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Hardwood flooring - A
healthy choice if you have dust allergies
(NC)-One of the most common allergies these days is dust. A
study in England showed that 10 per cent of the general population, and 90
per cent of people with allergic asthma, are allergic to dust mites. And in
the U.S., studies indicated that at least 45 per cent of young Americans
with asthma are allergic to house dust. Suffering from a dust allergy can be
very frustrating, especially when dust occurs naturally in our homes on
virtually every surface we touch.
If you have carpet in your home, dust can be even more of a
problem for your allergies, because dust and the tiny, microscopic dust
mites are trapped by carpet fibres, remain unseen and aren't always removed
during vacuuming.
What's a good alternative? Hardwood -It's a hard-surface
floor and doesn't trap dust fibres and mites that can set off your
allergies. It's also a timeless classic that adds value to your home.
When you have a dust allergy, you need to vacuum or dust
every week or as dust becomes visible. Hardwood floors are easy to care for
with simple vacuuming or dustmopping.
You have two choices in hardwood flooring. You can install
"conventional" hardwood but these floors tend to gap during dry winters.
Then there's the "new generation" of hardwood floors, guaranteed to be dust
and gap resistant. These floors also can be easily unclicked and lifted to
check underneath the floor for mould and mildew, and then clicked back into
position.
One respected source of these "new generation", gap-resistant
floors is TORLYS, a Canadian flooring company
www.torlys.com
. Unlike conventional hardwood floors their floors are guaranteed not
to gap despite variations in temperature and humidity.
With hardwood floors dust is more visible and you can better
control dust in your home.
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