Electric coils are run under the tile/wood whatever. It heats the floor and
the heat rises. Great system and supposedly easy enough to install. I have
friends who have done it themselves. This would solve the cold problem. I
have one friend who put it in the bathroom (didn't like stepping on tile
fresh out of the shower). It is not as expensive as it sounds.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: help-removing carpet due to kitty urine
What the heck is electric radiant heat?
Thanks,
:)
Wendy
--- Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
First find OdoBan and really clean the carpet that
is down. Use 2-3 times
the strength recommended. When you do take the
carpet up, do the same to
the concrete. This stuff will take the odor out of
anything. Someone threw
a dead ?????? in my trash can that stayed there, in
water, for several
weeks. Couldn't even figure out what the poor
animal was by the time I
discovered it. I poured a lot of this stuff into
the can and it handled the
smell. It handles the smell of an angry cat
spraying too. It is that good.
I know you can get it at Sam's Club. I don't know
about other places but it
is on the internet.
Second consider using a sealed ceramic tile over
electric radiant heat.
That was not an option for me at one point so I
painted the concrete. With
a couple of washable throw rugs it did nicely. You
can do any type of
design you like. But stay away from carpet. When
you take it up you will
find out how nasty it is. The padding turns to
dust.
If
you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:38 AM
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
>
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