Whether your home is traditional or contemporary, brand new or centuries old, wood floors offer endless design possibilities to fit your personal style. In addition to their natural beauty, wood floors are crafted to stand up to all phases of life.
The typical life span of a wood floor can exceed 100 years, making it a tremendous value. When they start to lose their luster, some hardwood floors can easily be sanded and refinished multiple times to restore their beauty. As an alternative, if you do not wish to change the color, a screen and recoat process can refresh the luster of the floor.
While hardwood floors are long-lasting, they can be prone to indentation because it’s a natural product, whereas something like Laminate or Adura will preform better with dents.
Mannington hardwood floors have ScratchResist® which can help the floor resist scratching. They combined this with Mannington’s high performance coating with Aluminum Oxide to help keep floors looking newer longer.
Hardwood doesn’t harbor mold, dust, or animal dander, which makes it better for homes of allergy sufferers and a breeze to clean.
The best part is that it is known to increase a home’s value. According to a Quantitative Evaluation of Real Estate Professionals, homes with wood floors sell faster and for more money than homes without them. The study also found that many real estate agents indicate identical homes with wood floors can sell for up to 10% more. Other studied indicate that you can gain 140% to 150% of the investment of your hardwood flooring purchase. So if you are selling in the future it is worth looking at hardwood floors as an easy investment in your home's resale.