING is BEAUTIFUL & PRACTICAL! We sell and install #LVTflooring for commercial and residential clients. This photo depicts the LVT flooring (luxury, vinyl, tile) that we installed at Baylands Golf Links, Palo Alto. The job included 4,500 square feet total for the restaurant and pro shop. Have questions? Give Us a Call: (650) 961-1339 or (408) 773-8624.

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