A current trend in flooring known as wire brushed hardwood is sweeping the interior design world. According to the experts at Hardwood Planet, wire brushed hardwood is a finish on hardwood floors that “involves scraping wood planks using a hard-bristled wire brush” and results in exposing the “soft grains from the tree’s growth ring.” Essentially, there will be a grooved design in the hardwood boards that mimics a reclaimed wood look. Wire brushed hardwood floors aren’t for everyone, though.
Pros and Cons of Wire Brushed Hardwood Flooring
These pros and cons will let you know if they’re right for you.
Con: Cleaning is More Difficult in Wire Brushed Hardwood Floors
Due to the shallow grooves that the wire brush makes in the hardwood planks, cleaning a wire brushed floor is more challenging. When a surface is smooth, you can just sweep and mop the boards and call it a day. But, with wire brushed surfaces, there are many places where dirt and dust can hide and you can’t always get them out with one pass of a broom. You’ll have to use a broom or a mop to dig into the grooves and bring the dirt and dust to a less-textured part of the floor so you can sweep it into a dustpan.
Pro: You Don’t Have to Clean Brushed Hardwood Floor as Often
The good news is that you won’t have to clean your wire brush hardwood floors as often as you do floors with a smooth surface. This is because the dirt doesn’t show up as easily with the grooves muting the light that reflects off the boards. Of course, if you want to continue to clean your floors as often as you do now, this won’t be a pro, but it definitely is if you want to reclaim some of your time from this chore.
Pro: Maintenance is Easier in Wire Brushed Hardwood Flooring
When you buy a floor that is purposely designed to look like distressed or reclaimed wood, you don’t have to keep it maintained to its initial beauty. New scratches, gouges, and other marks will just add character to your floors, so there’s no need to replace a board every time one gets slightly damaged. Additionally, if you do need to replace a board for some reason, you don’t have to worry as much about matching your other boards identically since grooves will be unique for each board anyway.
Pro: Grip is Better in Brushed Hardwood Flooring
Highly polished hardwood floors can be slippery, which can lead to falls and injuries. But wire brushed hardwood floors provide a better grip because they are texturized rather than completely smooth. When you’re walking through your house, you will have less of a chance of slipping and falling on wire brushed hardwood floors than if you’re walking on most other non-carpet surfaces. This should be a consideration if you have people in your house who are already falling risks, but it doesn’t hurt to consider it for everyone, especially if you don’t want an unexpected trip to the ER due to a slip and fall accident.
Conclusion
As you can see, there are many advantages to having wire brushed hardwood floors in your home. Not only are they easier to maintain and more slip-resistant, but you won’t have to clean them as often either. Plus, you’ll be getting in on the trend just as it begins to take off.
Aprt from this, we have also written another article on hardwood floor. Please refer following link:
The Top 8 Benefits of Installing Hardwood Floors in Your Home
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