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How to Match Hardwood Floor Stain: Choosing the Perfect Stain for a Uniform Floor

January 17, 2023

Stains are one of the most popular ways to impart colour to hardwood floors. Depending on your choice of wood stain, the same wood can look light, dark or take on different shades from amber to coffee, among the popular hardwood floor colours. However, hardwood stains can create a tricky problem if you ever need to extend your floor. Even if you use exactly the same species and match wood, you also need to match the stain almost exactly to avoid creating a discordant clash between the old and new wood. Most homeowners will not want to mix hardwood floor

How to Clean Carpet on Stairs: The Secret to Making Your Carpet Look New Again

January 10, 2023

Wall to wall carpeting is one of the most popular flooring choices for many homes. Not only does it look great, but a fully carpeted floor absorbs noise, softens footfalls and also insulates your home from the cold – many carpets are great at retaining heat. This goes double for carpet on stairs. Especially in a busy home, carpet for your stairs will muffle the sound of traffic up and down the stairs, and will provide padding in the event of a fall – great for children and the elderly. Many carpets are a fantastic choice for those with allergy

Wooden Flooring for Properties With Integrated Living Room and Kitchen – How to Choose the Best Option?

June 22, 2022

Where is wooden flooring suitable for? Well, for wherever you want. Currently, with the various treatments that wood can receive, we can have this type of flooring installed in any space. Ceramics, porcelain, cement and resins continue to be great options for high humidity areas, such as the kitchen, but there is no problem in choosing wood as long as some care is taken. And in the case of properties with an integrated living room and kitchen, many people want to keep the unity of the space with a single choice of flooring – and wood ends up being the

I Want to Change the Floor of My House but I Hate Construction Work. What Should I Do? Check Out Some Suggestions

May 23, 2022

It’s no use having a wonderful living room, a spectacular kitchen or a hall that invites you to enter if the floor of your house is damaged. And let’s be honest, renovating the house is great but… We don’t always have the necessary time or disposition. With that in mind, today we are going to talk about floors that can be installed faster, with as little dirt, noise and inconvenience as possible. I Want to Change the Floorings but I Hate Construction Work! Before moving on to the possibilities, it is worth remembering that the choice of professionals responsible for

Flooring Trends for 2022: Check Out What Will Be Hot in the Coming Months

January 12, 2022

A trend is everything that translates into colors, materials, formats and design what we’re looking for – it’s true for fashion, but it’s also true for home and decor. That’s because even if we change the floor at home much less often than we change an item of clothing, for example, we still have innovations and aspects that are also on the rise in this segment. Therefore, throughout this article, we are going to discuss some trends in floorings for the upcoming years. Flooring Trends in 2022 1. Vinyl flooring For those who are renovating or building a house from

Epoxy or Polished Concrete Floor? Learn About the Advantages of These Options for Commercial and Industrial Spaces

December 20, 2021

Are you looking for a practical and very durable flooring option for a high-traffic area? It can be a commercial building, an industry or even a garage or basement: polished concrete floors and epoxy coated floors are two great options in these cases. And to help you decide, we’ll talk a little about them in today’s post. Epoxy or Polished Concrete Flooring – Differences An epoxy coated floor is a floor that receives a layer of a material formed by a resin and a catalyst. When the two compounds are mixed, they form a monolithic chemical bond. This mixture imparts

Hardwood flooring in Vancouver: advantages and disadvantages of this type of floor

December 10, 2021

Although nowadays there is a huge variety of flooring, we cannot deny that the hardwood floor is one of the great favourites. Few materials are able to provide so much comfort, strength and insulation. However, to make a decision it is always good to be clear about the pros and cons. Yes, this wonderful flooring has good things and bad things, like everything in life. Hardwood Flooring in Vancouver The hardwood floor, the one used inside the houses, is made up of fine wooden pieces that are presented in a wide variety of formats. Speaking of installation systems, the most

Top Flooring Companies in Vancouver: BC Floors is among the best in the area

September 15, 2021

Are you looking for the best flooring companies in Vancouver? BC Floors has just been listed as one of the top 3 flooring companies in the area by ThreeBestRated. We are specialized in variety and installation of wood, laminate, vinyl, carpet, concrete, tile and stone floors and even cork and bamboo floors. In addition, we also revitalize hardwood floors. Top flooring companies in Vancouver: how to choose If you are building or renovating and are looking for suppliers to help you with the flooring project, we have prepared a small guide with everything you should look for to make a

Seven reasons to choose vinyl flooring in your home

June 22, 2021

Made with PVC and with hundreds of patterns that imitate natural wood, from color to texture and grooves, vinyl floors are gaining more and more space in interior decoration. If before they were almost restricted to corporate buildings, now they are being used more and more in residential projects. After all, it is a practical, versatile, elegant and cost-effective flooring. Are you in doubt whether to invest in this type of flooring or not? Below we list seven reasons to use vinyl flooring at your home. Vinyl flooring – installation Installation can be done over the existing flooring, as long

Is Ceramic flooring right for you? See pros and cons about tile and stone flooring.

June 8, 2021

Popular and cost-effective, ceramic tile and stone flooring remains one of the most used in real estate, whether residential or commercial. And its fame is not for nothing: economical and versatile, it can be installed in any room. And to help you if you are in the process of construction or renovation, we will talk in this article about some pros and cons of this type of flooring. This makes it easier to understand if it is the right option for you. Advantages of ceramic flooring Versatility is probably its biggest pro, considering that ceramic tiles blend well outdoors and

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