Tile is fairly cheap............the labor is what's expensive. Lots of people learn to lay tile themselves.... But I'm certainly no handyman, so I didn't.
t
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
VERY COOL Tonya! I didn't know they made tile to look
like wood. Now that I might go for in the living area
and hallways. We are also going to tile our kitchen
and master bath. We figure we might as well get it
all out of the way while we're at it...I hope the bill
doesn't put too big of a dent in our getting out of
debt plan...
:)
Wendy
--- catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 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.
>
> t
>
> 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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