Test your wooden floors

Wooden floors are the most solid and classic material in each home these days. The elegance that wooden floors are showing us and keeping the fact that they last for many decades it’s what have made them an attractive material for informed home owners! If you have a hardwood flooring that has lost it’s shine you can try sanding it and bring back the the sparkle on it’s surface again!
Wood as a material base is a porous and vulnerable. 

Many people today usually choose to help their floors last longer as protecting them against moisture with sanding. A simple test to find out your floor condition is to place a drop of water on it and if the drop isn’t absorbed, or it takes a few minutes to soak in, this mean that your wooden floor may be in good shape, but in case the drop soaks in immediately this mean that it is time for renovation !

Wooden floors are perhaps the most practical and beautiful material of all the time. But over time, the natural protection they have may wear off! A main reason for renovating hardwood floors, is that they also look much more beautiful after sanding than when they were originally installed!

What about knots and sap -wood?

This grade looks natural yet consistent, with few knots. Up to 10% sap-wood can be found in wood boards, along with considerable grain and colour variation, but only small knots. Big part of the wood’s character is showing through large knots, dark streaks, filled knots and colour variation. 

 Large knots, splits, cracks and any amount of sap- wood make hardwood a fun choice, and mean that your floor will be all that more distinctive. Knots occur naturally in wood where a branch grows out of the main trunk. They can go deep into the timber’s core. In terms of flooring, there are two types of knot. A dead knot is where the core of the knot has fallen out or been removed, and then filled. With a live knot, the core remains in the board. 

The rustic and extra rustic grades contain both types of knots.