New Floors!

[Christiansmommy]

Looks great!! The nice thing about laminate, is that it cleans so well!! But yes, those flying fur balls of hair are a bit more noticeable on the wood than carpet! We have Pergo in our foyer, kitchen, and hallway...so in order for Harlee to get anywhere, she has to use it. Took a bit at first for her to get use to it...and she still has her moments where she runs to the carpet ( for safety) of that mean slipper floor! We have a galley kitchen...and so when she walks down it one way...she will sometimes back up all the way down...to get out into the main part of the kitchen...as to be slow and careful, it is a funny sight!....

If she gets running on it....watch out...b/c she'll slide right into you (or a door) when she finally does try to put her breaks on!. She has a hard time chasing the cats on it, so that's a plus!

But I love it anyway, and I will always have Pergo from now on...so easy to keep clean...it is too hard of a wood for dirt to get embedded into it, and I love that!

Post pics, if you decide to re-paint any walls

[lizbud]

Oh and it is so satisfying to see it go. I know, it doesn't take much to give me a thrill.

Oh Rachel, you gave me a big chuckle confessing this. Some days I
feel the same way.LOL

[Seravieve]

now I had linoleum in my kitchen and my parents insisted on laying their old carpet in my kitchen to keep it warmer.
I don't like it at all other than the tile/linoleum/etc would be hard for Keegan and her hips to get used too now.
My mom has carpet in her kitchen and so does my grandma. I don't get it. Something hard would be so much easier to clean!

When we moved in here, there was white carpet in the living room and straight on through to the kitchen/dining area. Grossed me out. Needless to say, the white carpet wasnt REALLY white anymore in the kitchen...

Watching the pups play on the laminate is hilarious. We throw balls into the kitchen from LR and they run and slide to get them... sometimes right into the sliding door. There's a rug right in front of the door, so that kind of helps to stop them before the door.

One thing about laminate... Definitely hurts the feet if you cook for a while standing on it. I have a rug in front of the sink and I'll usually cook with slippers or flops on, so my feet dont hurt as bad. Our laminate is right over a concrete slab though.. so that could have an affect.

[mruffruff]

I also replaced all of my carpeting with Pergo. Only the kitchen and cat room have vinyl.

I'm always picking up dust bunnies-some as big as baseballs! But the house is cleaner and smells better. I use a Quick-up vacuum or a dust mop a couple of times a week, and damp mop once a week with a Swiffer type mop.

The dogs got used to it pretty quickly. The cats still slide around when they try a quick take-off

Mine has a few spots where the top layer is lifting. I suspect either dog drool or cat pee that sat on the surface too long. I'm always checking for wet spots now.

Your floors look so nice. Good job

[Freedom]

Nice job, the new floors look great!

Keeping Bon's nails on the short side will help him get a bit of traction on the new floors.

[kuhio98]

I (and Willy, of course) highly recommend the Dirt Dawg. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=131774

I turn it on as I go out the door and runs around to its hearts content (or until its battery runs down ) and no more dust bunnies i/e rolling tumbleweeds (those suckers are huge!)

It runs under the beds and furniture. I do try to make sure that all light-weight area rugs are up and out of the way. It will try to suck them up. Also stuff like long power cords might get wound around the brushes. This thing really works!

[mruffruff]

Thanks! I just ordered one. Sounds like just what I need.

[anna_66]

Thanks! I just ordered one. Sounds like just what I need.

So, did you get it yet? Do you like it?

[kuhio98]

So, did you get it yet? Do you like it?

I was just wondering the same thing. We liked ours so much we ordered a second one for downstairs.

[Lori Jordan]

I missed this thread when it was first posted.

I had the same as you Anna,We put all new laminate down,I love it so easy to clean.And i find with any carpet and pets you always get the odor,With Molly i love her dearly but she stinks,With the slober sticking to her fur lol.

I love the laminate it is so easy to clean,I just worry about Molly,She is not getting any younger i worry about her hips,She or any of my guys cannot get traction on the floor,So i just went out and got little carpets to put around.


We had our basement redone in a nice carpet,I forgot how much of a pain it was having carpet,The dogs run down to the basement with muddy feet,If there ever sick they cannot do it upstairs they go right down to the carpet.So as we speak we are having a nice cherry laminate floor installed in the basement.

[mruffruff]

Yes, I got my Dirt Dawg.

It does a very good job and I can even leave the house. I have a den that is two steps lower than the rest of the house so it's easy to let it it do its thing there. I DO have to move my dining area chairs out of the room and pick up cat toys first. "Bumper" tends to get caught under the legs of the chairs.

When I use him in the living room, I put 2X4's across the doorways to contain him. He manages to navigate over the area rug and bare floors without a problem. When he gets stuck under a rocker, he beeps at me and I re-start him.

I tried to let him do the whole house at once but he wore out before he could get it all. He spends a lot of time going over the same area again and again, just bumping his way from wall to wall and object to object. So now I let him do one room at a time.

It doesn't take too long to recharge him. I keep him plugged in so he's always ready.

Worth the $130 I paid.

[kuhio98]

Good to know that your own "R2D2" is working for you.
Yeah, I always put the dining room chairs up on the table and put the ottomans up to so it can clean underneath things.

It's not exactly whisper quiet, but the cats aren't scared of it like the regular vacuum. I just love turning it on and walking out the door, knowing that the floor will be clean when I get home -- unless it gets stuck somewhere.........

We let it run around until the batteries are completely dead then recharge overnight. If I want the main part of the house clean, I just close off the doors to the bedrooms, bathroom, etc.

[anna_66]

I'm glad to hear you like it.

Question, do the dogs have a problem with it? I'm just afraid they would end up barking the whole time if I left it alone with them...lol!

[mruffruff]

My dogs don't mind at all. In fact, it ran into Scruffy once while he was sleeping. He just walked away.

The cats look at it funny and leave the room. They don't seem afraid of it and they don't want to play with it either.