Benefits of Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood floors are all the rage today in newer homes. but floors have been made of hardwood for hundreds of years. In medieval times. floors were made of dirt. and wooden floors were the next step up. Hardwood floors should be considered one of the most important elements in your home design. The comfort and value of hardwood floors is unequal. and they offer many benefits to the homeowner.

Think about it, a well installed hardwood floor will lasts anywhere between 50 and 250years with the right care and attention. It will not wear out like a carpet, it will not get dirty and stained like a carpet, and it will keep on going year after year saving you thousands of pounds in the long term. A real hardwood floor will increase the value of your property and make it much more desirable to potential purchasers.

Much is made and rightly so of the health benefits of hardwood flooring. Carpets are ideal breeding grounds for Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus, the European Dust Mite. Due to their very small size, these dust mites are not visible to the naked eye. They live in bedding, couches, carpet, stuffed toys and old clothing. Dust mites feed on the dead skin that falls from the bodies of humans and animals and on other organic material found where they live.

Though these mites live in many homes, only people who are allergic to them know they are there, and dust mites are second only to pollen in causing allergic reactions. When dust mites grow, they shed their skin, which can cause allergic reactions in people. Allergic reactions range from itchy noses and eyes to severe asthma attacks .Complete elimination of dust mites is unlikely; reducing populations is the only likely way to reduce allergens in the air. One obvious way to reduce populations is to reduce the environment in which they thrive by replacing carpets with hardwood floors.

Choosing from the wide range of floors on offer allows a number of environmentally friendly options, such as engineered wood. At Timberzone the wood we use comes from foresters that sign up to environmental responsibility, social consideration and economic sustainability. Our Hardwood floors are durable, healthy, and made to your taste. These are just a few reasons why we are so passionate about Hardwood flooring .