There are tons of resources online to help you out with this problem. Wood floors can be so nice but can also sometimes be a pain to maintain. Take a look at some of the following links and also Google your questions. I did for you and tons of sites came up. I linked them for you below. Sometimes you can fix such problems yourself and sometimes a professional would be best. Good luck with your repairs. Home improvement projects can be fun.
Bona Hardwood Floor Polish is environmentally friendly and can maintain any hardwood floor.
Bruce hardwood floor cleaner is the best hardwood floor cleaner for day to day use.
Engineered hardwood floors can be floated, but not solid hardwood floors.
Orange Glo is a Hardwood Floor Care business designed especially for people who live in a house with wooden floors. Some products are "Hardwood Floor Everyday Cleaner", "Hardwood Floor 4-in-1 Cleaner" and "Hardwood Floor Refinisher".
The flooring is all up to you. If you prefer a hardwood floor, go with that. If you want a rug floor, that's okay too. You can always do a combo of them, and make some of your floor hardwood, and the rest rug.
I want to do something different to my wooden floors. What does hardwood floor refinishing look like?
Yes, you can do this treatment on your yard and it will kill fleas. The soap will coat the fleas and therefore kill them.
While you can use a hardwood floor cleaner on any type of floor, it will only be effective on hardwood. It won't really help on carpet, and in some cases may damage the carpet.
Bellaword hardwood floor cleaner, sold by Lumber Liquidators LLC.
Generally, yes hardwood floor vacuums do work well on wood floors. However, some hardwood floor vacuums can damage softwood floors if the hardwood floor vacuums have tough bristled vacuums brushes or their wheels are made from hard materials.
Not the best idea. Hardwood floor should be angle nailed down, but obviously you cant do that. I think hardwood flooring would dry out and separate in places if glued.
If you're installing hardwood floor boards over a strong 3/4 inch plywood sub-floor, then yes, you can install the hardwood floor parallel to the joists. If your sub-floor is weak, then you should fix the subfloor.