Hardwood Floor Cleaning in Boerne, TX
From December to February, Kendall County floors take a delivery of yellow dust every time the wind blows, and it does not stop at the window screen.
Ashe juniper covers a great deal of this county, and it releases pollen in the dead of winter when everything else is dormant. On a dry, windy January day the hills visibly smoke with it.
Households here know exactly what it does to their sinuses. Far fewer connect it to what happens on the floor between Christmas and Valentine's Day, which is a fine, resinous dust arriving faster than anybody can pick it up.
Why This Pollen Sticks to a Floor
Juniper pollen grains are small, light, and carry a waxy outer coat. That coat is what makes them cling to a windowsill and a car hood instead of blowing off, and it is what makes them cling to a floor finish. Ordinary dust sits loose and lifts with a dust mop. Resinous pollen adheres slightly, so a dry mop pushes some of it around, and a damp mop turns it into a thin sticky film that then holds every other bit of grit that arrives that week.
The Six Weeks When Grit Load Doubles
The floor problem in cedar season is not the pollen itself doing damage. It is that a sticky surface holds onto the sand, limestone dust, and general debris that a Hill Country house takes in anyway, and holds it in the traffic lanes where feet then work it into the coating. In a house that would ordinarily hold its condition for eighteen months, a bad cedar season can account for a noticeable share of a year's wear in about six weeks.
Getting Through the Season With Less Damage
Close windows on high-count days and keep the system running on recirculation with a better filter than the builder supplied. Dry pick up more often, not more aggressively. Keep an outdoor mat that gets shaken out weekly instead of left to load up. And resist the instinct to mop it away, because the film that results is worse than the dust was. Book the cleaning for March when the season ends, which is when the floor has the most to give back.
What Cedar Season Cannot Be Blamed For
Pollen film, the grit bound into it, and the traffic dulling all come off, and a maintenance coat gives the following winter something to land on that is not your finish. What was already there stays: gouges into the wood, worn-through lanes, dark staining from water or pet damage, splits, and cupped boards. The sanding and refinishing side of the trade is not ours and we will not pretend otherwise, so if that is what a floor needs we say it and point you to somebody who does it.
Not sure whether your floor needs cleaning or refinishing? There are three tests you can run yourself in about a minute, and they will tell you which one you are dealing with before anyone quotes you.
Hardwood problems we handle in Boerne
Put a reminder in your calendar for the first week of March. That is the right week to book a floor in this county and almost nobody thinks of it.
Boerne: 830-428-9553 for the crew, or book here. Fifty dollars less on the first visit.
Areas we cover around Boerne
Zip codes: 78006, 78015
Hardwood questions from Boerne homeowners
Does an air purifier help the floor?
A little. Filtration at the system, changed frequently through January, does considerably more than a portable unit in one room.
Should we clean during the season or after?
After, if you can wait. March or April gets you a full year out of the visit instead of two months.
Is the yellow film on our floor actually pollen?
Wipe a small area with a dry white cloth. Pollen shows as a distinct yellow-green on the cloth, and it will be worse near windows and doors than in the middle of a room.
How long does the work take?
A day for most Boerne houses. Rooms are usable again inside an hour and rugs go back after twenty-four hours.
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