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08-05-2008, 03:53 AM | #31 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: canonsburg, pa usa
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| Oh yes! No matter which you choose, NOTHING is as nasty as carpeting. When we ripped out our carpets I was beside myself. I cleaned some carpet at least every week and still it was nasty. The carpet top was clean but the sub floor was nasty as heck! I hand washed it for days with strong vinegar water and let it air dry good for a few days before we did the flooring. There were spot that were "Favored pee areas" that ended up getting heavily Nature Miracled for days, baking soda'd and then covered with heavy flooring plastic just incase the smell would every decide to leak thru. Incase you get any wild ideas of replcing subflooring due to just pee issues....DON'T! We had to do it because we had water damage in our entry area and it was a horrendous project. It rarely fits back together right and floor leveler is time consuming and messey with animals running around. Most importantly: Be sure your sub floor is 100% dry before you lay new flooring after any clean up jobs. Cat urine will smell until its is covered btw. It's the most foul urine ever! |
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08-05-2008, 05:20 AM | #32 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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| We have laminate flooring in our new house (with tile in the bathrooms and utility room). I would have rather had hardwood but the price was a deciding factor. I will NEVER have carpet again. People thought we were nuts to not at least put carpet in our bedrooms but all I could think about was when we recarpeted our old house after a water heater flood..... GROSS!!! is all I can say. I would have rather not put carpet back down in that house but it was cheaper and we were about to sell it anyway. I use the Shark on my laminate floors several times a week since we live out in the country and lots of junk gets tracked in but at least I can see the dirt and know that it's coming up. SO much nastiness gets hidden in carpet.
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