Floor Care
How to Care for Your Floors
Straightforward, expert maintenance guides for every floor we install — so yours looks its best and lasts as long as it should.
Every flooring material wants slightly different care, and the fastest way to shorten a floor’s life is to clean it the wrong way — vinegar and steam mops on wood, standing water on laminate, acid on tile grout. These guides give you the honest do’s and don’ts for each material, straight from the manufacturers and the industry associations that set the standards.
Jump straight to your floor: Hardwood Floors, Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP), Engineered Wood Floors, Laminate Floors, or Tile Floors.
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Hardwood Floors
Keep grit and standing water off hardwood: dust-mop, damp-clean with a finish-safe cleaner, skip vinegar and steam mops, hold 30–50% humidity, recoat before wear.
Care guide →Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP)
LVP is waterproof but its thin wear layer still scratches and stains: sweep grit, damp-mop with a pH-neutral cleaner, skip abrasives and rubber-backed mats, felt every leg.
Care guide →Engineered Wood Floors
Engineered wood is stable but still real wood on top: dust-mop, damp-clean with a wood-safe cleaner, skip steam and vinegar, and mind the thin veneer's refinish limit.
Care guide →Laminate Floors
Laminate resists scratches but its fiberboard core swells from standing water: sweep, damp-mop only, never steam or wet-mop, skip wax and oil soap, wipe spills fast.
Care guide →Tile Floors
With tile, the grout needs the care: sweep, damp-mop with a neutral-pH cleaner, avoid vinegar and abrasives, and seal cement grout every 1–2 years to prevent staining.
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Related pages: Laminate Floors, Tile Floors, Hardwood Floors, and Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP).
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