INSULATING YOUR HARDWOOD FLOORING

20 June 2010
INSULATING YOUR HARDWOOD FLOORING

Have you been considering getting hardwood flooring in your home, but you are unsure about where to start and what you should be looking for? If so, you don’t have to worry anymore. There are many options available to you but you don’t need to feel daunted about the prospect of choosing your new flooring covering, especially when you have a hardwood flooring specialist on hand to help you.

The choices you will have to make regarding your new flooring will be whether or not you go for a hard or soft wood. What colour of wood you would like in your home and also how you would like the new flooring to be laid.

In most instances, the hardwood flooring is layered over the existing floorboards or concrete basis within a room. You can choose to have underlay installed underneath if you think that you need the additional insulation. Insulation will ensure that your feet are warm and that any room which has hardwood flooring retains as much heat as possible. This is especially useful given that we have suffered unseasonably cold winters of late.