Dear Wendy, looks like you have got some good insights on this - The flooring of my house is combinations of hardwood floor, carpet, tiles and bricks - when I converted the garage to a living quarter - I made the most portion of the flooring to brick and some maple hardwood floor - the main reason to chose bricks were - more expensive than some other options, easy to clean (as long as you coated them) and it keeps the room warmer during the winter time and keep it cool in summer time.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: OT: help-removing carpet due to kitty urine Hi guys, Well, my husband and I have finally decided to remove the carpet in the living room, hallway, and "kitty room" due to them urinating on it. It has gotten so bad that it actually is showing stains, which usually only comes after MULTIPLE instances of urinating on it. The house does not smell good and we are embarrassed to have anyone over right now. Mainly the problem is due to our 17 yr. old kitty who has hyperthyroidism, and was never an inside cat until 2 years ago. We are looking into faux wood laminate flooring, which looks like it will cost around $3000 installed through Lowe's. I haven't priced Home Depot or any of the local floor stores yet, so hopefully, we can get a much better deal than that. After we remove the carpet and before the new flooring goes down, we're going to seal the concrete floors, since concrete is porous and the kittys will still be able to smell the urine even after the new floors are installed if we don't seal them. I am having to talk my husband into this type of flooring, because he wants tile, but I don't want it because it's cold on my feet and just 'cold' looking. I'd rather have carpet, but we're not going to go there again. Does anyone here have any advice, suggestions, etc. regarding this new excursion we're about to embark on? Has anyone had the same problems? Did you change your flooring out? How has that worked? Is there a particular flooring that does best if exposed to kitty urine? Any ideas on keeping the kitties from going on the new flooring? Thanks so much! :) Wendy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
