Top 5 Benefits Of Parquet Flooring And Plank Floors – Part 3

Now that we’ve established what the most elegant and popular types of parquet flooring, let’s review three of the five main benefits of fitting parquet flooring in your home in our following blog post…

Parquet flooring can instantly turn a dull room into an inviting space. That’s right. While tiles will make your home feel colder and require many accessories to make the space cosier, parquet flooring will instantly infuse warmth into your space.

The natural feel and unmatched beauty of parquet flooring will also give a premium look to your home. And this is, unfortunately, something carpet and lino won’t do. High-quality Herringbone, Mosaic, or Chevron floors will immediately add sophistication to your rooms and enhance your home’s overall look and feel.

And the good thing about parquet flooring is that, as discussed above, it can come in many different patterns. And this, in turn, allows you to select the perfect flooring to match your taste and lifestyle and help bring all of your rooms together.

So, if you’re looking for high-quality flooring that will glam up your home, parquet flooring is the best option by far!

While this depends on how well you maintain your carpet, studies show that, on average, households of between 2 and 4 people have to replace their carpet every 3 to 5 years. After a couple of years, your carpet might start fading away in high-foot-traffic areas. Carpet in places like stairways, entryways, or hallways is often damaged.

And even though tiles are a pretty durable flooring option, they can still chip, scratch, and crack, affecting your space’s overall look and feel.

On the other hand, if you’ve installed high-quality parquet flooring throughout your home, you’ll be able to enjoy it for years without seeing much sign of wear and tear. Parquet flooring lasts, on average, 25 years before showing signs of damage.

What’s more, with proper maintenance and care, your parquet flooring might still look exquisite in 100 years!

Parquet flooring’s ability to withstand the test of time (and traffic) explains why it’s such a popular option with homeowners.

If you have children, you know how difficult it can be to keep your home pristine. Especially your floors!

Whether they love playing outside and dragging mud, dirt, and anything else they can find along the way indoors or simply like to paint or eat food anywhere in your house, these little munchkins can make cleaning your floors challenging.

And children aren’t the only ones who make keeping your floors spotless difficult.

Pets can also wreak havoc on your beautiful tiles or brand-new carpet over time.

• Carpet Is The Hardest Type Of Flooring To Clean And Maintain

Did you know that cat and dog worms and worm eggs thrive in carpets?

If you have carpet, maintaining a hygienic home can prove tedious with a pet. That’s because to prevent the worms from thriving and kill the eggs, you’ll need to vacuum and steam your carpet every single day!

And even if you don’t have kids or pets, maintaining a clean carpet is much more difficult than maintaining clean parquet flooring or plank floors. That’s because, to get all the dirt, dust, and allergens out of your carpet, you’ll need a powerful vacuum. Yet, unfortunately, some high-power vacuums can damage carpet fibers and destroy your carpet.

What’s more, using the wrong equipment or products could result in carpet shrinking or wicking. This means that the only way to protect your carpet and effectively clean it is to hire a professional who will know exactly how to treat it.

• Tiles Can Be Tedious To Clean Too

Even though tiles might seem easy to clean and maintain at first, it isn’t necessarily the case. Grout between tiles is porous, and cracks can form over time. And this means that it can be permeated by dirt, food scraps, and moisture, making getting rid of stains difficult.

• Parquet Flooring Is The Easiest Type Of Flooring To Clean

Now, parquet flooring is sealed. This is great because it means that if you install parquet flooring in your home, all you’ll need to do is put a little bit of water in a bucket, add a few drops of parquet flooring-friendly cleaner, and mop.

Spilled some red wine on the floor? Wipe it, and it’ll be like new.

And another major benefit of parquet flooring is that not only is it easy to clean, but it doesn’t absorb odours!

The only thing you need to keep in mind is that it’s best to avoid using bleach or ammonia when cleaning your floors.

Now that we’ve that we’ve covered three of the five main benefits of fitting parquet flooring, we’ll review the final two in part 4 of this series – click here to read part 4.