How to clean and maintain your floors
Our floor are designed with low maintenance in mind, however, from time to time your new floors will require some maintenance. Follow these simple steps to achieve many years of enjoyment from your floor.
Clean & Repair
Flooring Online have procured a range of quality products to clean and maintain your floors for years to come.
How to maintain your floorboards
Keeping your floors looking day one fresh is easy when you take a few simple measures and follow a couple golden rules!
Protect your floor from furniture
Use felt protectors under heavy pieces of furniture and chairs. Use protective mats at all exterior entrances. Do not use rubber-based furniture or mats as the rubber may leach into the floor. When moving furniture, protect your floor by using a dolly for moving furniture or appliances. Try not to slide or roll across the floor.
Use rugs in high traffic areas
In areas of excessive traffic and wear, please make use of runners or area rugs. Install a good quality mats both inside and outside of external doors. Mats should be as large as possible and be able to remove both grit and moisture. Regularly move rugs and mats to reduce spot fading. Direct sun exposure will alter the appearance of the coating on your floor, especially engineered timber floors.
Wipe up all spillages immediately
Animal urine, cooking fats, and other similar materials can damage the floor if left on the surface for any length of time. This may result in permanent staining in some cases.
Maintain pets
If you have any pets, keep their nails nice and short to help look after your floors, especially if they like to run around the house! Mishaps can happen, make sure to wipe up animal urine immediately.
Maintain a comfortable living temperature
Maintain relative humidity levels between 30% and 70% and temperature between 15-30°C. Timber floors are a natural product and will expand and contract with weather changes.
Decorate with blinds
Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight through the use of blinds or curtains. Direct sun exposure will alter the appearance of your floor coating, especially engineered timber.
Allow expansion gaps
All doorways and adjoining rooms should have expansion joints to allow your floating floor to naturally expand and contract.
Protect your floors
Oil soaps, wax, liquid or other household products may affect your coating and should be avoided.
Leave your shoes at the door
Whenever possible remove your shoes. Spiked heels or shoes in need of repair can severely damage your floor.
Repair surface scratches
In many instances, floors don’t need to be fully restored – they just need a little spruce up. Regular use for all floors and furniture, no matter how carefully we protect them, can result in scuffs and scratches that are unsightly.
Provided the damage is on the surface of the floor, Gilly's Scratch Cover Oil or Wax is a wonderful way to blend and cover the blemishes.
If further restoration is required, please contact Flooring Online for advice prior to beginning.
Bring dull floors back to life
If areas of the floor begin to look dull in comparison to the remainder, the use of a Wood Floor Refresher should be considered. Wood Floor Refresher is designed to restore an even sheen to the surface whilst giving added protection against future traffic. Typically, floors maintained using a Wood Refresher can be refurbished in the future without having to be sanded back to bare timber.
Please note: Staircases have a specific requirement for slip resistance and a Refresher should not be used on stair treads.
We recommend using Bona Wood Floor refresher.
Restore Engineered Timber Floors
Regular maintenance of your timber floor and the application of a wood refresher will extend the longevity of your engineered timber floors before a complete refurbishment is required.
Timber can be sanded and rejuvenated with a polyurethane or water-based coating to restore the overall appearance of the floor. Sanding and re-coating of any Flooring Online Australia's engineered timber floors should only ever be carried out by a professional flooring contractor. If you are considering refinishing your floor, please consult a professional finishing service or Flooring Online Australia for advice.