Hardwood Floor Cleaning in the South Bay: Protecting Your Investment (Contd.)

A hardwood floor cleaning service gives your floor a professional touch.  They have to know a lot before they begin working on your hardwood floors.

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Hardwood Floor Cleaning Services: Hiring the Best Ones

Continuing information from our previous list, make sure that the hardwood floor cleaning service uses the right cleaning methods and solutions.  To prevent any damages on the wooden surface, any solutions used should not contain any alkaline or ammonia. Bleach should also be avoided.

The hardwood floor cleaning service in South Bay should also avoid using any oil based sprays and soaps like those used for spring-cleaning furniture.  Why?  Well, this is because oil tends to make the flooring surface slippery. In addition, it makes it difficult for you to re-coat the surface with vanish. While they provide a temporary shine and luster, wax and oil based cleaning products also leave behind residue that eventually dulls the shine of your floor. Wax and oil attract dirt, which makes your floor look grimy.  Therefore, ensure that the hardwood floor restoration service uses cleaning products that are recommended by the manufacturer or a hardwood flooring expert.

As with other types of contract work, it is important for homeowners to put in adequate time into hiring the best hardwood floor cleaning company. For excellent results, property owners should determine the number of times they want the cleaners to come every month, their budget and the number of hours that the company should take to complete the work. This will ensure that they get excellent hardwood floor cleaning services.

Hardwood Floor Cleaning in the South Bay:  Final Thoughts

You want to make sure that you know what type of floor you have.  Make sure that it is truly a hardwood floor and not a wood laminate.  While there are some universal care regimens for floors, such as avoiding harsh chemicals, and sweeping, there are other things specific to each type of wood your floor is made of.

Teak, for example, is naturally oily, so in keeping with what we posted above, don't use wax or oil based cleaning products on your teak floor.  You also want to make sure that you put mats, or rugs at the entrance to every room with hardwood floors.  This will help to trap grit between visits from your cleaning service.

Ultimately, go with the company that can do the job.  Hire a hardwood floor cleaning service in Los Angeles.

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Manhattan Beach, CA 90267
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Hardwood Floor Cleaning and Refinishing: All About Bamboo Flooring

Part three of our series on hardwood floor cleaning explores bamboo and why it is a popular floor choice.

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Why Bamboo Flooring is Taking Off

Why buy bamboo flooring?  Well, for one thing it is about 70% cheaper than other floor types such as oak, teak, walnut or hickory.  In addition, it is much more ecologically sound.  One of the biggest environmental problems that we are going to be facing in the 21st Century is deforestation.  Without trees, the amount of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere.  So cutting down teak to make wood adds to this problem.   However, with bamboo, it grows incredibly fast, and as a result, can be re-established a lot quicker.

In fact, according to this article from the New York Times: "bamboo is popular with some designers because of its sleek appearance. It is “more subtle, less ‘knotty’ ” than other wood, said Roger Ferris, an architect in Westport, Conn. “It’s not something you’re typically used to seeing. That makes it really suitable for contemporary and modern design schemes. Steve Appolloni, a designer in Albuquerque, N.M., likes it for its “durability, cost, eco-friendly qualities and, depending on the source, its thickness and quality. "Bamboo is much denser than oak, Mr. Appolloni said, so it makes for a stronger floor that doesn’t warp as much. It is also less expensive than many other woods. (The average bamboo floor costs about $5 to $7 a square foot, not including installation, whereas walnut or pine can cost nearly $10 a square foot.) Because bamboo plants take only about five years to mature, unlike many trees, which can take 50 years or more, bamboo is environmentally sustainable. Like most woods, though, it can vary in quality, depending on the manufacturer and the finishing technique. Solid bamboo floors, which are the most durable, tend to be more expensive, and can cost as much as $9 a square foot. Engineered bamboo floors, which have multiple layers, can run as low as $3 a square foot, but the quality might not be as high." [READ SOURCE ARTICLE]

Bamboo Floor Care

First off, there is one thing we have to point out.  Technically bamboo is not a wood, it is actually more closely related to grass.  As a result, it is a lot more fibrous than regular wood is and as such, if you wish to do hardwood floor refinishing on it, you must use more than the usual caution.  You could find yourself tearing up the bamboo and shredding it.

So remember, whether you have oak, hickory or bamboo, take care of your floor.  And when in doubt, call in a professional hardwood floor cleaning service in Los Angeles.   

For more information on hardwood floor cleaning, be sure to read part one and part two.  

Morris Cleaning & Restoration
1007 N.Sepulveda Blvd. #1204
Manhattan Beach, CA 90267
(310) 545-8750