Best carpet for home with dogs

coffeehound

Davesnave wrote: »

For something carpet-like and fairly stain resistant, I remember Flotex.

That's what sprang to mind here: Flotex 21 as once advertised by Prof Magnus Pike if I recall. Paired with a carpet shampooing machine.

elliesmemory1

Davesnave wrote: »

The trouble is, you are pursuing a country type of lifestyle in a house unsuited to it, if the property has no back door from, say, the kitchen/utility.

In the country, farm dogs get as far as the dairy/utility area, if they're lucky enough to get into the house at all. There they stay, along with their muck.

In our house we've no dog, but a system of cat flap locks directs the hairy ones to the conservatory whenever necessary.

For something carpet-like and fairly stain resistant, I remember Flotex. It's not especially cheap and the patterns used to be hideous, but maybe it's improved in the latter respect:

https://www.forbo.com/flooring/en-uk/products/for-your-home/flotex/b0rbao

Thanks for your suggestions. Actually, I do live in the country. my dogs are part of the family and live in the house.
Unfortunately I have no choice on where the door is.

Davesnave

elliesmemory1 wrote: »

Thanks for your suggestions. Actually, I do live in the country. my dogs are part of the family and live in the house.
Unfortunately I have no choice on where the door is.

Yes, not all country houses are suited to the country lifestyle, so people have to practise work-arounds, like my example of the diversion we use for our cats when things outside turn messy. They still get into the house, just not all of it.

Surely we all have some choice about how much our pets or our children are allowed to trash the family home?

pinkshoes

What about vinyl flooring that looks like wooden floorboards? Grippy and easy to clean.

Or wooden floors with a washable rug?

elliesmemory1

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, not all country houses are suited to the country lifestyle, so people have to practise work-arounds, like my example of the diversion we use for our cats when things outside turn messy. They still get into the house, just not all of it.

Surely we all have some choice about how much our pets or our children are allowed to trash the family home?

Thanks, my dogs are not allowed to trash the house. Im simply asking for ideas of flooring thats easy to clean.

elliesmemory1

pinkshoes wrote: »

What about vinyl flooring that looks like wooden floorboards? Grippy and easy to clean.

Or wooden floors with a washable rug?

Thank you. im going to look in to vinal.

pinkshoes

elliesmemory1 wrote: »

Thank you. im going to look in to vinal.

We have two dogs and a dog flap, so are changing our carpeted hallway and dining room for vinyl.

We hadn't considered it, didn't want laminate, but saw some in the shop Tapi and realised it was quite a good option.

If anyone has any recommendations of where to get nice vinyl from?

Davesnave

elliesmemory1 wrote: »

Thanks, my dogs are not allowed to trash the house. Im simply asking for ideas of flooring thats easy to clean.

I didn't say you allowed your dogs to trash the house, just pointed out that you do still have choices, such as whether to let them stay in the living area when wet and muddy.

I wouldn't do that myself. When we had a dog, there would be old sheets all the way from the door to the hard floored kitchen/utility area where she'd go and stay till she was dry. Dogs know when they're wet and messy, whereas cats might know, but they certainly don't care!

If you want the dogs to always be with you in the living area and you don't like laminate, then I'm not sure you'll like LVT either, though that's what I've put in mine because of the wonderful country mud. That's why I suggested Flotex, which is supposed to keep liquids and dirt particles on the surface, isn't slippy and feels more like carpet.

dunroving

Not wanting to hijack the OP, but what solution would people suggest for the immediate entry area (where the mud first "hits the floor", an where muddy boots get wiped, or at least stepped on and taken off)?

The old-style solution used to be a coir mat - are there more modern alternatives? I'd like to get something that is fixed, but can be removed for cleaning, shaking, etc.

Davesnave

dunroving wrote: »

Not wanting to hijack the OP, but what solution would people suggest for the immediate entry area (where the mud first "hits the floor", an where muddy boots get wiped, or at least stepped on and taken off)?

We just use a piece of rug-sized polypropylene carpet (light brown!) in the porch, then in the utility area beyond is a cotton Dirttrapper Mat which can be washed, hosed-down or just shaken. We shake the carpet piece outside too, then hoover it with a Henry.

The Dirttrapper mats are good, but it's the poly carpet that takes the worst of the muck.