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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
I'm located in Ontario, Canada, which means it's cold for a good part of the year, so tile in the whole house wouldn't be a good thing ... plus I don't think my wife would like the look of a tiled living room and bedrooms. Whatever we pick I think it's gonna have to look like wood. If you want it to look like wood, you should use actual wood. Then put down about 9 coats of poly, and add mats of various materials in high-traffic areas. |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
"Harry Muscle" wrote in
oups.com: I'm looking for opinions on what kind of floor to install in our new place. We have a dog and a fish tank, so I'm looking for options that would stand up to dog claws, possible dog mistakes, and minor (sometimes major) spilling of water from the fish tank. What size of dog do you have, and how often do you walk it/have it groomed. If it is a heavy(ish) dog (lab-sized or bigger by my guess) that is consistently allowed to have longish nails, you will want to worry more about the finish you put on the flooring. You will want a lot of coats of something pretty resistant. If you have a light dog or you ahve a dog whose claws are always cut/worn down to not touch the flooring, you don't need to worry as much about scratches. We (my wife and I) have a miniature schnauzer/shih-tzu blend that is about 12 lbs. We have wood floors throughout the house, and after almost two years ahve seen very little effect on the wood floor. The people before us (1 year) had an Olde English Sheepdog, and therewere no scratches from him either. -- Marcel and Moogli http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/ |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
Harry Muscle wrote:
I'm looking for opinions on what kind of floor to install in our new place. We have a dog and a fish tank, so I'm looking for options that would stand up to dog claws, possible dog mistakes, and minor (sometimes major) spilling of water from the fish tank. We've had real hardwood before (finished onsite), but the dog scratched it up real good with his nails. We've had laminate before also, however, any water left standing for any significant amount of time caused the seams to swell. Now I know in a perfect world I shouldn't have to worry about standing water, however, I don't wanna have to deal with replacing parts of the floor in case one of these days there is a puddle of water that sits there for a day or two. I'm currently looking at vinyl plank flooring. It's like vinyl tiles, however, it's made to look like wood. One company that makes it is www.karndean.com . Anyone have any experience with this kind of flooring? I'm guessing it totally water proof, how about scratches though? Any other suggestions I should look at? Thanks, Harry I cant believe no one has said vinyl or linoleum sheet goods. Minimal seams, easy to clean and stand up well to all sorts of abuse. Softer than tile, no grout joints (which are harder to clean). And not too expensive. |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
wrote in message I've heard this argument before about tile not being good in the winter but I don't buy it. My logic tells me that the tile would be the same temp. as what you've set your thermostat to, just like the rest of the house. Logic and perception collide. You are correct, they will be the same temperature. The problem is that you body is about 97 degrees and the floor is much less. Put your foot on carpet and you feel no temperature change. Put your foot on tile and if feels cold. Why? On the carpet your foot is supported be a series of fiber and lots of air spaces between them. Your senses do not notice the temperature difference as there is little heat transfer. Put your foot on that smooth tile and you have a lot more surface contact with the skin. Since heat always transfer to the colder spots, the greater contact and material that acts like a heatsink, makes your body feel cold. |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
Rich Greenberg wrote:
There is a downside here if any of your dogs are aged or infirm (or are likely to become such). One of my dogs has degenerative disk disease and sometimes can't keep his footing well on the tile. "Slick" tile comprises only a small fraction of the ceramic and porcelain tiles now available. We found a huge selection of tiles that have textures rough enough to overcome this problem, even when wet. That said, footing-wise for dogs and humans, carpeting is the best choice. But it's not water-friendly. Maybe a combo of tile and area rugs? FurPaw |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:42:41 -0600, FurPaw
wrote: That said, footing-wise for dogs and humans, carpeting is the best choice. But it's not water-friendly. As someone who has wiped out on carpet, I can testify that it can be surprisingly slick and dangerous. I cannot think of one positive thing to say about carpet. Maybe a combo of tile and area rugs? My all-time favorite flooring is wood, with area rugs for the dogs (or, as I used to refer to them: wrestlemania mats). -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. -- Claude Monet |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
On 29 Aug 2006 10:31:52 -0700, "Harry Muscle"
wrote: We've had real hardwood before (finished onsite), but the dog scratched it up real good with his nails. I think wood is about the best flooring surface for both humans and dogs. I have not found it to be particularly scratch-prone. What scratches *do* happen can be easily buffed out with a little stain-varnish combo. As for the dog's nails, if they are clicking on the floor, they are too long and ought to be trimmed. Keeping the dog's nails short will go a long way toward keeping your floor scratch-free. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) I would prefer not to. -- Bartleby the Scrivener |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:21:14 -0400, "Suja" wrote:
"Shelly" wrote in message: I think wood is about the best flooring surface for both humans and dogs. I have not found it to be particularly scratch-prone. Every home I've visited that had a combination of large dogs and wood floor, I've found to be scratched up. A friend of mine hasn't had a dog in years, but the gouges left by her Lab is still there on the floor. Well, there *is* a certain amount of upkeep with wood floors, if you want them to look nice. So, when are you taking delivery of Pan? I've tried all sorts of things, including daily Dremeling, but that's one dog whose quick just refuses to shrink back. I've finally resigned myself to living with it instead of driving myself crazy over it. That may well be what's going on with the OP's dog, but my experience has been that people just don't trim their dogs' nails frequently enough. It mostly seems to be a matter of ignorance and not of the dog having Bizarro Miracle Gro Nails[tm]. One of these days, I'll take pictures of her nails; they're mostly white and you can see the quick really well - promise they'll make you want to cry. Do they bother her? Harriet had a couple of problem nails that bothered her. On one of her vet visits, I had them trimmed while she was under. From then on, I've shaved micro bits off with a trimmer, then used a rough emery board to finish them off. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh |
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Best dog and water resistant flooring?
"Shelly" wrote in message: I think wood is about the best flooring surface for both humans and dogs. I have not found it to be particularly scratch-prone. Every home I've visited that had a combination of large dogs and wood floor, I've found to be scratched up. A friend of mine hasn't had a dog in years, but the gouges left by her Lab is still there on the floor. As for the dog's nails, if they are clicking on the floor, they are too long and ought to be trimmed. So, when are you taking delivery of Pan? I've tried all sorts of things, including daily Dremeling, but that's one dog whose quick just refuses to shrink back. I've finally resigned myself to living with it instead of driving myself crazy over it. One of these days, I'll take pictures of her nails; they're mostly white and you can see the quick really well - promise they'll make you want to cry. Suja |
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