subject: Top 4benefits Of Having A Timber Floor In Your Home [print this page] Whether you are designing a new home or simply planning to renovate, at some stage you will have to answer the basic question as to what type of flooring to choose. You may find it easy to prioritise the things you are looking for, like ambience, ease of installation, budgetary constraints and any floor cleaning difficulties you are trying to overcome.
By the time you finish reading this article you will be in a much better position to make your decision but before we get to that lets have a look at flooring in general.
With so many types of flooring to choose from including tiles, slate, sandstone and other decorative finishes, don't forget that timber flooring offers considerable benefits too. In fact, many interior designers are recommending timber a first consideration especially given the improvement in products over the years that make timber flooring so versatile.
Although the initial cost is one of the most pressing matters facing new home builders and renovators alike, there are some other things you should be thinking about as well.
Take, for example, the ongoing maintenance required, and a likely life of the flooring you choose; these to a loan need to be taken into account and factored into the costing considerations.
With these points in mind, let's look at four of the top benefits of choosing a timber floor for your home.
* The warmth and beauty of a natural timber floor instantly adds value to any home. The initial cost of installing a timber floor is more than recouped as it retains its value far beyond the normal use by date you would expect from say, a carpet. Add to this the fact that timber ages so beautifully retaining its colour and warmth for decades.
* Easy to clean. I timber floor gets harder overtime and becomes more resilient to the occasional dangers of built-in dirt and grime. Perhaps the biggest advantage that timber flooring has over a soft covering is that dust mites are almost completely eradicated making timber one of the cleanest surfaces available. Spillages can be simply wiped away cutting down your floor cleaning time enormously.
* Antiallergic properties. Asthma sufferers can breed a real sigh of relief because timber flooring provides them with an allergy free environment. This is a great advantage particularly when you consider that one square metre of carpet can contain up to 100,000 dust mites. House dust is easily removed from a timber floor by simply vacuuming, and this prevents the spread of many allergy causing mites.
* Eco-friendly. If you are looking for a green alternative in flooring, then timber provides an ideal solution. Most environmentalists agree that using forests is a great way of encouraging future tree growth, that's why timber flooring can be seen as a great way to use the forests that can be replanted.
The demonstrated advantages of installing and sealing timber floors in your new home or renovation make it an easy choice. Once your timber floor has been installed you will know you have made the right decision.
