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The Top Reasons to Choose Timber Flooring for Your Home

Written by Posted On Wednesday, 03 October 2018 22:53

Timber flooring is an elegant and beautiful choice - perfect for those of us who prefer to come home to a nature-based environment.

Just looking at a house with timber flooring could be enough for you to want your own. If you are looking for other reasons, we have listed several good ones below.

Warm & Comfortable

Timber floorings are well-known for their heat-retaining attributes. Wood is a good insulator. Any
heat inside your home will be preserved within the room, and cold air from outside will not penetrate easily.

As such, timber flooring will always be warm underneath your feet, and it lasts longer than carpets.

Green & Clean

When you purchase timber flooring, you are opting for a greener, cleaner product. Wood production has 40 times fewer pollutants than steel manufacturing, six times less than concrete’s, and four times less than bricks’ production.

Additionally, you need less wood to achieve the same level of insulation that you would with higher cement volume.

Classic & Classy

Wooden flooring is one of the most basic types of flooring there is, but it is also such a timeless and flexible style that it can let you achieve a contemporary and traditional look at the same time.

With timber flooring having existed for so many years, there’s very little that can go wrong with using it in your own home!

Value Add-On

Timber flooring is highly sought after in the market, which is why having it can increase the value of your home.

If you intend to sell your home after some time, timber flooring is a wise choice for you to get a good return on your investment. This applies to both commercial and housing areas.

Natural & Beautiful

Praise be to Mother Nature. Timber flooring provides you with different colours and grain
choices that can still give you a natural feel about your home.

You can opt for different types of timber to suit the colour scheme of different rooms in your house as well. What better way to see the beauty of nature from the comforts of your own home?

Easy Maintenance

Timber floorings are one of the hardest and most durable flooring materials there are on the market. You won’t need to do much more than the usual to maintain your beautiful timber floors.

The maintenance measures for these floors can be as simple as your routine vacuuming, mopping and sweeping to get rid of the dust on the floor surface.

Easy Repair

Most of the time, when we say that timber flooring is wearing out, it’s the finishing layer that is getting old.

A bit of sandpaper repair and a new coat of finishing and polish is all you need to restore the former lustre and glow of your timber flooring. You can even DIY these repair or refinishing projects at home if you choose to.

Allergen-Free

Most other types of flooring are prone to harbouring dust mites, mould or fumes. Dust mites, for one, can be an allergy trigger.

Timber flooring does not keep these potential allergens, making it an excellent flooring choice to improve your quality of life.

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