Hall Flooring Official Blog: How To Prevent Fading Floors

It’s ok to think that your floors can end up fading after a period of time. Think of your wood floors in a similar fashion to your skin -- too much exposure to sunlight isn’t good. So, as homeowners, what can we do? Is there actually a way to keep your floors from fading over time. In itself, this is a pretty loaded question so we should take a step back and look at some possibilities. While we can prevent it from happening at a fast rate, there’s no real way to totally stop it. However to be proactive, there are a few things you can do

Keeping your windows closed is very important, as your glass is designed to protect you from UV and infrared rays. By closing the windows, a lot of this bounces off of the glass and away from your home, which hits your floor. This is a great way to protect your floors with glass -- double paned windows are even better! Another simple trick is to keep your blinds closed if you’re not planning on being there for a while. While warm sunlight is great, it again, can damage your windows.

If you’re planning to finish your own floors, or get them redone, consider a finish with some sort of UV protection inside of it.Though these products can’t completely stop the process from happening, we can only be grateful that there’s a product to at least slow it down from happening at all. Additionally, it’s a good idea to use water based finishes which perform much better. As an added bonus, look into a pigment based stain over a dye stain, which has the ability to keep its color far longer than its competitor.

For any and everything flooring based, Hall Flooring has you covered, literally! If you’re interested in redoing or protecting your floors, we have a number of convenient showrooms, housing all of our current offerings!