Best dog and water resistant flooring?

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 29, 2006, 4:22 pm

> 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.
> Thanks,
> Harry
> P.S. Anyone ever heard of waterproof laminate? Seems to exist in the
> UK, but can't find anything in Canada.

How about some combination of products? Ceramic tile in parts of a room,
wood or carpet in the rest.

Take a look at Wilsonart.com They have some of the best around.

Posted by Goedjn on August 29, 2006, 4:26 pm

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.

Posted by on August 29, 2006, 10:11 pm

fake.e-mail@stonyx.com wrote:

> Toni wrote:

> > >>I have a friend with _several_ Dobermans who used to have a fully
> > >>carpeted house and did a lot of searching before deciding to go with
> > >>full ceramic tile.
> > >>It has turned out to be an excellent choice, as the very occasional
> > >>messes that they make are _easy_ to clean up.
> > > 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.

> > I have a fully ceramic tiled house and many aquariums.
> > It is imperative that you keep the floor free of water, drool, slobber, and
> > anything else even halfway liquid, or you will fall flat on your ass- hard.
> > And going barefoot in any of the above listed situation will guarantee you a
> > serious fall.
> > And yes, the old dogs object strenuously and you end up filling the house
> > with room sized rugs, which isn't half bad. I always considered them semi
> > disposable.
> > If I had it to do over again I would get the roughest slate I could find.
> > --
> > Toni
> > http://www.cearbhaill.com/rules.htm

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.

Lewis.

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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 29, 2006, 10:26 pm

> 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.

Posted by yourname on August 29, 2006, 2:58 pm

Rich Greenberg wrote:

>>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.

>
>
> [...]
>
>

>>I have a friend with _several_ Dobermans who used to have a fully
>>carpeted house and did a lot of searching before deciding to go with
>>full ceramic tile.
>>It has turned out to be an excellent choice, as the very occasional
>>messes that they make are _easy_ to clean up.

>
>
> 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.
>

'the wobbles'

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