Floorboards or new wooden flooring of some sort....?

headcrash27

We had a cat with a bladder problem and we also had laminate flooring. Unfortunately the wee does seep between the gaps in the laminate so i wouldn't recommend laminate as a solution. I imagine that wood flooring would be the same - it would probably soak into the wood.

timmmers

keith969 wrote: »

If the floorboards are really bad it might be better to lift them and fit new or reclaimed ones that match. On older houses the floorboards may not be tongued and grooved, in which case they will have gaps between them which can be drafty (yes in one house I actually saw a rug in the living room lift up in very windy conditions due to drafts from the cellar below!) Despite what some will tell you about filling the gaps with e.g sawdust and paste or papier mache, it doesn't work, as the boards expand and contract with changes of temperature and moisture, and the cracks will reopen. Don't bother to fill them, just accept the gaps as part of the look.

You can use this for the draught problem
http://www.stopg-p.co.uk/index.html

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ixwood

You really need something water proof. Wood of any kind will absorb the liquid/smell and probably expand and warp if it's a regular occurance.

Lino is water proof isn't it? I'd either go for that or a tiles. Something that won't absorb anything.

flooring-craft

andrew-b wrote: »

I'm not sure was spam or not ( bearing in mind their first two posts are a recommendation for the same company)!

As a property developer I've had my own fair share of problems with floors, I found allot of threads in here useful and so decided to add my experiences just like everyone else has done to help others who might be in the same boat as I was, mentioning the same company on threads was not for any personal gain but a general acknowledge. If you consider them spam you are welcome to use the abuse email to get them deleted.

Cheers

Apologies for steering away from the original topic