{"id":995,"date":"2014-02-05T00:06:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:31:11","slug":"long-hardwood-floors-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/long-hardwood-floors-last","title":{"rendered":"How Long Do Hardwood Floors Last?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a common question that many <a title=\"Hardwood Floor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\">hardwood floor<\/a> owners have. The answer is both simple and complex. The simple answer is that the wood in the floor itself can last a lifetime. The complex answer is that while the wood may last forever, the beautiful finish\/gloss\/shine that it has will dissipate over time.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re comparing\u00a0<a title=\"Hardwood Floors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\"><b>hardwood floors<\/b><\/a>\u00a0to carpet then you\u2019ll be happy to hear that carpet should normally be replaced about every 10 years while hardwood floors don\u2019t need to be replaced, but refinished or recoated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1006\" src=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/hardwood2.jpg\" alt=\"hardwood\" width=\"580\" height=\"193\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So the real question becomes: \u201c<strong>When should I refinish or recoat my floors?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer really depends on how well you take care of your floors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you routinely <a title=\"cleaning wood floors\" href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/cleaning-your-hardwood\">clean your wood floors<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Do you make sure to immediately clean up any spills that may happen?<\/li>\n<li>Do you stay proactive by keeping your pets from damaging your floors?<\/li>\n<li>Do you constantly rearrange heavy furniture with proper padding underneath?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ve answered \u201cyes\u201d to these questions because this is how you can really prolong the life and finish of your luscious hardwood floors.<\/p>\n<p>Recoating is a simpler process that aims to extend the life of your finish. <a title=\"refinishing wood floors\" href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/refinishing-your-hardwood-floor\">Refinishing wood floors<\/a>\u00a0is a much deeper process that essentially gives you the look of having freshly installed floors. Recoating is less expensive and if done roughly every 3-5 years, then you can drastically reduce the amount of times to have your floors refinished. Typically hardwood floors should be refinished every 8-12 years, but this varies depending on how rough you are with your floors.<\/p>\n<p>Some people don\u2019t refinish\/recoat their floors and are perfectly content leaving them the way they were installed. That\u2019s fine, but it will lack the eye-catching luster that brings hardwood floors to life.<\/p>\n<p>With the technology we have today,\u00a0<b>engineered hardwood floors<\/b>\u00a0are built to last. Combine that with a strong\u00a0multilayer\u00a0polyurethane\u00a0and aluminum oxide\u00a0finish and now we\u2019ve got a floor that\u2019s ready for battle.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a title=\"engineered hardwood floors\" href=\"http:\/\/urbanfloor.com\/blog\/engineered-wood-flooring-and-its-benefits\">engineered hardwood floors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a common question that many hardwood floor owners have. The answer is both simple and complex. The simple answer is that the wood in the floor itself can last a lifetime. The complex answer is that while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,349,77],"tags":[355],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-care-and-maintenance","category-engineered-hardwood-floors","category-flooring-educational","tag-how-long-do-hardwood-floors-last"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/2475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanfloor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}