Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Dogs and flooring? 6Feb 15, 2010 2:37 pm ... 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 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". The added resins and/or edge seals assist in reducing the water take-up, but don't stop it, thats why I suggested a PVC alternative. Newbie question for flooring options. We are thinking of changing the flooring for bedrooms and passage area. Last time we looked at flooring options was almost 8years… 0 3524 Just about completed a renovation project and hit a small issue that we didn’t see We have laminate floors now where we had tiles before (turned out it was actually 2… 0 4935 Hi all Am new to this forum. I want to get some ideas/info about how to manage an 80 year old factory restoration to convert to a residence. The factory floor is concrete… 0 6346 |