Tips to Protect Your Floors

Protecting your floor isn’t as easy as you would think. People are constantly tromping muddy shoes, high heels, furniture, and book bags across the floor. Sometimes it seems nearly impossible to keep it looking nice. However, there are a few tricks to protect your floors that only the experts know about.

Moving Furniture
Moving furniture isn’t only hard on your back, but it can also be hard on your floors. If you are moving a piece that has feet, slip a pair of gym socks over those feet. If you are moving a piece of furniture with a flat surface, try to slip a towel underneath of it. This will prevent any scatching or scuffing of wood floor and pulling of carpet fibers.

Hide Scratches
As hard as you try, scatches on your wood floors are simply impossible to avoid. To cover up these unsightly marks, simply use a touch-up stain that is a shade darker than you flooring. These can be found at any local hardware store. Once the stain dries, the scratch will look like it has disappeared.

Use 2 Mats
Most people have a door mat on the inside of their door. However, there are so many people who don’t have one outside of the door. Placing two mats, one outside, and one inside the door is the best way to keep dirt, mud, and grime off of your flooring. The larger your rugs are, the less chance dirt will make it’s way to your carpet or wood.

Remove Shoes
Sometimes it is simply impossible or inconvenient to remove our shoes when we enter our own house. However, there are some instances where removing shoes is no problem at all. Whenever you feel it is convenient, remove your shoes. Shoes contain a lot of dirt and dust found outside or in public. Walking around in those shoes inside your house simply tracks in a lot of junk.

Whether you have inexpensive flooring, or the type that you need to take out a loan to afford, you should always know how to protect it. Keeping your floor looking nice is something every homeowner should be able to do. It doesn’t matter how high quality the floor is. Everyone deserves to have a nice, clean, and fresh looking home. Flooring is one of the main features guests look at when they enter your home. Make sure you keep your floor looking fantastic.