Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread felv
Tile has grout, grout is porous. I'd advise against it, unless this guy has some kind of industrial sealer he puts over all the grout that is cat pee proof. My mom remodeled her kitchen once. She had fancy tiled countertops installed. They were BEAUTIFUL! She spilled coffee on it... grout

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread felv
Rough concrete is hard to clean, even when sealed. Use a heavy-duty concrete floor PAINT. Roll it on thick, and do a few coats, enough to smooth out the surface. MUCH easier to clean that way. That's how most industrial plant floors are in the production rooms. You just hose it down, and

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread Del Daniels
- flooring for pee club members Rough concrete is hard to clean, even when sealed. Use a heavy-duty concrete floor PAINT. Roll it on thick, and do a few coats, enough to smooth out the surface. MUCH easier to clean that way. That's how most industrial plant floors are in the production

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread catatonya
Hi all, I have a friend with lots of dogs with tile and she loves it too. I'm talking about glazed ceramic tile and using a dark colored grout. Definitely not white! lol. Also, if you keep the grout sealed properly it is supposed to be impenetrable. I never really thought about tiling. I wanted

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread felv
Another option, instead of ripping out walls, and using shower paneling, is to use horse stall wall mats. They are practically indestructible, made to withstand urine and poop, and completely non-porous. My biggest issue with any of it is the floor to wall seam. Caulk dries and peels away

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread TenHouseCats
wet-dry vacuums work really well to clean up the water when you're done washing, too -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread catatonya
Good point. I have no idea. But I found a wonderful forum for questions like that with a lot of builders on it that I've been posting on for ideas for cat proofing my house. It's www.gardenweb.com I know it says garden, but they have forums just for flooring, walls, etc... anything to do with

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread TenHouseCats
- flooring for pee club members Rough concrete is hard to clean, even when sealed. Use a heavy-duty concrete floor PAINT. Roll it on thick, and do a few coats, enough to smooth out the surface. MUCH easier to clean that way. That's how most industrial plant floors are in the production rooms. You

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-15 Thread TenHouseCats
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2005-07-15 Thread Sheila208
I'm pretty handy around the house love do it yourself project. I've been reading up on laying tile and it doesn't seem all that hard. I think I'll give it a try. It might take my mind off Spanky.Staying busy all ways helps me. I'll let you know how it turns out. Sheila

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-14 Thread Barb Moermond
key phrase: the tile would be permanent and never need replacing Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."- Anonymous Start your day with Yahoo!

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-14 Thread TenHouseCats
sealing the concrete, as someone mentioned, is a MUST--otherwise, EVERYTHING just soaks in and stays what one friend of mine did was get rolled vinyl and ran it wall-to-wall and UP the wall for 6 inches in every direction.. in the kitten pens at the sanctuary, they used the

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-14 Thread Sheila208
Ceramic Tile. I tried the peel and stick kind in kitties room and that didn't work. My kitties like to stick there claws in the seams and pull them up.

RE: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-14 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
, July 14, 2005 2:19 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: ot- flooring for pee club members sealing the concrete, as someone mentioned, is a MUST--otherwise, EVERYTHING just soaks in and stays what one friend of mine did was get rolled vinyl and ran it wall-to-wall and UP

Re: ot- flooring for pee club members

2005-07-14 Thread maimaipg
sday, July 14, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: ot- flooring for pee club members What kind of tile? Vinyl tile? Ceramic tile? We used the self-stick vinyl tiles and that was not a good choice. Not the cheap stuff either. Effie was such a stinker she figured out how she could pee