Thanks for the info. Hideyo. I think after all the information we've gotten that we have pretty much moved from the laminate flooring to either hardwoods or tile. We're going to look at some floor stores this weekend. Whatever we're going to do, it needs to get done quickly!
--- Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
