Q: How do I care for and prevent damage to my hardwood flooring?
A: To maintain your new flooring sweep regularly especially in high traffic areas. If your vacuum cleaner has a hardwood setting, this is more effective at removing dirt from your floors than sweeping. To maintain the appearance of your hardwood, use a neutral pH cleaner made specifically for hardwood flooring.

Q: How do hardwood floors compare to other flooring materials?
A: Hardwood outperforms and outlasts almost any other flooring, and no other material can compare to its natural beauty.

Q: Can hardwood flooring increase the value of my home?
A: Yes. Like all other home improvements hardwood can increase the value of your home. Research shows that 90% of real estate agents believe that homes with hardwood sell faster, and at a higher price, than comparable homes without hardwood flooring.

Q: Is hardwood a good environmental choice?
A: Yes. Hardwood floors are recyclable, require less energy to manufacture, and are a better insulator than other materials. All of our hardwoods are made exclusively from renewable tree sources. Highway Flooring Inc. is committed to protecting the environment and recommends hardwood as an environmentally friendly alternative to other flooring materials.

Q: Can people wear high heels on my hardwood floor?
A: No. High heel shoes will dent your beautiful hardwood floor. An automobile has a load of approximately 30 lbs per square inch. An elephant exerts a load of approximately 60-100 lbs per square inch, however, ladies' high fashioned heels can seriously damage all types of floor covering. A 125 lbs women wearing these heels exerts in excess of 2,000 lbs per square inch. These shoes can dent hardwood, vinyl and rubber floors, chip ceramic tiles and puncture carpet and pad. This is the return of  a problem that our industry encountered 30 years ago. It was not then, nor is now, considered to be a manufacturing defect of floor covering materials by any of the  floor covering manufacturers.