When Should You Redo Your Flooring?

By Edmund Brunetti

While most people think about wanting their flooring redone when it's old, cracked, and eaten away, that's often the most expensive time to do it. Your floor gives you plenty of warning signs when it's time to be pulled up and replaced with a new one, so knowing when to redo your floors and when not to is a good bit of knowledge to have.

First, you don't always have to redo all of your floors. Sometimes only certain parts of the floor are damaged while the rest of them are completely fine. So before you start tearing out every bit of floorboard, make sure to assess which parts are damaged and which parts are still good. You might be able to just replace the broken tiles or the rotted wood, for a much lower price.

You can spruce up most floors with a bit of sanding and scrubbing or, if they're tiled, by redoing the grout. However, if the flooring is old, smells, or the damage has gone through most or all of the floor, then you probably need to redo it.

Damaged floors can be a risk to your health, can potentially cause injuries, and can just make your house look dated. If the floors have become a lifestyle problem, then you definitely need to look at creating some replacements through some flooring installation Mississauga contractors provide.

Flooring installation in Toronto is different than getting some flooring installed in areas with very humid or arid conditions, so first, keep an eye on the climate and ambient temperature inside the home. For the Toronto area, you want to look for flooring options that can weather the temperature swings, as well as the winter dry heat, inside your home. If you are replacing flooring in your kitchen, look for vinyl or laminate planking or tiles that repel spills so accidents don't soak into the floor.

Figure out the types of benefits that you want your new floor to give you, and you'll be well on your way to replacing your old flooring with a newer model. Also, keep allergies in mind when picking a floor, not just if you are allergic to certain types of materials, but also if you are allergic to something in the air. A thick carpet or rug can collect mold, dander, pollen, and animal fur.

If your allergens are collected into one spot, then you'll be suffering the symptoms for much longer. Plus, you'll have to clean your carpets a lot more during allergy season, which might be a deal-breaker for you.

There's a lot to consider when you want to have flooring installation in Mississauga or Toronto, from the weather to the extent of the flooring damage you want to have replaced. But if you really need your floors replaced, you need to be asking and answering these questions to ensure that your replacement functions even better than the original.

Thankfully, if properly taken care of and maintained, floors have very long lifespans, so you'll probably only have to replace your floor once in your lifetime. That's good news for everyone!