Care and warranty
Norwood Hill
Engineered hardwood and some rigid-core / laminate programs.
Hardwood care
Care
- Dry-dust or vacuum with a hard-floor tool. Grit is what dulls a factory finish.
- Use a neutral-pH hardwood cleaner on a lightly damp microfiber pad. Never a soaking mop or a steam mop — both are named exclusions on Anderson Tuftex, Norwood Hill, and Nuvelle warranties.
- No oil soap, wax, polish, or two-in-one cleaners with shine additives.
- Blot spills immediately. Standing water cups and peels a hardwood floor.
- Keep indoor humidity in a normal occupied range. Wide seasonal swings open gaps or crown boards and are not a mill defect.
- Felt pads under furniture. Area rugs with a breathable pad; some rubber backs discolor the finish.
Official care from the manufacturer
Warranty
- Prefinished engineered hardwood (D&M / Carriage and related): factory finish commonly warranted 50 years residential against wear-through, peel, or delamination of the finish under normal household use.
- Limited lifetime structural warranty on milling, grading, and ply bond when installed and kept to spec.
- Steam mops and wet mops are written exclusions.
- Original purchaser only.
Official warranty from the manufacturer
Luxury vinyl and laminate care
Care
- Sweep or vacuum with a hard-floor tool. No beater bar.
- Damp-mop with a pH-neutral vinyl cleaner. COREtec names Encore; most mills accept a neutral pH hard-surface cleaner.
- Wipe spills right away. The wear layer is waterproof; standing water at the walls and flooding of the subfloor are not.
- No steam mop, no wax, no oil soap, no abrasive pads, no bleach stronger than a light dilution the mill allows.
- Skip rubber-backed mats. They can discolor vinyl.
- Use pads under furniture and chairs.
Official care from the manufacturer
Warranty
- Hard-surface wear terms follow the collection — often 25-year to lifetime residential wear on AC4-class laminate and named vinyl.
- Scratches and gloss change are not wear-through.
Official warranty from the manufacturer
Our year on top of theirs
Artistic Design Studio warrants materials and labor for one year on work we sold and installed. The mill letter above is separate and often longer. We keep the order so a factory claim has a ticket. See the studio warranty.
This page is a plain-language summary of published manufacturer care and warranty pages as of September 2026. It is not the legal warranty. Terms, exclusions, and remedies live on the manufacturer’s current letter. Product on your invoice is the product that counts.