Wendy,
I went with tile and I love it............ I have one with the colors of urine, poop, litter, hairballs, etc... all kind of intermingled. Nothing shows! It's not that cold either (but I live in Georgia). Still if it's cold I put on some socks or slippers or whatever.
I like it because it is totally non porous and it's pretty indestructible. I talked to a lot of people who have lots of pets, and a lot of people on this list. I don't regret it at all. I love it. I tiled the entire house when I moved. There is laminate in the living area and kitchen. When it gets enough scratches I'm pulling it up and replacing it with tile. You can BLEACH tile, so you know it's clean.........
And........ it's pretty expensive, but they even make tile now that looks like wood flooring. I thought it WAS wood, but it was
tile.
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wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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