Blog

Proper Maintenance for Your Floors

Disinfecting

Disinfecting your wood floors help destroy bacteria, germs and fungus. Your floors contain a lot of bacteria and germs from pets, spillage and dirt from outside.

General routine cleaning of your floors remove dust, dirt and soil, but does not remove microorganisms that exist on the surface. You need to disinfect your floors.

Lysol and household bleach

are effective for disinfecting your floors but does not fare well for wood floors because of the harsh ingredients. So how do you disinfect your wood floor?

Two Ways to Disinfect Your Floors

1. Disinfect using White vinegar and water

- Distilled white vinegar is natural and non toxic. The acidic nature of white vinegar makes it effective for killing pathogens, removing dirt and grime and killing bacteria fungus.

It is safe for pets and humans, however, incorrect use of vinegar and water can harm your floors if you are not careful. Use the right concentration( ½ a cup per gallon of water) and make sure to prevent standing water on the surface of your floors.

2. Disinfect by Steam Clean

- The high temperature of steam kills bacteria and germs.

Most wood floor manufacturers discourage owners from using steam. Incorrect use of steam can greatly damage your wood floor. Before you steam a wood floor surface, ensure that your floor is properly sealed. Set your device to produce dry steam that has little amount of water for faster drying.

According to NWFA

Routine cleaning of your wood floors involves sweeping, dust mopping, or vacuuming using the bare floor setting to remove dust and dirt. Clean spills immediately with a dry or slightly damp cloth. Don’t use wet mops or steam mops, which will damage the finish and the wood over long periods of time.

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Wall to Wall Flooring and Design Center will be closed from Monday, March 23 and re-open on Monday, April 6th.

During this time, only essential personnel will be working in our showroom for limited hours to perform administrative duties and respond to customer inquiries.
We will frequently check our messages remotely.

Thank you for your patience and understanding while we strive to responsibly care for our staff, customers and installers.

Durable, Waterproof Karndean Bathroom Flooring

Wall to Wall Flooring and Design Center

Inspired by Stone | Inspired by Wood

Like any other room in the home, your bathroom should be one you are proud of. With Karndean’s easy-care design and lifetime warranty, you can enjoy beautiful, worry-free flooring.

Karndean Designflooring from Wall to Wall Flooring and Design Center is an effective choice. Providing protection from splashes, spills and slips, our luxury vinyl tiles are not only practical for everyday use but they’re perfect for recreating latest trends. With a wide range of designs to choose from, there’s a floor for everyone. From classic stone to a contemporary wood look, you’ll find a floor that suits your personality, as well as your needs.

New Year, New Look, New Floors

Kardean Flooring from Wall to Wall Flooring

The beginning of a New Year and a new decade could mean a new look for your home. It may be time to update that space that brings inspiration. Wether you choose one particular room or decide to do a complet makeover; look no further than Karndean. A beautifully designed room will incorporate color, texture, pattern.

Like fashion, pattern can be used to draw attention, add interest to the overall design scheme, and is a way to express personality through your space. Flooring is not a home finish that is frequently replaced, so consider a classic pattern like herringbone.

Consider incorporating Karndean Design flooring into your 2020 home updates.

Herringbone Panels:

In small entryways or stair landings, you can create an area rug effect by doing a smaller panel version of a framed herringbone. You could also put multiple panels in longer hallways or use this “area rug” in a living or dining area.

There are several variations on the classic herringbone pattern, allowing you to keep the overall look of your floor traditional. However, if you’re looking to take a bolder approach to your herringbone floor, stay tuned for our next blog,

Experiment with different herringbone layouts using Floorstyle, the digital floor visualizer!

Why COREtec?

The patented core structure makes COREtec the original 100% waterproof, kidproof, petproof flooring by providing more rigidity, stability and comfort than glue down LVT, solid locking LVT, or laminate flooring.

COREtec construction delivers true style while handling just about anything life has in store.

Fresh Carpet Technology for a Pure Clean Home

Forever Fresh is treated with unique Fresh Carpet Technology that continually purifies your home by neutralizing odors.

THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR PREMIUM SOFT PET

Remarkably soft premium PET from the leader in soft carpet innovation

Mohawk, the leader in soft carpet technology, introduces Forever Fresh UltrasoftTM carpets with exceptional softness and stain resistance for a more comfortable and clean home.

Fresh carpet technology for a pure clean home

Premium soft PET fiber for ultimate comfort
Innovative odor-neutralizing technology to keep your home smelling fresh
Utilizes Mohawk’s patented Continuum process to ensure your carpet starts clean and stays clean
Made with up to 100% post-consumer recycled content
Premium spill and soil protection

Mohawk’s Continuum process, the ultimate innovation in PET carpet, provides the best in cleanability and performance.

Cleaner PROCESS

Continuum provides a stronger, higher quality PET polymer.

Cleaner PRODUCT

Continuum removes the oily lubricants that can cause other PET carpets to become dingy over time.

Cleaner PLANET

Continuum is made with up to 100% post-consumer recycled

MOHAWK SPECIAL

SmartStrand ForeverClean

$2.29 sq ft (270 sq ft Minimum) Installed w/8 lb Premium Pad.

6 Colors Available! While Supplies Last!

Wood Floors

HARDWOOD FLOOR TYPES

The main hardwood floor types are solid hardwood and engineered hardwood. A solid hardwood floor is made from solid pieces of wood, which is why the layers are extremely durable and strong. You can mount multiple matching cabinets on solid hardwood flooring in your kitchen confidently because each individual wood slab is usually ¾ inches thick. Engineered wood is also made with layers like solid hardwood flooring; however, the layout is slightly different. On the top layer, there is a slab of natural wood that’s made from a specific wood species. The bottom layer of engineered flooring consists of natural wood. In the center of an engineered slab, you’ll find five to seven layers of plywood that are arranged in a crisscross pattern.

Wood is hydroscopic. It will absorb and expel moisture based on its environment. Solid wood flooring is 100% hardwood and is not immune to these changes. With Engineered wood floorings multi-ply construction, these changes are greatly reduced. However, for the best results we recommend that all hardwood floorings be acclimated in a controlled environment prior to installation.

Interior walls should be dry enough to be painted and a relative humidity of 30-50% should be provided before any installation begins. A Calcium Chloride test will determine if a concrete slab is suitable for hardwood flooring, If excessive moisture is present an approved concrete sealer should be used to seal the slab.

Concrete sub floors must be clean, flat and sound and of sufficient compression strength (3000lbs PSI) being sure that the surface is not slick. Sections not flat such as waviness, trowel marks, etc. are to be eliminated by grinding or the use of an acceptable leveling compound. Especially along the walls, the sub floor flatness must be checked and, if necessary, improved. Flat to 1/8” in an 8’ radius.

In addition to concrete sub floors, these products can be installed over dry, flat wood sub floors, such as plywood. If plywood is used as an overlay over an existing sub floor, the thickness of the overlay material much be such as to yield a total 3/4” sub floor thickness.

New wood type sub floors should also be checked for moisture using a moisture meter. In general, wood or plywood sub floors should not exceed 12% moisture content or 4% moisture content difference between wood flooring and sub floor. Sub floor irregularities and undulation may cause any wood flooring installation to develop hollow spots between the flooring and the sub floor.

The three methods to install wood floors are:

Glue Down
Floating
Nail Down

Some of the benefits to a floating floor are:

Floating floors were designed to cover various types of sub flooring with a minimal amount of preparation.
They can be removed or repaired without damaging your sub floor.
You can remove a floating floor with ease and in some situations re-install it in a different area.
Removal of ceramic tile can be very costly and you can cover it up with a floating floor.

Floating wood floors are basically built the same as other engineered wood floors, which have multiple thin ply layers that are glued together. The inner cores are generally either a hardwood and/or soft ply- wood type of material, which incorporates the tongue and groove system. The top hardwood veneer wear layer is glued on top surface of the core and is available in almost any hardwood species.

Some of the benefits to a floating floor are:

Floating floors were designed to cover various types of sub flooring with a minimal amount of preparation.
They can be removed or repaired without damaging your sub floor.
You can remove a floating floor with ease and in some situations re-install it in a different area.
Removal of ceramic tile can be very costly and you can cover it up with a floating floor.

- Floating floors were designed to cover various types of sub flooring with a minimal amount of preparation.
- They can be removed or repaired without damaging your sub floor.
- You can remove a floating floor with ease and in some situations re-install it in a different area.
- Removal of ceramic tile can be very costly and you can cover it up with a floating floor.

The AC ratings are broken down into categories AC1 through AC5. Each rating has accompanying pictures/diagrams showing a product’s function and durability. The ratings are first separated by residential or commercial and then by the level of traffic: moderate, general and heavy.

Please take a look at the table below to see how each rating is comprised:

Laminate AC Ratings

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Proin nibh augue, suscipit a, scelerisque sed, lacinia in, mi. Cras vel lorem. Etiam pellentesque aliquet tellus. Phasellus pharetra nulla ac diam. Etiam pellentesque aliquet tellus.

	AC 1 Residential, Moderate Traffic: Suitable for bedrooms or guest rooms
	AC 2 Residential, General Traffic: Suitable for living rooms or dining rooms
	AC 3 Residential, Heavy Traffic: Suitable for all areas
	AC 3 Commercial, Moderate Traffic: Hotel rooms, small office
	AC 4 Commercial, General Traffic: Office, boutique, café
	AC 5 Commercial, Heavy Traffic: Public buildings, department stores