If your hardwood flooring has seen better days, you might be asking yourself how to best improve its condition. Is the damage deep enough that the flooring needs to be replaced, or does the damage only scratch the surface and therefore only necessitate a refinishing job? This can be a difficult question to answer, but one which bobvila.com has attempted to shed some light on in an article they've posted called "Old Wood Flooring: Replace or Refinish?"
This article gives some good insight into both the replacing and refinishing processes. For example, refinishing can repair a lot more damage than you might think, but one thing it can't do is silence a squeaky floor; only replacing the floor--and sometimes some other little tricks--can silence a floor. To learn more, check out the article!
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