Planning a vacation is something a lot of us look forward to throughout this year, and who could blame us? Who doesn't love a little time away from work; soaking up some much needed sun, kicking back, relaxing and leaving the day-to-day stresses and worries back at home.
After a nice, long vacation, it's often comforting to return home; assuming that the house is in precisely the exact same condition as when you left it, that is. What we believe is we all understand how easy it's to forget about the maintenance of your homes "environment" when you are out on vacation.
Not lots of men and women go away and wonder how their flooring do. (Well, except, possibly for us, admittedly.)
What you might not realize is that your flooring, over everything else, are at the most risk of getting damaged if the proper precautions aren't put into place before you leave. Most of us get antsy and excited if holiday time approaches, but that doesn't mean the thermostat can be turned to "OFF," and assuming that so long as the doors have been secured, the pets are in the kennel, as well as the alarm is on, you won't come home to beautiful flooring being badly, occasionally damaged! We know it could sound a little dramatic, however because our floor group places much TLC into every job, we want to be certain that the flooring last for the lifetime of the house and do not succumb to damage which might have been averted.
#3 - Don't turn the thermostat OFF -
It is extremely common, possibly a "force of habit," for people to walk around their home before they
depart, unplugging items and turning everything else to "off," together with the assumption that
they're doing the right thing. For the most part they are, but not when it concerns the thermostat. Remembering that your indoor temperatures should remain anywhere between 65-75 degrees with a relative humidity level between 30%-50%, placing your houses thermostat to switch if/when the temperature has a drastic change, is an essential and completely necessary step in preventing damage to your floors while you're away. Your thermostat ought to be thought of as the single and only line of defense to undesirable ground damage and buckling as you're off.
It's completely clear that the days before you go away on holiday can be hectic, to say the least, but ensuring these 3 hints are cared for will significantly lessen the danger of you coming home to find any unwanted floor damage.
