Most people who have hard-surface flooring in their homes clean with traditional mops, brooms, and other cleaning sticks. 

While this makes you think that vacuuming floors is unnecessary, sweeping and mopping does not thoroughly remove dust and other particles from floors. 

It is highly recommended that you vacuum your hard-surface floors once a week.

Is It Better to Sweep or Vacuum Hardwood Floors?

Using brooms can stir up dust, dust bunnies and pet dander into the air, which drops back to the floor or onto surfaces such as carpets, furniture, or even into our lungs. And even though mopping does a great job in removing stains and spilled liquid, it’s not effective in getting rid of particles and irritants, especially the ones that are trapped in between the gaps in your floorboards.

Vacuuming wood floors removes 100% of contacted dust and dirt from your floors, and improves the air quality inside your home. Dust and debris can accumulate in grout lines and corners, which are areas that a broom cannot clean. Sweeping sand and other rough particles can scratch hard-surface floors and cause irreversible damage.

The Best Vacuum For Hardwood Floors and Pet Hair

It’s important to choose the right vacuum cleaner for your hardwood floors, as there are some vacuum cleaners that will not efficiently clean and may even damage your floors. 

Portable vacuum cleaners, although handheld and lightweight, don’t have the right amount of suction that wood floors need. They tend to leave particles behind and are not effective in keeping floors clean. 

A heavy vacuum cleaner like an upright vacuum is also another vacuum that you may want to avoid. Constantly lugging this vacuum cleaner on your hardwood floors can scratch or damage them and your furniture, making them age quickly. 

A robotic vacuum cleaner, although seemingly effective and gentle on hardwood floors, needs to be charged every now and then and tends to miss spots and corners in a room.

The very best vacuum cleaner that you can ever get for your hardwood floors is a central vacuum system. 

Since the central vacuum system is already integrated throughout your home, the only thing that you’ll ever need is the cleaning hose and the vacuum accessories. All you have to do is just plug the hose in a vacuum inlet and you can start cleaning your entire home. It is made to eliminate the need to drag a vacuum around your house and it is very safe to use on delicate surfaces and hardwood floors.

Homewave Central Vacuum Systems have five times the suction power of regular vacuum cleaners, eliminating 100% of dust, allergens and small particles from homes, keeping them clean and improving air quality. 

Together with the right central vacuum tools and brushes, it is a very convenient and effective tool that lets you thoroughly vacuum your hardwood floors, including the cracks in between them. It also includes a cleaning hose that is five feet longer than the industry standard, allowing you to reach and clean every corner of a room. 

How to Vacuum Hardwood Floors

Vacuuming hardwood floors with a central vacuum system is an easy thing to do. However, it should be done with care and attention.

One important thing to remember is that you should not use roller brushes on sensitive hardwood flooring. The bristles can scratch and permanently damage these surfaces.

Here are some tips for you if you want to learn how to vacuum hardwood floors like a pro:

1. Start by dusting higher surfaces and objects

   Before you start vacuuming your floors, it’s a great idea to dust higher areas like the ceiling, curtains and furniture first. While dusting these areas, you’re more likely to stir up dust and particles in the air that will fall back down on the floor.

   So to prevent dust from settling on the floor, it’s best to vacuum your floor last.
   
   

2. Clear the floor of sharp objects

   A vacuum must never be used to pick up objects that don’t fit through the hose or fragments that are too sharp like glass, nails and screws.

   Vacuuming these objects can pierce or clog the hose and filter. It can even damage the power unit.
   
   

3. Don’t forget the areas under the furniture

   When vacuuming the floor, make sure to include the areas that are under the furniture.

   While a central vacuum has tools and accessories that allow you to reach areas that are difficult to clean, you can move your furniture occasionally to thoroughly clean those areas. Just be careful not to scratch or damage your tile floors.

    

4. Vacuum more than once

   To make sure all the dust, dirt, debris and allergens are completely removed from your floors, you might want to vacuum a couple of times in the same area. This is very effective in removing pet dander, which is very stubborn and hard to remove in floors. 

    

5. Vacuum on a regular basis

   Choose a particular day of the week where you want to vacuum your floors.
   Vacuuming regularly will help keep your hardwood floors looking brand new and free from allergens and particles that are both harmful to your health and your home.

    

6. Change the vacuum bags

   If you’re using vacuum bags, it’s important to change them regularly, especially if you’re using a central vacuum system.

   It is highly advisable to change your vacuum bags when they’re about 75% full. Not changing the bags will reduce the suction of the vacuum and clog the hose and the pipes.

   When cleaning with a vacuum, you’ll notice that you get the best results when you’re using a new bag.

Ready to get a vacuum cleaner that will keep your hardwood floors and entire home good as new?

Homewave central vacuum systems do not only deliver high-performance cleaning, but also offer easy and fast vacuuming, making it a lot simpler for you to maintain your hardwood flooring. 

Get in touch with us today so you can start enjoying the benefits and the superior cleaning power of a Homewave central vacuum system.