How to clean a wood floor.
Maintain your floor without damaging it by accident. Too much cleaning can cause a wood floor to lift or delaminate.
What’s the difference?
Ideal Home trending
Ideal home are always updating trends and keeping an eye on the current market. Take a look at their ideal home tips for flooring. https://www.idealhome.co.uk/tag/flooring
Slippery flooring with pets
Wooden floors when you have pets is something to think about. They are absolutely stunning and look good in any area of the home. However whilst pets can walk on them, they can slip slide a lot and this causes stresses on their joints. You could think about looking for non slip flooring options such as LVT or Vinyl. In so many wood affects they are a fab alternative, at a fraction of the cost of real wood. Most are pet friendly and have an R10 or above rating. They tend to be scratch resistant and easily wipe clean.
The R scale runs from R9 to R13, where R9 is slippery when wet, and R13 the least slippery.
Whilst safety does need to be considered in a home, it is quite funny watching pets slide. Take a look at the compilation below. It will make you smile.
The R scale runs from R9 to R13, where R9 is slippery when wet, and R13 the least slippery.
Whilst safety does need to be considered in a home, it is quite funny watching pets slide. Take a look at the compilation below. It will make you smile.
Competition Time!!
Terms and conditions
. Our Facebook competition launched 9th March is for a 5 x 4m Dalton carpet in any colour with free fitting.
. Winner will be announced on the 3rd April 2020.
. Winner must be within a 15 mile radius of Basingstoke otherwise a charge applies subject to location.
. Underlay and gripper is not included but can be purchased for a discount price of £60, only at this price with the competition.
. If underlay not purchased, carpet will be fitted on existing underlay or stuck straight to the subfloor floor.
. No replacements, alternatives or monetary value can be claimed for the carpet in this free giveaway. It is the users choice to have fitted or to keep the carpet unfitted.
. Uplift and disposal of old flooring is chargeable.
. Room must be clear of furniture, ready to fit. Charges apply for moving of furniture.
. Once the competition has ended and the carpet delivered or fitted to the winner, we no longer are under any further obligation regarding what was won in the competition.
. Batchwood flooring reserve the right to cancel the competition at any time.
. We have run this competition to be a bit of fun and give someone a free carpet. It is to help us with our marketing and spread of awareness of our business
. Once the winner is announced no one is obligated to Batchwood flooring and can unlike and unfollow us at any point by doing so on Facebook.
. Our Facebook competition launched 9th March is for a 5 x 4m Dalton carpet in any colour with free fitting.
. Winner will be announced on the 3rd April 2020.
. Winner must be within a 15 mile radius of Basingstoke otherwise a charge applies subject to location.
. Underlay and gripper is not included but can be purchased for a discount price of £60, only at this price with the competition.
. If underlay not purchased, carpet will be fitted on existing underlay or stuck straight to the subfloor floor.
. No replacements, alternatives or monetary value can be claimed for the carpet in this free giveaway. It is the users choice to have fitted or to keep the carpet unfitted.
. Uplift and disposal of old flooring is chargeable.
. Room must be clear of furniture, ready to fit. Charges apply for moving of furniture.
. Once the competition has ended and the carpet delivered or fitted to the winner, we no longer are under any further obligation regarding what was won in the competition.
. Batchwood flooring reserve the right to cancel the competition at any time.
. We have run this competition to be a bit of fun and give someone a free carpet. It is to help us with our marketing and spread of awareness of our business
. Once the winner is announced no one is obligated to Batchwood flooring and can unlike and unfollow us at any point by doing so on Facebook.
Exclusive to Lifestyle
We have recentrly joined lifestyle. For exclusive discount check out the link.
https://www.thelifestylecard.co.uk/listing/batchwood-flooring/
https://www.thelifestylecard.co.uk/listing/batchwood-flooring/
How to choose a bedroom carpet
Recommended carpet and upholstery cleaner Basingstoke.
Helpful information
Maintenance care
To help you maintain your new carpet’s good looks, you’ll need to take good care of it, maintain it as well as you can, and clean it properly. Here are some tips from Cormar. A household name and well recommended.
The key to good maintenance is to vacuum regularly to avoid particles of loose dirt and dust working their way into the carpet pile where they can act abrasively on the fibres and discolour the carpet.
Loop Pile carpets should be vacuumed with a cylinder cleaner using the suction head only. Avoid using beater heads and brushes – they will catch and lift the fibres, and eventually, this will give your carpet a bobbled or felted appearance.
CUT PILE CARPET
Cut Pile carpets should ideally be vacuumed with an upright vacuum cleaner with a beater bar and brush. You can also opt to use a cylinder vacuum cleaner with a similar attachment.
SOFT DEEP PILE CARPET
We recommend a vacuum cleaner with an adjustable height for Soft Deep Pile carpets, to ensure proper airflow over the pile surface, during cleaning.
CLEANING YOUR CARPET
In a busy house with a young family, pets, or plenty of visitors, spills and stains can happen at any time. The good news is that carpets can be cleaned easily and simply by following the recommended guidelines below, alternatively, if you have a wool carpet please follow our wool care guide.
• Tackle spillages and stains immediately, don’t leave them until later or allow them to dry.
• Blot away all the liquid stain with dry kitchen towel or a clean white dry cloth.
• Semi-solid substances should be removed with a plastic spatula.
• Remember to be patient – don’t rub vigorously or over-soak the stain.
• Always work from the outside of the stain inwards to minimise it spreading.
• To clean off any remaining stains, blot with a clean, damp cloth.
Polypropylene Carpets:
The key to good maintenance is to vacuum regularly to avoid particles of loose dirt and dust working their way into the carpet pile where they can act abrasively on the fibres and discolour the carpet.
- Vacuum regularly at least 2-3 times a week.
- A large, strong doormat will reduce dirt from outside being spread around the house.
- Removing your shoes at the front door will lessen the impact of everyday wear and tear.
- Avoid where possible, laying light coloured carpets next to external entrances.
- Man-made fibre and wool carpets should be vacuumed regularly as soon as they are laid.
Loop Pile carpets should be vacuumed with a cylinder cleaner using the suction head only. Avoid using beater heads and brushes – they will catch and lift the fibres, and eventually, this will give your carpet a bobbled or felted appearance.
CUT PILE CARPET
Cut Pile carpets should ideally be vacuumed with an upright vacuum cleaner with a beater bar and brush. You can also opt to use a cylinder vacuum cleaner with a similar attachment.
SOFT DEEP PILE CARPET
We recommend a vacuum cleaner with an adjustable height for Soft Deep Pile carpets, to ensure proper airflow over the pile surface, during cleaning.
CLEANING YOUR CARPET
In a busy house with a young family, pets, or plenty of visitors, spills and stains can happen at any time. The good news is that carpets can be cleaned easily and simply by following the recommended guidelines below, alternatively, if you have a wool carpet please follow our wool care guide.
• Tackle spillages and stains immediately, don’t leave them until later or allow them to dry.
• Blot away all the liquid stain with dry kitchen towel or a clean white dry cloth.
• Semi-solid substances should be removed with a plastic spatula.
• Remember to be patient – don’t rub vigorously or over-soak the stain.
• Always work from the outside of the stain inwards to minimise it spreading.
• To clean off any remaining stains, blot with a clean, damp cloth.
Polypropylene Carpets:
- Make sure you have a clean, white cloth, household bleach, warm water and kitchen towel to hand.
- As above, tackle the spillage immediately to ensure it doesn’t dry into the carpet and remove all semi-solids with a plastic spatula.
- Make a bleach solution, using one part bleach and ten parts water.
- Using the white cloth and working gently from the outside in, gently blot away the stain, adding more bleach to the solution if necessary
- When the stain has been removed, carefully blot the carpet dry with kitchen towel.
- Make sure you’ve got the right tools for the job. You will need dry kitchen towel, a clean white cloth, warm water and a plastic spatula.
- Tackle a spillage or stain immediately – if you leave it for some time or allow it to fully dry, it may be harder to lift the stain out.
- If there are any semi-solid spillages (such as food, for example) ensure you pick that up first – you don’t want to be scrubbing stains into the carpet. Use a plastic spatula to remove these to minimise further contact with the carpet.
- Using a little warm water and a kitchen towel, gently blot the stain, working from the outside in to minimise spreading. Continue this, replacing the towel when necessary, until the stain has faded significantly. Be sure not to over-wet the carpet!
- Finally, use a clean, white cloth and a little warm water and continue to blot the stain until disappeared.
- If your stain is still visible after these steps- take a look at our wool care guide for more specific stain removal advice.