Hi Scott, Another thing you might want to think about is the fact that come rain or winter weather, that floor is going to get pretty slippery, so I think you're going to have to put in some kind of foot/shoe/paw clean-up surface in that area after you've installed the smooth flooring. Maybe in the form of a floor mat...In other words, I don't think you can get away from having carpet, albeit in a smaller area than you had it before, but some form nonetheless.
Another thing you might want to consider is the safety of your pet. A lot of times, especially, if you let the dog out to go relieve itself through that door, the dog will tend to pull you down the corridor, Even when it feels that it really, really has to go, so not only will you risk scratching up the floor, but you'll risk the dog, and possibly you, slipping on that flooring. In the last couple of months, Boop wrote in that she installed cork flooring. I think this might be the way to go for you. Not only would it blend in with the rest of the flooring in the other rooms, depending on if various colours are available in the cork flooring, but the surface would be soft enough that you could get some traction, whether wet or dry, including the dog's paws, as well. In terms of the transition, If you get a good enough threshold, that is, something between the hallway flooring and the room transitions you are going to transition, I don't think you should have a problem. Please keep in mind that I have never seen cork flooring and am basing my opinion on what a cork board looks like, , so I don't know exactly what the floor would look like visually, I'm approaching this from a safety stand point, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Victor Gouveia To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
