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Fee · 03-19-2010, 10:05 AM

We have replaced our wood floor with laminate flooring downstairs. Unfortunately the laminate is far more slippery than the wood floor for the dogs. We have some washable area rugs. If I could do it all over again (and have the money) I would choose a bamboo floor and an area with a high quality vinyl.
One of our dogs is partly incontinent now and the laminate doesn't take the accidents as well. The wood floor was much better with that and vinyl would be best.
In the kitchen we had a cheaper laminate and living room expensive laminate. The kitchen laminate has a dent in it already (after 1 1/2 year) from a thrown over chair (dogs) and one of the joints is broken a bit (where the front loading washing machine bounces up and down a bit).
The more expensive laminate in the dining room (light colour) has some spots of the dog's drool stained into it if you look very, very closely. Dogs are raw fed and healthy so this was very weird. this is probably more than you wanted to know

Good luck!

03-19-2010, 10:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fee Master Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 581	We have replaced our wood floor with laminate flooring downstairs. Unfortunately the laminate is far more slippery than the wood floor for the dogs. We have some washable area rugs. If I could do it all over again (and have the money) I would choose a bamboo floor and an area with a high quality vinyl. One of our dogs is partly incontinent now and the laminate doesn't take the accidents as well. The wood floor was much better with that and vinyl would be best. In the kitchen we had a cheaper laminate and living room expensive laminate. The kitchen laminate has a dent in it already (after 1 1/2 year) from a thrown over chair (dogs) and one of the joints is broken a bit (where the front loading washing machine bounces up and down a bit). The more expensive laminate in the dining room (light colour) has some spots of the dog's drool stained into it if you look very, very closely. Dogs are raw fed and healthy so this was very weird. this is probably more than you wanted to know Good luck!