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How to Keep Your Hardwood Floors Clean and Beautiful

2017-11-120

Hardwood flooring has long been a popular flooring choice for people of all ages and backgrounds. In the 1970's era, wall-to-wall carpeting throughout the house was considered fashionable. Today, many homeowners are getting away from this form of floor covering, and many older homes have the original gorgeous hardwood floors beneath the carpeting. These older planks may look scratched and dull from not being properly cared for over the years. These homeowners can now hire a professional flooring expert to carefully resurface these valuable hardwood floor boards. To fix creaky floor spots, a flooring specialist can install more supportive below board features that can eliminate this issue. There are many types of woods used in hardwood flooring. Common choices include oak, cedar, pine, c

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Help Homeowner’s Breathe Better with Encapsulated Crawl Spaces

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2017-04-230

If you do not know, it is a homebuyer's nightmare that the house they buy will have or eventually have thousands of dollars in mold repairs. Whether you are a contractor that is building homes for anyone to buy or custom building a home for clients, encapsulating crawl spaces might be on a good addition to your list of basics to provide for future homeowners. Temperature, humidity and dark areas such as crawl spaces over time, as you know, can lead to all levels of molds. Small cracks and holes can lead to spiders, mice, and other small critters entering the home and causing damage. The encapsulated crawl space has been proven to regulate temperature in the crawl spaces. This temperature regulation helps keep mold from forming. Encapsulating needs to be offered to homeowners to protect ...