​Hardwood Flooring  Experts in Toronto | Parqueteam Hardwood Flooring

Perhaps solid hardwood flooring is a spoiled child of all flooring types, such as laminate floors and engineered hardwood floors. Solid Hardwood floors in Toronto require high level of maintenance and care during all the seasons of the year, especially in winter times . Direct sunlight, liquid spills, wax and ammonia cleaning  products could simply damage hardwood floors. Thus, it is necessary to know what you can clean and maintain your hardwood floors  in order to preserve its original beauty and unique structure.

Current flooring installation and renovation  market provide its consumers with numerous hardwood cleaning products, that are safe and efficient. In addition, other precautions could me made in order to keep your solid hardwood floors alive. Exposure to direct sunlight should be minimized or eliminated, since in a long run that could damage your hardwood floors in terms of pale patches. If any liquid has been spilled, especially ammonia, it should be removed immediately. Hills, pets paws, as well as hills could also leave marks on hardwood floors. It is best to clean hardwood floors with dumbed cloth. In addition, vacuuming is the best way of cleaning since it is sucks the dirt, dust, salt, hair and other particles from in between if the planks, so it is not being collected there for years. It is indeed better to maintain cleanness of your hardwood floors, as oppose to deal with the consequences such as repair and/or re-installation of the damaged planks. It is also useful to put safe (material) patches under your furniture, especially ones with sharp corners. After all, it is better to maintain your hardwood floors in a proper manner, as oppose to suffer from permanent damage that such type of wooden flooring are exposed to. ​

Hardwood floors are the easiest to keep clean. Unlike carpets, they require minimum maintenance and last for many years. Clean hardwood floors make your house look both beautiful and spacious. Maintenance methods do not depend on the particular type of hardwood floor, but
some varnishes may require extra care when removing stains.

The fastest and most eective way of cleaning a hardwood oor is to use a damp mop. Just make sure that
dust has been removed prior to mopping, because dust particles have abrasive properties. You can use a soft broom or lightweight vacuum cleaner and then simply mop, rinse and repeat several times. It is important to remove grit and dirt from hardwood floors, because they are the major reason behind floors getting scratched,  and scoured.

There is a wide variety of hardwood flooring cleaners available, but a pH neutral cleanser (i.e., with neither low, nor high pH value) and water will do best and is just as effective. Please, make sure the hardwood flooring sealing coat is intact, because otherwise the water-based solution will seep through worn patches, penetrate the floor and cause warping.


Parqueteam Hardwood Flooring offers hardwood flooring and hardwood flooring installation in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Call anytime for a free estimate.