Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Feb 14, 2010 10:36 pm We're building in Franklin,ACT and the only thing we just can't decide on is the flooring. We both wanted laminate as the first choice, happy with tiles as the second but did not take into account that once we move in we'll definitely be getting a dog or 2 from the RSPCA. My husband and I are hardcore dog lovers.He loves them so much that he doesn't want to get one because the dog will be lonely when we go overseas for a holiday! We had decided on laminate, taken the quote and everything and now we're confused. How badly can dogs scratch laminate floors?pee,poo,scratches... should we not bother and just go for tiles? Canberra winters are so long and cold and the tiled floors are freezing! Please advise... P.S. I looked but if I missed another link with the same topic,please feel free to direct me Re: Dogs and flooring? 2Feb 14, 2010 11:23 pm Moodyfish We're building in Franklin,ACT and the only thing we just can't decide on is the flooring. We both wanted laminate as the first choice, happy with tiles as the second but did not take into account that once we move in we'll definitely be getting a dog or 2 from the RSPCA. My husband and I are hardcore dog lovers.He loves them so much that he doesn't want to get one because the dog will be lonely when we go overseas for a holiday! We had decided on laminate, taken the quote and everything and now we're confused. How badly can dogs scratch laminate floors?pee,poo,scratches... should we not bother and just go for tiles? Canberra winters are so long and cold and the tiled floors are freezing! Please advise... P.S. I looked but if I missed another link with the same topic,please feel free to direct me Our Whippet is adamant that the ONLY suitable flooring for dogs is high quality wool carpet. Tiles are too cold and hard and timber scratches. Besides that, it's damn near impossible to get any traction from any hard floors and they end up slipping and sliding all over the place when they're in a hurry...... Seriously though, some dogs are less carpet-friendly than others, depending on training, activity levels, the bomb-proofness of their house training, shedding and drooling characteristics. So, I'd suggest something like ceramic or porcelain tiles with underfloor heating and easy-clean rugs. Cheers zeke Re: Dogs and flooring? 3Feb 15, 2010 8:33 am We currently have 4 dogs, 1 of whom utterly refuses to 'go' outside when it's raining (what a princess!!). We are going with timber throughout. But there is a new generation carpet that is treated to repel stains (It's a nylon) that sounds very good. Maybe a combo of both??? Good luck with your pups when you get them. HH Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: Dogs and flooring? 4Feb 15, 2010 8:43 am We had some laminate in our last home and it started lifting where the dog peed and ..... oh yes the carpet was the perfect place for toileting on cold rainy days...totally ruined one room now we have tiles everywhere but the bedrooms and some nice rugs, and yes she pees on the rugs on rainy days and I absolutely give up and get them cleaned. Can you afford underfloor heating on tiles, that would be the perfect answer. Re: Dogs and flooring? 5Feb 15, 2010 10:26 am We have laminate floors here. Both my doggies are well toilet trained, but had a couple of accidents when the ridgie was a little puppy (as puppies do) and liquids and laminate don't mix too well Ridgie is very cautious walking on the laminate and doesn't go anywhere inside in a hurry, or else ends up legs everywhere. GSDx doesn't care and takes advantage of the slip and slide to get her where she needs to go faster I don't do carpet. The GSDx sheds like a ***** so I prefer hardfloors and love my Dyson - especially this time of year when there is GSD hair tumbleweeds everywhere We are looking at the wood look vinyl planks for the new house, like the Karndean range Re: Dogs and flooring? 6Feb 15, 2010 2:37 pm A word from cat lovers My friends have a cat and a mix of Kempas and laminate flooring. Their feedback is that they were very unhappy with the Kempas floor as it became very scratched by the kitten while laminate took virtually no damage... With timber floor lots of attention will need to be given to the type of coating used as well as how many coating layers to be applied. As a person who going to settle with a few cats (probably three) I'm intending to use a solvent-based type of coating on my timber floor as it is believed to be most scratch resistant. Not sure if this tactics proves as successful but theoretically it is quite sound. ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: Dogs and flooring? 7Feb 15, 2010 3:42 pm Hammerhead We currently have 4 dogs, 1 of whom utterly refuses to 'go' outside when it's raining (what a princess!!). We are going with timber throughout. But there is a new generation carpet that is treated to repel stains (It's a nylon) that sounds very good. Maybe a combo of both??? Good luck with your pups when you get them. HH Hi Hammerhead - we have this carpet and at the time of putting it in we had a very untoilet trained puppy and the salesmen went on and on about how it pools on the surface and you just use papertowel to clean it up. ... We thought heaven, totally amazing. It does pool on the surface for all of maybe 1 minute max so unless you are an olympic 100m runner there is no way you can get to the laundry for towel and back before it soaks into the carpet like normal! We dont have this problem anymore... thankyou Lacey for learning where to go to the bathroom but its probably not worth paying the extra in my opinion. THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE IS 495 SQM OF BEACH SAND AND WEEDS! http://missvintageshouseofpain.blogspot.com/ Re: Dogs and flooring? 9Feb 15, 2010 10:07 pm Watching my sister's 2 little maltese x shi'tzu dogs scream around the house like they've got rockets up their butts is always entertaining when they hit the laminate They turn into little drift champions! Oh and their laminate is still looking good after 3 years (I can't see any scratches), and it's just a cheapy. It even survived a dishwasher leak... Re: Dogs and flooring? 10Feb 17, 2010 4:44 pm You should consider perhaps a PVC timber floor (an image of timber encapsulated between layers of PVC). You can get a floating version called Allure - or a traditional stuck down version such as Amtico. Benefits are; 1. Totally Waterproof 2. Can be re-coated with a polish (that fills most little scratches from your four legged friends) 3. Far better acoustics than a timber or laminate floor 4. Vomit/Urine will not hurt it. Downside; 1. Not as "trendy" 2. Damaged by flame or excessive heat (fireplace) Overall, I would check it out as an option. Call a mate of mine, Tony McCosker at Harvey Norman Fyshwick - he will give you some advice - has been in the trade for a long time and has all the options (Timber/Laminate/Vinyl/Allure). Hope that helps. Re: Dogs and flooring? 12Feb 21, 2010 1:33 pm Laminate is coated with a resin impregnated aluminimum oxide coating that normally is around 55 - 60 grams per m2. In english, using a taber test (simulated wear), they should be 5 - 6 times minimum, more durable than your average kitchen bench top. Many are 10 - 15 times. If you think of the punishment you may put your kitchen benchtop through, it gives you an idea. The thing is that your kitchen top is usually one piece, with a join in 2 or 3 spots only. Water is the enemy of all laminate and timber floors, even if they have HMR coreboards. The trick with flooring is not the eventual amount of water it will suck up, rather the speed at whcih it will take it up. The reason modern HMRHDF coreboards are important is that they will take longer to reach the same water absorbtion level than a cheaper board. Being timber, they will all get hammered eventually though. The longer take up period gives you more time to attend to it. NB. Don't be tricked bu the food dye some mills put in the coareboard and then brand it "aqua this" or "aqua that". 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