Updates To Our Hardwood Flooring Maintenance Tips Video List

We just updated our Hardwood Flooring Maintenance Video series with our latest compilation:

7 Hardwood Maintenance Tips

 

If you prefer simply to quickly skim these tips, here they are:

Vacuum or sweep your floor regularly with a soft-bristled attachment or broom, especially in high-traffic areas. This prevents gritty dirt and particle buildup that can scratch the wood’s surface. Don’t use vacuums with a beater bar or power rotary brush head.

Use a humidifier during heating seasons to help reduce wood shrinkage and humidity between 35% and 55%

Use ice to harden tough substances like wax or chewing gum, and then gently scrape with a plastic scraper or a credit card. Be careful not to scratch the surface and wipe the area clean with a soft, slightly damp cloth.

Avoid walking on your hardwood floors with spiked or damage-heeled shoes.

Resist wet-mop, damp-mop, or cleaning your hardwood with water or other liquids.

Don’t use oil soaps, liquid or paste wax, or other household products containing lemon, citrus, or tung oil, or silicon to clean floors.

Stay away from harsh cleaning aids like steel wool pads, any scouring pads containing metal, or scouring powders.

Don’t use 2-in-1 cleaners that contain acrylics or urethane polish to restore gloss.

If you have unfortunately done damage to your wood floors by cleaning them improperly, give us a call to go over your options. You can replace a piece or even give your Austin, Texas home or office an entirely new look by having us install brand new flooring.

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Happy Holidays From Johnson Fine Floors

Happy Holidays to all our fellow Austin Texas shoppers.

5 days to Christmas?  Can you believe how fast 2016 has been?   Anyways, if your out there on the mean streets looking for gifts for loved ones, drive safe, ya’ll!

(And yes, you can count us in as believing “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie).

We are located at 3301 Steck Ave #107 Austin, TX 78757

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Can Your Dog Clean Your Hardwood Floors?

We are such dog lovers at Johnson Fine Floors, your friendly neighborhood Flooring Store Nearby. This was just too funny to not share.

This is Stephan. He just wants to help. 13/10 such a good boy pic.twitter.com/DkBYaCAg2d

— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) December 9, 2016

It’s friday and we wish all of our customers and visitors to our content channels a good restful weekend and encourage them all to give their dogs a super nice treat.

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Flooring Store Near Me

North Austin, where Johnson Fine Floors is located, has been growing consistently for almost a decade now. According to city-level population estimates released on May 13th, Georgetown, is the fastest-growing U.S. city with more than 50,000 new residents. It grew by an eye opening 7.8 percent from mid-2014 through mid-2015, adding 4,611 residents and raising its population from 59,105 to 63,716.

How has the city of Austin’s growth been? It grew at a slower clip than its outskirts neighbors between 2014 and 2015, expanding by 2.1 percent with the addition of 19,117 residents to rise to a population of 931,830.

Growth like that has reflected in rising residential values. With such a redistribution of living spaces, Austin residential renovations and home improvement spending has been on an enviable upward trend. Of the most popular home improvement projects. Flooring renovation has seen a particularly notable rise. Swapping out old floors for the new innovative hardwood, stone and laminate flooring has been a favorite of Interior Designers and homeowners alike.

Anyone looking for a Flooring Store “near me” in Austin Texas, as is done so often, will have a handful of options. Johnson Fine Floors is located at 3301 Steck Ave #107 Austin, TX. Our location is in North Austin, in what is called the North Shoal Creek area. Across from MoPac Highway 1, looking Northwest and between Highway 360, are the affluent areas of Serena Woods, Spicewood Forest, Twin Mesa, Mountain Ridge, and Vista North. To the East of the North Shoal Creek area, is the North Austin Civic Association area. Growth in these areas has matched the overall North Austin growth trends.

What is to the North of Johnson Fine Floors? The areas of NcNeil, North Burnet, Jollyville, and Wells Branch.

What are the growth projections for the future? According to this new research by American City Business Journals, The population of the Texas capital, which reached 2 million last year, is projected to soar 98.5 percent to nearly 4 million by 2040. Businesses involved with home improvement and renovations are likely to benefit from the phenomenon of migration, and the following home sales.

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Stone Tile Lasts A Lifetime

Stone Tile is a luxurious product that may last a lifetime, which ensures it will more than pay for itself.

Natural Stone is a product that has this way of bringing the colors and texture of Nature right into your home. It can even do that while adding a quality and warmth to a room that proponents say is just not possible with any other material.

it is important that customers are aware of the inherent nature of stone and the upkeep. Proper maintenance of stone will ensure that their investment lasts.

And for anyone who indulges in putting their personal touch into their moments, Natural Stone tile creates a look that is truly unique and can’t be fully replicated with products made to look like natural stone. No two Stone floors can ever be exact matches.

It’s not just used for beautiful floors but also can be used for countertops, wall tile and decorative mosaics. Ask us more about this in our flooring showroom, if you like.

“As technology continues to advance, we will see increased creativity with stone mosaics,” said Roy Viana, director of natural stone and slab for Daltile. “The increased demand for textured mosaics has helped drive the advancement to three-dimensional tile, which adds depth and character to any room.”

“Additionally, these improvements are enabling us to offer more stones in larger formats, such as 8 x 36 planks or 18 x 36, which used to either be a challenge or was in limited supply,” Viana said. “The natural stone industry continues to reinvent itself through new stones, finishes and formats in all categories, with a larger focus in limestone and marble products.”

Most often, one finds themselves walking on Natural Stone floors when visiting Court and State buildings. Think back to your most recent visit to any elaborate and older buildings, like the Capitol building here in Austin Texas, and you will remember the stunning Stone work in those halls. To this day, the floors still look stunning. With the new affordability of Stone, consumers are now putting it in their bathrooms and other places to get what is called a “classic look”.

Some Flooring options go through many style, color and design trends, while others have to be replaced every decade or so just from normal wear and tear; natural stone is neither of these. Stone has a timeless “classic look”, and does not appear that it ever will be subject to trends. You can feel good knowing that your Natural Stone floor is so permanent.

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