Hand Scraped Hardwood Flooring Has Many Benefits

By Tiffany Gill


Building or buying a home one always has to look at what type of flooring would suit your lifestyle. If you don't intend having children and it will only be the two of you living in the home you can choose pretty much any type of floor. Having a young family with toddlers running amuck through the house changes perspective dramatically but should not put you off choosing hand scraped hardwood flooring.

In really cold climates, even though there is central heating you may prefer using wall to wall carpets in the bedrooms. They do take a bit more cleaning but if they are vacuumed a couple of times a week and washed when needed, they will keep their color and last a long time. Some type of heating in the bedrooms would be necessary in very cold countries.

There are some truly magnificent homes to be seen with some exquisite examples. The reason it has been used over time is because of its durability and appearance. A lot of hard work goes into hand-scraping it requires muscle and elbow grease. Determination and lots of patience is needed to see it through.

So many more floorings are available these days to choose from. Countless homes have different shapes, color and size tiles. One would imagine that the convenience of tiles is one of the main reasons they are chosen over another type of floor. They are easy to keep clean and normally fairly easy to replace if one gets cracked or broken.

One other popular choice home owners make are laminated floors. It is fitted together in a similar way to tongue and groove. It is plastic bonded and looks like wood. There are various types of laminate made to look like oak, mahogany or teak. This type is also relatively hard-wearing, easy to clean, soft on the feet and does not need to be polished. Simply going over it with a damp mop and clean water will be enough to make the floor look shiny and new. It is warmer in cooler weather than tiles would be and if properly installed will last for years.

If you concentrate on one room at a time the furniture can be moved out of the room, painting can be done without the risk of it getting ruined and having to cover everything in plastic. The children will not be restricted with there playing area with only one room being out of bounds at a time. It would be a disaster if little feet found their way into a paint tray and ended up running up and down the newly laid passage floor.

There are other options available and many people think the easiest to keep clean would be tiling. There are many benefits of using tiles with youngsters in the house but it can be very cold in winter. If you do choose tiling then having under floor heating to keep little feet warm and cozy would give you the best of both worlds.

If that floor in your home happens to be made of hand scraped hardwood flooring, the last thing you would want it to have it ruined. If the floor has been finished professionally and correctly there should be little that can ruin it except moving heavy furniture carelessly.




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