Homeowner's Maintenance Guide: HVAC & How It Can Limit the Effects on Hardwood Floors
August 15, 2019 • HVAC System
The indoor environment in your home can cause a variety of effects on hardwood floors. How these factors impact flooring depends to some extent on the operation of your HVAC system.
Wood is an organic material and, even when installed indoors, continues to respond to natural influences, particularly humidity. Here’s how this specific factor causes certain effects on hardwood floors, as well as some ways your HVAC system can limit them.
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